The organising committee said that, after a successful first call for abstracts, it was extending the deadline and encouraged the industry to “take this opportunity to share innovative ideas, research findings, and case studies with international experts and peers”.

The topics for next year’s congress are:

  • Innovative tunnelling
  • Safety underground
  • Use of underground space
  • Investigations and ground characterisation
  • Planning and design of underground space
  • Conventional tunnelling
  • Mechanised tunnelling
  • Complex geometries including shafts and ramps
  • Grouting and groundwater control
  • Instrumentation and monitoring
  • Operation, inspection and maintenance
  • Contractual aspects, financing and risk management
  • Impact of climate change

The full paper submission deadline is September 30, and full paper revision deadline is January 5.

For more information or to submit an abstract, go to the WTC2025 website[https://www.wtc2025.se]

WTC2025 will be held in Stockholm from May 9-15, 2025.