Program

Based on the central theme " Underground space at the heart of transitions ", this congress is an opportunity for all underground promoters and actors (decision-makers, project owners, developers, urban planners, infrastructure managers, designers, builders, suppliers, etc.) to share their experiences and projects and to contribute to the following themes :

Thème A - The development of underground space to meet new needs and facilitate transitions.
Thème B - Changes in performance requirements, project management and the design of underground spaces and structures.
Thème C - Feedback, technological innovations, achieving the objective of carbon neutrality in underground construction.
Thème D - Strategies for establishing underground structures.

Sunday, October 1st, 2023

09:30 - 12:30 The performance of tunnel boring machines
14:00 - 17:45 Implementation and support

Monday, October 2, 2023

  • 12:15 Official opening of the exhibition
    14:00 - 15:30 Optimizing the design of large caverns
    15:30 - 16:00 Break
    16:00 - 17:30 Diversity of shaft and station works
  • 10:30 - 12:00 Opening Ceremony
    12:15 Official opening of the exhibition
    14:00 - 15:30 Maintain and manage the heritage of existing structures
    15:30 - 16:00 Break
    16:00 - 17:30 Low carbon design - new materials

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

  • 8:30 - 10:00 Better characterization of geology to optimize design
    10:00 - 10:30 Break
    10:30 - 12:00 Managing excavation materials: valuing ressources
    12:00 - 14:00 Lunch
    14:00 - 15:30 Ecological transition in tunnels
    15:30 - 16:00 Break
    16:00 - 17:30 Innovations relating to TBM works
  • 8:30 - 10:00 Managing the complexity of ancillary works
    10:00 - 10:30 Break
    10:30 - 12:00 Building with strong constraints due to neighbooring structures
    12:00 - 14:00 Lunch
    14:00 - 15:30 Digital and Artificial Intelligence in management of urban works
    15:30 - 16:00 Break
    16:00 - 17:30 Risks: technical issues and contractual solutions

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

  • 8:30 - 10:00 BIM and other digital developments
    10:00 - 10:30 Break
    10:30 - 12:00 Increasingly constrained construction sites: logistical challenges
    12:00 - 14:00 Lunch
    14:00 - 15:30 Long and deep tunnels : specific issues
    15:30 - 16:00 Break
    16:00 - 17:30 Mechanization of construction works: developments in the field of TBM's
  • 8:30 - 10:00 Pushing technical limits in conventional methods
    10:00 - 10:30 Break
    10:30 - 12:00 Developing underground space to meet new needs
    12:00 - 14:00 Lunch
    14:00 - 15:30 Underground spaces and transitions
    15:30 - 16:00 Break
    16:00 - 17:30 Inputs and development of the "National ville 10D" Project

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The conferences and exhibition will be held at the Palais des Congrès (Paris) from October 2 to 4, 2023, and the site visits, which will be defined later, will take place on October 5 and 6, 2023.

Scientific commission

  • Michel Pré (President) France
  • Emmanuel Humbert (Vice-president) France
  • Jean Piraud France
  • Jean-Bernard Kazmierczak France
  • Hubert Tournery France
  • Eric Leca France
  • Elena Chiriotti France
  • François Laigle France
  • Monique Labbe France
  • Roland Leucker Germany
  • Robert Galler Austria
  • Jean-François Thimus Belgium
  • Tarcisio Celestino Brazil
  • Verya Nasri United States
  • Lorenzo Brino Italy
  • Anna Siemińska-Lewandowska Poland
  • Christophe Carron Switzerland
  • Gérard Seingre Switzerland
  • Denis Branque France
  • Reza Taherzadeh France
  • Didier Subrin France