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Congress Theme and Call for Abstracts

The theme of the World Tunnel Congress 2012 is Tunnelling and Underground Space for a Global Society.

Call for Abstracts
Abstracts are welcome on the main topics listed below.

Main Topics:
• Urban tunnelling
• Use of underground spaces
• Natural disaster mitigation and management through underground space use
• Underground structure resistance against seismic loads
• Advance and innovation in mechanised tunnelling
• Conventional tunnelling
• Long and deep tunnelling
• Contract practices, commercial aspects and risk assessment
• Tunnelling nearby sensitive structures
• Tunnel rehabilitation and restoration
• Safety in tunnels
• Micro tunnelling
• Deep excavations

Important Dates :

Abstract submission deadline
Notification of abstract acceptance
Full paper submission deadline
Notification of full paper acceptance
Early bird registration deadline

30 September 2011
20 October 2011
01 December 2011
20 January 2012
10 March 2012

    Abstract Submission Guidelines
         1. All abstracts must be submitted through the Congress website www.wtc2012.com. Abstract submissions sent via FAX OR EMAIL WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
         2. All abstracts must be submitted in PDF files and should consist of:
                    a. Title, Author Names and Affiliations as displayed in the template below.
                    b. Postal address and email address of the corresponding author.

ABSTRACT TITLE
Lastname, A.¹, SecondAuthor, B.²
1 Division/Department, University, Thailand
2 Division/Department, University, Algeria

         3. Indicate a topic from the list of the Congress to which the paper belongs.
         4. Abstracts should be no longer than one A4 page in length and must contain about 300-500 words only.
         5. A maximum of one figure, in gif, jpg, jpeg or png format is permitted.
         6. All abstracts submitted to the congress will be peer reviewed by the Scientific Committee.
         7. The notification of abstract acceptance by the Scientific Committee will be sent to the corresponding author via email by 30 September 2011. ONLY authors with accepted abstracts will receive the acceptance notification and instructions for preparation and submission of the manuscript of the full paper and extended abstract for a peer review for final acceptance to the Congress.
         8. For status enquiries, please check ABSTRACT STATUS at www.wtc2012.com.

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