Conference Agenda

FINAL PROGRAM
 
Date: Monday, 15/Apr/2024
18:00 - 21:00Get-together [optional]

Location: Messecongress Graz, Messeplatz 1, 8010 Graz, Austria


 
Date: Tuesday, 16/Apr/2024
8:00 - 9:00Registration

Location: Messecongress Graz, Messeplatz 1, 8010 Graz, Austria

9:00 - 9:15Opening Session
Location: Hall Styria
9:15 - 10:15Keynote Speakers
Location: Hall Styria
10:15 - 11:00Coffee Break

☕ With friendly support from Zitron Nederland

11:00 - 12:20Session S1: Energy & Sustainability
Location: Hall Styria
Session Chair: Rune Brandt, HBI Haerter, Switzerland
11:00 - 12:20Session G1: Evacuation
Location: Hall Graz
Session Chair: Frédéric Waymel, Egis Group, France
12:20 - 13:30Lunch

🍽️ With friendly support from the Mayor of the City of Graz, Ms. Elke Kahr.

13:30 - 14:50Session S2: Railway Systems
Location: Hall Styria
Session Chair: Helmut Steiner, ÖBB Infrastruktur AG, Austria
13:30 - 14:50Session G2: Commissioning
Location: Hall Graz
Session Chair: René List, ASFINAG Baumanagement GmbH, Austria
14:50 - 15:30Coffee Break

☕ With friendly support from FVT mbH

15:30 - 16:30Session S3: Alternative Propulsion Systems
Location: Hall Styria
Session Chair: Conrad Stacey, Stacey Agnew, Australia
15:30 - 16:30Session G3: Simulation
Location: Hall Graz
Session Chair: Antoine Mos, CETU - Centre d'études des tunnels, France
16:30 - 16:45Informative presentation about the Technical Visit
Location: Hall Styria
17:30 - 19:00Guided city tour [optional]

🎭 If interested, you can take part in a guided tour of the Graz city center. The final destination is then in time for the Conference Dinner, directly at Alte Universität.

  • Meeting point Venue / Messecongress: 17:00
  • Meeting point Main square / City hall: 17:30
19:30 - 21:00Conference Dinner [optional]

🍽️ With friendly support from the Governor of Styria, Mag. Christopher Drexler.

Only for people registered for this event.

Location: Alte Universität, Hofgasse 14, 8010 Graz


 
Date: Wednesday, 17/Apr/2024
9:00 - 10:20Session S4: Mining & Artificial Intelligence
Location: Hall Styria
Session Chair: Ignacio Del Rey, TYPSA - Técnica y Proyectos S.A., Spain
9:00 - 10:20Session G4: Risk Analysis
Location: Hall Graz
Session Chair: Norris Harvey, Mott MacDonald, United States of America
10:20 - 11:00Coffee Break

☕ With friendly support from FVT mbH

11:00 - 12:20Session S5: CFD Simulation
Location: Hall Styria
Session Chair: Alan E. Vardy, University of Dundee and Dundee Tunnel Research, United Kingdom
11:00 - 12:20Session G5: Tunnel Ventilation
Location: Hall Graz
Session Chair: Sonja Wiesholzer, Schiene OÖ GmbH, Austria
12:20 - 13:20Lunch

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13:20 - 14:20Session S6: Tunnel Ventilation
Location: Hall Styria
Session Chair: Ingo Kaundinya, Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt), Germany
14:20 - 14:50Coffee Break

14:50 - 16:00Session S7: Closing Session
Location: Hall Styria
Session Chair: Bernhard Kohl, ILF Group Holding GmbH, Austria

 
Date: Thursday, 18/Apr/2024
8:30 - 15:30Technical Visit [optional]

Only for people registered for this event.

  • Traveling by bus: 08:30 - Departure Venue / Messecongress
  • Arrival by own car: 09:15 - Schönaich 108/1, 8521 Wettmannstättem

  • Bus stop at Airport Graz: 15:00
  • Arrival at Venue / Messecongress: 15:30

Further details can be found on our website: https://www.tunnel-graz.at/program/technical-visit.html