Success assured at RETC in Las VegasMore than 100 exhibitors are listed for the upcoming RETC conference taking place at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas from 14-17th June, 2009. Included are numerous tunnelbuilder clients such as Amberg (booth 217), Arup (321), Atlas Copco (605), BASF (621), Bekaert (514), ES Rubber (213), Geodata (301), Halcrow (309), Herrenknecht (313), Minova (912), Normet (222), Palmieri (725), Robbins (221), Sandvik (618), SELI (706), Sika (405), tacs (709), and VMT (504). Field trips include Hoover Dam, Lake Mead No 3 intake, and River Mountains No 3 tunnel.The technical programme commences at 13.30 on Sunday with six papers on risk management. Monday is the first full conference day, with four streams of lectures in both the morning and the afternoon. Commencing at 08.30, there are segments dealing with Difficult Ground, Las Vegas, New Projects 1, and TBM Case Histories 1, followed at 13.30 by Conventional/Rock Tunnelling, Design/Planning, Shafts, and Slurry/EPB 1. Tuesday morning brings up the subjects of Innovation, New Projects 2, NYC, and TBM Case Histories 2, followed in the afternoon by Geotechnical, Ground Modification, SEM and Slurry/EPB 2. The conference wraps up on Wednesday morning with papers on International, Microtunnel and Mining. Summaries of all papers are given in the RETC Programme at www.retc.org, which also details registration for the conference, short courses, social events and field trips. To advertise your booth for the RETC show please contact jennifer@roymcdonald.com See you at the show! 21/09.