Speakers
Invited Speakers (Alphabetical list according to the speakers’countries)

Dominic Ong
Associate Professor in Griffith University Deputy Dean (Research) in the Office of the Pro Vice Chancellor (Sciences) at Griffith University
Presentation title: Development of material characterisation & prediction methods for jacking forces in complex geology

Ian D. Moore
Professor of Civil Engineering in Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (FCAE) Executive Director of Canadian Geotechnical Society
Presentation title: Under pressure: new design equations for close-fitting pressure pipe liners

Chunwen Yan
Vice Chairman, China Society of Geology – Trenchless Technology Committee (CSTT) Professor Senior Engineer, China Geological Equipment Group Co., Ltd (CGEG)
Presentation title: Developments of trenchless technology in China

Dong Su
Professor of College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen University Vice Director of State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Geotechnics and Tunnelling (Shenzhen University)
Presentation title: Close-fit, twin tunnel pipe jacking technology for subway station construction

Jingguo Cao
Professor, Tianjin University of Science and Technology Director of China-Euro Joint Center for Trenchless Technology(CETT)
Presentation title: Innovation and Development of Cured-in-Place Pipe Technology for Municipal Pipelines

Ke Li
Professor, Deputy Dean of the Tunnel Research Institute, China Merchants Communications Technology (Chongqing) Co., Ltd. Deputy Director of the National Engineering Research Center for Highway Tunnels
Presentation title: Tunnel Inspection and Pipeline Dredging Robot System
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Keh-Jian (Albert) Shou
Professor of Civil Engineering in Tongji University Just past Chairman - International Society for Trenchless Technology (ISTT) Vice President (for Asia) - International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
Presentation title:Advances of design analysis for trenchless technologies

Liang Zhen
Professor Senior Engineer, Shanghai Road and Bridge Group Co., Ltd.
Presentation title:Key Technologies of Deeply Buried and Ultra Long Pipe-jacking in Water-rich Stratum: A Case Study

Pinghe Sun
Professor and Head of Geological Engineering Department at Central South University ISTT Member and Head of National Key R&D Program in China
Presentation title:Presentation title: Physical chemical electro adsorption collaborative purification on waste mud

Xiongyao Xie
Distinguished Tenured Professor in Tongji University Head of the Building Quality Inspection Institute at Tongji University Director of the Key Laboratory of Urban Health Check and Big Data Diagnosis at the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development
Presentation title:A novel real-time GPR monitoring system for the measurement of the annular grout thickness behind lining during shield tunnelling

Roland W. Waniek
Managing Director, IKT (Institute of Underground Infrastructure, Germany)
Presentation title: Large diameter pipes-repair or replace? non-destructive in-situ testing with the MAC System

Hideki Shimada
Professor of Faculty of Engineering in Kyushu University
Vice Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
Vice Chair, Japanese Society for Trenchless Technology
Presentation title:Problem of analytical handling of cutting face and tail void for box pipe jacking and its countermeasures

Chung Siung Choo
Associate Professor at Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak, Malaysia Director of the Centre for Innovative Society (CIS) at Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak, Malaysia
Presentation title: Interpretable Spatial-Temporal Attention Modelling of Jacking Force Development in the Tsujido Box-Jacking Project

Wout Broere
Professor of Underground Space Technology at Delft University of Technology Vice-animateur for the European Tunnelling Forum (EuTF) Working Goup on Monitoring and Refurbishment of Tunnels Editor-in-Chief for the journal of Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
Presentation title: Curved microtunnelling drives in soft soils

