Successful WTC 2023 in Athens
At the closing ceremony, the participants agreed: It was an excellent World Tunnel Congress 2023 in Athens. In numbers this means: More than 420 presentations from over 45 countries in the lecture sessions and an extensive exhibition of the tunnelling industry. This combination attracted more than 2000 participants to the congress in Athens. Perhaps not exactly excellent, but rather somewhat improvable, was the number of around 100 online participants who took advantage of the hybrid concept of the WTC and connected live to the lectures. However, since the recordings of the lectures are to remain available online without time restrictions, the number of accesses to the digitally stored lecture presentations can probably be increased.
Future Technologies
Future technologies and the serious implementation of sustainable and environmentally friendly construction projects are moving more and more into the focus of the construction industry, which is why these topics also had a higher priority at WTC 2023 than in previous years.
Arnold Dix used his opening speech for a call to all: “We have made climate change – and we as tunnel and underground construction specialists are now called upon. We’re the scientists and engineers. This is not only a conference, this is a collection of experts and dreamers of underground...
