The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association held its Forty-ninth General Assembly in Athens, Greece from 14 to 17 May 2019, in conjunction with the World Tunnel Congress 2023 "Expanding Underground - Knowledge & Passion to Make a Positive Impact on the World", organized by ITA and the Greek Tunnelling Society (GTS) of Greece. More than 2100 persons participated in the Congress. 48 of the 78 Member Nations participated or were represented in the General Assembly.
After 2 years of pandemic restriction, ITA family was able to physically gather again in Denmark. The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association held its forty-eightGeneral Assembly in Copenhagen, from 4 to 7 september 2022, in conjunction with the World Tunnel Congress 2022 "Underground Solutions for a World in Change", organized by ITA and the DFTU - Danish Society for Tunnels & Underground Works. More than 2,000 persons participated in the Congress and 150 had registered to follow the WTC through a digital platform. 38 of the 78 Member Nations participated or were represented in the General Assembly.
While the Covid-19 pandemic is not over, showing signs of continuing for some time, the tunnel industry met on 30 June 2021 in a virtual conference to hold the 47th General Assembly of the ITA, the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association. In times of uncertainty, it was the occasion for the worldwide NGO to give an overlook on the main activities of the Association, main future events (Tunnelling week), achievements of Working Groups and committees and on future events. As planned, ITA presented the updated strategy for the new 3-year term.
Over the last few months, Covid19 pandemic has brutally impacted global economy. The tunnelling industry gathered last week in a virtual conference to hold the 46th General Assembly of ITA, the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association. In times of uncertainty, it was the occasion for the worldwide NGO to give an overlook on the main activities of the Association, achievements of Working Groups and committees and on future events. As planned, ITA presented the updated strategy for the new 3-year term.
The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association held its forty-fifth General Assembly in Naples, from 5 to 8 May 2019, in conjunction with the World Tunnel Congress 2019 "Tunnels and Underground Cities: Engineering and Innovation meet Archaeology, Architecture and Art", organized by ITA and the Società Italiana Gallerie (SIG) of Italy. More than 2500 persons participated in the Congress. 62 of the 78 Member Nations participated or were represented in the General Assembly.
The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association held its forty-fourth meeting in Dubai, from 22 to 25 April 2018, in conjunction with the World Tunnel Congress 2018 "The role of underground space in building future sustainable cities" organized by ITA and the Society of Engineers of United Arab Emirates. More than 1550 persons participated in the Congress. 47 of the 75 Member Nations participated or were represented in the General Assembly.
