The Dr. Sauer & Partners' team is looking forward to the ITA World Tunnel Congress 2026 (WTC2026) taking place in the coming days in Montreal, where we will join industry colleagues, clients, and friends from around the globe.
With a plethora of events and sessions running throughout the duration of the congress, the Dr. Sauer & Partners' team is contributing with a range of insightful presentations including the below:
Petr Salak as ITACUS Coordinator YPTDP workshop “𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲: 𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹'𝘀 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁” which runs throughout this week, as well as during the ITACUS session "𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱: 𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀"
Monday 18th May | 11:00 - 12:30 | ITACUS session | Exhibition Hall Area 210AB
Bethan Haig will present the British Tunnelling Society's 𝗦𝗖𝗟 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲
Sunday 17 May | ITA Working Group 12 meeting
Shawn Sismondi – 𝗣𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
Tuesday 19th May | Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning II session
Yusuf Soliman – 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗖𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀
Tuesday 19 May | 18:15–18:30 | Exhibitor Hall E-Poster 22
David Rheault – 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱: 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗘𝗖𝗪𝗘 𝗔𝗧𝗖𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼
Wednesday 20 May | 14:30–14:45 | Track 3 (511CF)
Seenan Alam – 𝗘𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗮𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁: 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲
Wednesday 20 May | 16:30–16:45 | Track 1 (511AD)
Alongside the technical sessions, you’ll 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗵 (𝗗𝟬𝟵𝟭𝟰) - do stop by to say hello to Juergen Laubbichler, Gerald Skalla and Thomas Schwind and the team 👋 and learn more about our projects, expertise, and services. We’d love to connect and exchange ideas!
Looking forward to a great week in Montreal!
Further details and specific session details are available on the event website.
