Program
Symposium program is outlined below. The organizing committee reserves the right to adjust session times and speaker schedules if necessary.
| DAY 1, NOVEMBER 12, 2026, THURSDAY | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00-10:20 | Registration | ||
| 10:20 - 10:30 | TURKISH TUNNELLING SOCIETY | Prof. Dr. Nuh Bilgin (Chairman of the Board) | Opening Speech |
| Session 1 | |||
| 10:15 - 11:00 | GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS (AYGM) | Dr. Yalçın Eyigün (General Manager) | New Tunnel Projects, Applied New Strategies and Technologies |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break | ||
| Session 2 | |||
| 11:30-11:50 | ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (ITU) | Prof.Dr. Nuh BİLGİN | The effect of North Anatolian and East Anatolian Fault zones on the problematic tunnels opened in Türkiye |
| 11:50-12:10 | GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS (AYGM) | Bilal Sayın (Head of Strategy Branch) | General Introduction of Körfezray Metro Project |
| 12:10-12:30 | SMT SHARF | Nejat Bora Eser, Damir Martic, Martin Broszat |
Transport systems for segments, personnel, and materials in inclined tunnels up to 60%. |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch | ||
| Session 3 | |||
| 13:30-13:50 | ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (ITU) | Prof.Dr. Hanifi Çopur, Prof.Dr. Abdullah Fişne | Applications of TBMs and Ventilation Principles in Gassy Tunnels in Türkiye |
| 13:50-14:10 | GÜLERMAK | Adam Hauler, Burak Doğan, Katarzyna Szymanska (Warszava-Poland) | TBM Tunneling in Methane Environment in the Carpathian Flysch Geological Formation |
| 14:10-14:30 | GÜLERMAK | İhsan Yağcı, İrem Acar,Mustafa Demir (Izmir-Buca Metro) | Hyperbaric Maintenance of TBMs in İzmir-Buca Metro Tunnels |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Coffee Break | ||
| Session 4 | |||
| 15:00-15:20 | FAMA, Italy | Stefania Vittuari | New Technology for the Tunnels Subjected to Eartquakes: Anti-Seismic Device for Sealing |
| 15:20-15:40 | AIRONN | Efe Ünal | Ventilation of Tunnels on the Apron of Istanbul Airport |
| 15:40-16:00 | ADEN MÜH., Geoground | Ediz Vural | Near and Far Ground Reinforcement with Point Chemical Injection |
| 17:00 | Closing | ||
| 20:00 - 23:00 | Gala Dinner (By Fee) | ||
| DAY 2, NOVEMBER 13, 2026, FRIDAY | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Registration | ||
| Session 5 | |||
| 10:30 - 11:00 | EPIROC, Drilling Tools AB | Saim Bahadır Ergener, Head of Marketing | Stability at Depth: Advancing Rock-Reinforcement Teichnology in Deep Mining and Tunnelling |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break | ||
| Session 6 | |||
| 11:30-11:50 | CREG | Xiaotian Wang, Germany-China | A Critique of CREG TBMs Used in Türkiye and Their Performance |
| 11:50-12:10 | MAPEI | Ulaş Aygün, Far East Regional Manager | TBM Excavation in Soils with Methane Risk |
| 12:10-12:30 | WIWA, WILLICH, HANY | Dimitrij Beibajew, Sven Kranzlin, Hansjürg Baumann | Next Level-Controlled Cement - PU İnjection |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch | ||
| Session 7 | |||
| 13:30-13:50 | GEODESTEK | Dr. Anıl Yunatçı | Current Approaches in the Project Life Cycle of Underground Openings: Harmonizing Research, Design, Construction, and Monitoring |
| 13:50-14:10 | SYSTRA | Mustafa Erdem | Design of a Large TBM Assembly Cavern in Istanbul |
| 14:10-14:30 | TECHNIWELL/SCP MAKİNA | Özdoğan Anbar | Calculations for Injection Plants to Support TBM Operations |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Coffee Break | ||
| Session 8 | |||
| 15:00 - 15:20 | IGT Geotechnik und Tunnelbau Implenia |
Zafer Ekici, Hannes Hauer, Türkay Ayten | At the Limits of Engineering - Managing Extreme Water Pressures, Large Ground Deformations and Major Fault Zones in the Semmering Base Tunnel (27.3 km.) |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | ITA - YM: SYSTRA, ARX | Andrea Marchioni, Fabio Mangaretto, Vincenza Floria | Young Tunneller Award Winning Presentation: A parametric 3D Advanced Numerical Model for Single Shield TBM Simulations |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Warsaw University of Technology Faculty of Civil Engineering Poland | Magdalena Florczak | Monitoring-Based Integrated Assessment Framework for Evaluating the Impact of Tunnelling and Underground Construction Works on Adjacent Structures under Difficult Urban Conditions |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | BEKAERT | Mustafa Uyar | Applications and innovations in steel -fiber-reinforced for tunnel lining. |
| 16:20 - 16:30 | TURKISH TUNNELLING SOC. | Prof.Dr. Nuh Bilgin (Chairman of the Board) | Closing Speech |