Kuala Lumpur (MY),
20 September 2019. “The preparations for the World Tunnel Congress
(WTC) and 46 th ITA General Assembly 2020 in Kuala Lumpur are in full
swing. Registration should be made as soon as possible, due to the
early bird chance (before 1 December 2019) and the high demand
“recommends WTC2020 Organising Chairman Ir. Dr Teik Aun Ooi.
The Institution of
Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) will welcome more than 2,000 participants
from all walks of the tunnelling and underground space developments
fraternity to join the congress which includes lectures, technical
sessions, various committee and working group meetings, site and
technical visits, brief excursions and much more.
Accompanied by an
exhibition with more than 200 participating companies from all over
the world, the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) will be the
epicentre of the tunnelling and underground space developments
congress for a whole week, and will underline Malaysia ́s position
as a tunnelling and underground space developments technological hub
in Southeast Asia.
The fully packed
week will start with an ITACET training course. Addressing especially
young tunnellers and those who are interested in tunnelling and
underground space developments; as well as prominent tunnelling
experts from all over the world will be sharing their experiences.
More than fifteen technical presentations under the topic of
“Innovations in Tunnelling – Geotechnical Engineering and Project
Management“ will give deep insights in five different main fields
of tunnelling and underground space developments on Friday and
Saturday, 15 and 16 May 2020. This will not only be a chance to learn
from the bests, but there will also be sufficient time between the
various sessions for discussion and networking with worldwide
recognised experts.
The first part of
the General Assembly and some Working Group meetings will take place
on Sunday, 17 May 2020. One of the most important events on this day
is the Congress Welcoming Reception starting at 6 pm, which is free
for all registered congress participants.
The official
welcoming to the World Tunnel Congress, as well as an opening
ceremony with both Muir Wood and keynote lectures, are scheduled on
Monday morning, 18 May 2020. The exhibition at the KLCC venue will
also kick-off on the same morning. Technical Sessions, presentations,
committee meetings and countless networking with fellow participants,
exhibitors and business partners will fulfil the days until the
second part of the General Assembly on Wednesday afternoon, with the
closing ceremony as the finale of the WTC2020 event and followed with
the handover of the ITA flag to the next host country Denmark for
WTC2021.
Different site and
technical visits will be held during and after the congress with
limited seats available: SMART Tunnel (Monday, 18 May 2020),
Tunnelling Training Academy (Tuesday, 19 May 2020) and Underground
works at both KVMRT Line 2 and Line 3 (Wednesday, 20 May 2020) are
outstanding tunnel engineering achievements, first of its kind
training centre and ongoing tunnelling projects respectively - no
engineer should miss. All site and technical visits, as well as short
excursions, will start and end at KLCC.
On Thursday limited
participants will have a chance to book a technical visit to either
the ongoing East Coast Rail Link or the completed Pahang-Selangor Raw
Water Transfer Tunnel.
Several programmes
open to accompanying persons to explore the beauty of Malaysia before
or after the congress are also in place. The WTC2020 in Kuala Lumpur
falls during the month of Ramadan which is the holiest month in the
Islamic calendar. Participants will have the opportunity to
experience the uniqueness of “Buka Puasa“ (Breaking of Fast) in
KLCC itself. The WTC2020 programme for business as well as for
leisure, is amazing and will become a lasting memory for all
participants.
Further details
available by accessing the homepage www.wtc2020.my
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