The impact of digitalization and connectivity on the Tunnelling Industry

The Industrial Internet of Things or the 4th industrial revolution, is making strong inroads into the underground space industry, thanks to improved connectivity and reduced cost of digital technology.

In connection with the WTC2016 in San Francisco the ITA Committee on Technologies, ITAtech, will organize a special session to explore the consequences for and impact on the Tunnelling industry from the accelerating digitalization evolution.

In this session a guest speaker from SIGMA, will present a solid view on the topic, discuss ongoing developments, and point out future directions.

After the guest speaker part, selected ITatech Prime Sponsors will give concrete examples of applications  in which they have implemented latest technologies related to this topic i.e. Big data management, Monitoring, Measuring, Control, Automation, Machine diagnostics, Maintenance, Safety, Risk reduction and Process optimization.