The organisers say the extension has been made in response to overwhelming demand.

Abstracts should be submitted to https://bit.ly/WTC2023.

The 10 topics for WTC2023 are:

  1. Knowledge and passion to expand underground for sustainability and resilience
  2. Geological, geotechnical site investigation and ground characterisation
  3. Planning and designing tunnels and underground structures
  4. Mechanised tunnelling (and microtunnelling)
  5. Conventional tunnelling, drill-and-blast applications
  6. Tunnelling in challenging conditions; case histories and lessons learned
  7. Innovation, robotics and automation
  8. BIM, big data and machine learning applications in tunnelling
  9. Safety, risk and operation of underground infrastructure
  10. Contractual practices, insurance and project management

The ITA-AITES WTC 2023 will be held in Athens from May 12-18, 2023.

For more information on abstract guidelines and requirements, go to https://wtc2023.gr/