The 2024 World Tunnel Congress (WTC2024), the world's major tunnel and underground engineering industry congress, will be held in Shenzhen, China from 19th to 25th April 2024 with the theme: Tunnelling for a Better Life. Participants are cordially invited to submit abstracts with a maximum length of 300 words before 31st May 2023 relating to the topics of WTC2024, via the online submission system: click here.
Participants are invited to choose one of the topics for their papers.
- Planning
- Survey
- Design
- Ground Stability
- Support and Lining
- Conventional Tunnelling
- Mechanized Tunneling (TBM, shield)
- Waterproofing and Drainage
- Geological Prediction and Geophysical Prospecting
- Instrumentation and Monitoring/Testing and Inspection
- Ventilatio- and Aerodynamics
- Maintenance and Repair
- Operational Safety
- Tunnel Renovatio- and Upgrading
- Occupational Health and Safety
- New Materials
- Digital and Information Technology
- Immersed/Floating Tunnels
- Shafts
- Underground Caverns/Underground Space Use
- Contractual Practices and Risk Management
The abstracts will be peer-reviewed anonymously by the Technical Committee and decisions will be notified to the authors before 1st July 2023. Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit a full paper (deadline: 30th September 2023). The official language of WTC2024 is English. Abstracts and papers need to be written in English and oral presentations will also be in English only. All accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings and will be presented either orally or as posters after the registration of the author. Visit https://wtc2024.cn/. 12/23.
