Press Release SOE News
First Arabian Tunnelling Conference & Exhibition To Focus On
Sustainable Use Of Underground Space
The Society of Engineers ­ UAE have
of underground structures, innovation,
The official opening ceremony will
announced the technical program
safety and much more.
take place in the morning of Tuesday
structure for the First Arabian
The goal of the SOE-UAE is to attract
10th December after which important
Tunnelling Conference & Exhibition.
a diverse audience that will stand to
keynote presentations will be deliv-
The event, which is to be held at the
benefit from the extensive knowledge
ered by high ranking government offi-
Intercontinental Festival City Hotel in
available and to highlight the benefits
cials from public works bodies in the
Dubai over 2 days from 10-11
that the sustainable use of under-
UAE, KSA and Oman which are key
December 2013, will be the first
ground space can bring to our
emerging markets for tunneling
tunneling conference organized in
economic, environmental and social
projects. The newly elected ITA presi-
collaboration with the International
standards.
dent, Mr. Soren Eskesen, is sched-
Tunnelling & Underground Space
Mr. Maged Hanna (General Manager
uled to deliver his presentation on Risk
Association (ITA) in the Middle East
of SOE­UAE) stated that `the opportu-
Management on the opening day
and Africa region.
nity for learning will be very significant
among other members of the ITA exec-
H.E. Essa Al Maidoor (President of
as we are aiming to serve top level
utive council.
SOE-UAE and Director General of
experts in the field of Tunnelling'. He
Day 2 the program split into 2 tracks
Dubai Health Authority) said, `the
added `we have seen a very high
that will cover in-depth topics which
benefits of advanced tunneling meth-
number of quality abstracts submitted
will appeal to specialist tunnel experts
ods as an environmentally friendly,
from more than 30 countries world-
and a wider engineering audience
economically viable solution to exploit
wide underlining the interest to further
alike.
the benefits of underground space are
develop tunneling techniques in our
becoming increasingly evident in our
region'.
region.' H.E. Al Maidoor
added, `This conference
will seek to address the
challenges faced and
opportunities to be gained
f r o m a n e n g i n e e r i n g
perspective by delivering
the latest knowledge in the
tunneling field in the form
of case studies, keynote
speeches and technical
sessions'
More than 40 technical
presentations are sched-
uled to take place during
the 2 day conference,
covering a wide range of
topics from risk manage-
ment, planning and design
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