Organization - WTC2023

Organization

Organization - Committees

About WTC2023 Organization

The ITA-AITES WTC2023 is managed by the Executive Organizing Committee which includes all elected members of the Greek Tunnelling Society and is further strengthened by experienced Academics and Industry Professionals. The Executive Organizing Committee is joined by the ITA Executive Director and communicates directly with the ITA Executive Council via both the ITA Executive Director and the assigned “ex officio” member in ITA Ex-Co.

Organizing Structure

Organizing Committee

Principal Design Manager at EDAFOS Engineering Consultants S.A. / ex-President of GTS

Ioannis Fikiris

Chair of the Organizing Committee

Former Head of Concession Transport Infrastructure Directorate / ex-President of GTS

Ioannis Bakogiannis

Organizing Committee co-Chair

Principal Geotechnical and Tunnel Engineering Consultant

Nikolaos Roussos

President of Greek Tunnelling Society

Tunnelling – Geotechnical Engineering Division, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Prof. George Anagnostou

Scientific Committee Chair

Associate Professor NTUA, School of Civil Engineering / Vice President IAEG

Prof. Vassilis Marinos

Program Committee co-Chair

Professor NTUA, School of Mining & Metallurgical Eng / Board Member GTS

Prof. Andreas Benardos

Program Committee co-Chair

Civil Engineer ATTIKO METRO S.A. / Treasurer of GTS

Evangelos Pergantis

Schedule – Budget – Cost Control Chair

V. Prof. Imperial College, London / Director at EDAFOS S.A. / ex-President of GTS

Dr. George Dounias

Sponsorships & Exhibits Committee Chair

Civil Engineer ATTIKO METRO S.A. / Vice President of GTS

Dimitrios Alifragis

Technical Visits Committee co-Chair

Teaching & Research Associate NTUA / School of Mining Eng & Metallurgy

Dr. Paraskevi Yiouta-Mitra

Technical Visits, Web & Media Communication Committee Co-Chair

Assistant Professor University of Leeds / ITACUS / ITA-CET / ITAy

Prof. Chrysothemis Paraskevopoulou

ITA-CET Training courses Committee Chair & Young Members group coordinator

Mechanical Engineer ATTIKO METRO S.A.

Dr. George Leoutsakos

Logistics and Venue Supervision Committee Chair

Senior Tunnel Engineer, Voessing Engineers mbH

Chara Kalogeraki

Marketing/ Information Committee co-chair

Civil Engineer, Tunnel Design Project Manager at Omikron Kappa Consulting S.A.

Marilia Balasi

Marketing / Information Committee Chair

Geotechnical & Tunnel Engineering Consultant at Omikron Kappa Consulting S.A.

Dr. George Proutzopoulos

Web & Media Communication Committee Chair

Associate Professor NTUA, School of Mechanical Engineering

Κonstantinos Kirytopoulos

Registration, Hospitality & Delegates Services Chair

Senior Tunnel Engineer at Mott MacDonald

Dr. Dimitrios Litsas

Social Program Committee Chair

Tunnel Design Manager at STRABAG UK

George Doulkas

Young Members group coordinator

National Technical University of Athens

em. Prof. Theodosios Tassios

Scientific Counselor

ITA - AITES Committee

Olivier Vion

(

France

)

ITA Executive Director

Prof. Jinxiu (Jenny) Yan

(

China

)

ITA-AITES / President

Prof. Tarcisio B. Celestino

(

Brazil

)

ITA-AITES / Past-President

Lars Babendererde

(

Germany

)

ITA-AITES / First Vice-President

Prof. Arnold Dix

(

New Zeland

)

ITA-AITES / Vice-President

Randal Essex

(

USA

)

ITA-AITES / Vice-President

Giuseppe Lunardi

(

Italy

)

ITA-AITES / Vice-President

Abidemi Agwor

(

Nigeria

)

ITA-AITES / Executive Council Member

Hamdi Aydin

(

Turkey

)

ITA-AITES / Executive Council Member

Prof. Hangseok Choi

(

Korea

)

ITA-AITES / Executive Council Member

Jeyatharan Kumarasamy

(

Singapore

)

ITA-AITES / Executive Council Member

Dr. Andres Marulanda

(

Colombia

)

ITA-AITES / Executive Council Member

Prof. Jamal Rostami

(

Canada

)

ITA-AITES / Executive Council Member

Gerard Seingre

(

Switzerland

)

ITA-AITES / Treasurer

Soren Eskesen

(

Denmark

)

ITA-AITES / Executive Council Member

Adrian Tola

Albania

Tunnel Engineer MacDonald, President Albanian Tunnelling Society

Antonia Cornaro

Austria

Bussiness Development Manager Amberg Engineering AG

Robert Galler

Austria

University of Leoben

Dimitrios Kolymbas

Austria

Division for Geotechnical and Tunnel Engineering University of Innsbruck

Mehmed Mesihovic

Bosnia & Hersegovina

CEO- Arkus d.o.o. Executive Committee Member of ITA Bosnia & Hersegovina Tunnelling Assosiation

Jairo Pascoal Junior

Brazil

President Brazillian Tunnelling Committee

Eng.Victor Tashev

Bulgary

University of Architecture, Civil Enginnering & Geodesy, President of Bulgarian Association for Geotechnical and Tunnel Construction

Mark Diederichs

Canada

Queens University

Nikolaos Vlachopoulos

Canada

Civin Engineering Department Royal Military College of Canada

Shahab Yasrobi

Canada

Geotechnical Supervisor of Underground Projects, Director Enscon Ltd

Davorin Kolic

Croatia

President Croatian Assosiation for Tunnel & Underground structures

Charles Nairac

France

Partener & Case LLP

Ing. Markus Thewes

Germany

Ruhr-Universitat Bochum

Christos Vrettos

Germany

Division of Soil Mech. & Foundation Engineering, Technical University of Kaiserlautern, Germany

Georgios Agnistalis

Greece

Chartered Engineer/Engineering Geologist

Christos Anagnostopoulos

Greece

Civil Engineering Department Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Michail Angelopoulos

Greece

Systems Engineer, Operator of Olympia Motorway

Vasilios Bardakis

Greece

Civil Engineer PhD – Chair of the Greek Society of Civil Engineers

Michael Bardanis

Greece

President of Hellenic Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (HSSMGE)

Bill Halkias

Greece

President International Federation (IRF)

Michael Kavvadas

Greece

Civil Engineering Department National Technical University of Athens

Nikolaos Kazilis

Greece

Tunnel Expert, Ex President of GTS, ex ITA EXCO Member

Dimitrios Pappas

Greece

Member of Greek Tunnelling Society

Kyriazis Pitilakis

Greece

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, President of the European Association of Earthquake Engineering

Stavros Raftopoulos

Greece

Tunnel Engineer ATTIKO METRO, Ex-President of Greek Tunnelling Society

Christos Tsatsanifos

Greece

Tunnel/ Geotechnical Expert, Ex-President of Hellenic Society of Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical Eng.

Konstantinos Tsiamouras

Greece

Tunnel Safety Officer, ITA - COSUF

Giorgos Tsifoutidis

Greece

Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy

Panagiotis Vettas

Greece

Managing Director OTM S.A.

Denielle Peila

Italy

Politecnico di Torino

Mohamed El Tani

Libanos

President of Lebanese Assosiation for Underground Space

Zvonko Tomanovic

Montenegro

University of Montenegro, Faculty of Civil Engineering, President of ITA Montenegro

Nick Barton

Norway

International Consultant

Matous Hilar

Prague

Faculty of Civil Engineering. Department of Geotechnics Chech Technical University

Elias Michalis

Singapore

Senior Tunnel & Geotechnical Consultant, Senior Technical Director ARCADIS

Philippe Pons

Switzerland

Head of Infrastructures & Transports Domain BG, Consulting Engineers

Martin Knights

United Kingdom

Indepented Consultant, Consulting Ex President ITA

Lord Robert Mair

United Kingdom

Campridge University Ex President of ICE

Jamie Standing

United Kingdom

Reader in Ground Engineering , Department of Civil & Enviromental Engineering Imperial College

Fathi Tarada

United Kingdom

Managing Director Mosen LTD

Giulia Viggiani

United Kingdom

Infrastructure Geotechnics, Department of Engineering Cambridge University

Vojtech Gall

United States of America

Principal Tunnel Engineer Gall Zeidler Consultants

Dimitrios Zekkos

United States of America

University of California at Berkley

Organization - Committees

Organizing Structure

Organizing Committee

ITA - AITES Committee

See also:

#WTC2023