Open Session

The Open Session will be held in the plenary lecture hall of the Congress Centre on Tuesday morning, 26 May. The main topic is Planning of Modern Tunnels Project. Details will be posted on the congress website www.wtc2009.org.

Pre-Congress Education

The Pre-Congress Educational Course will be held at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics on 22–23 May 2009. The programme will also include a poster session - in case of min. 10 posters are submitted - based on the posters submitted by the participants, from which the best one will be awarded. Participation is highly recommended for young engineers as it serves an excellent opportunity for theoretical and practical training. Detailed information can be downloaded from here.
Registration is available via on-line. (Pre-Congress Educational Course and WTC has a joint on-line registration system. Please choose the appropriate registration category)

 

Workshop on "Technology Innovation in Underground Construction"

14:00 – 18:00 Tuesday, May 26

The European integrated project “Technology Innovation in Underground Construction (TUNCONSTRUCT)” is with a budget of 24 M€ and 41 partners the biggest single project on underground construction ever undertaken. The four year project will finish in August 2009 and the workshop will present some innovations developed. The areas of innovation range from design, construction processes and technologies to maintenance and repair.

The Workshop will take place at the congress venue after the Open Session on Tuesday. Participation is free of charge, but limited to 100 persons. Advance registration is obligatory to take part in the workshop which can be made using the online registration facility of WTC2009.



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