» EnglishSeminar Program
Main Topics
- Traffic safety in road tunnels.
- Construction methods of tunnels.
- Data integration and exchange at control centers.
- Project evaluation of ITS systems.
- ITS systems standardization and certification.
- Management of emergency contingencies using ITS assisting tools.
- Contribution of ITS technology for risk analysis.
- Tunnel projects.
- Influence users' behaviour in tunnels.
- Technology innovations.
- Tunneling trends.
Program Timetable
| Day | Time | Technical Sesion | ACTIVIDAD / CONFERENCIAS | PLACE / SPEAKER |
| Tuesday 23/03/10 | 11:00-14:30 | Seminar Registration | ||
| 14:30-15:30 | Seminar Opening Ceremony | Salon RETIRO | ||
| ITS Argentina President | Daniel Russomanno, Argentina | |||
| ITS Chile President | Jorge Minteguiaga, Chile | |||
| ITA / AITES General Secretary | Claude Bérenguier, France | |||
| Mountain Road Engineering School Director UNSJ | Juan Marcet, Argentina | |||
| First delegate of AIPCR – Argentina | Julio Ortiz Andino, Argentina | |||
| General Director, National Roads and Highways Bureau of Argentina/ Organizing Committee President | Nelson Periotti, Argentina | |||
| Secretary of Transportation of Argentina | Juan Pablo Schiavi, Argentina | |||
| 15:30-16:00 | Introduction | Seminar Organization and AIPCR/PIARC introduction | Pierre Schmitz, Belgium | |
| 16:00-17:30 | Technical Session: SAFETY IN TUNNELS. Moderator: Jorge Minteguiaga, Chile, y Rudolf Hörnan, Austria |
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| ST I | Introduction to Safety in Road Tunnels | Bernhard Kohl, Austria | ||
| ST I | Safety in Road Tunnels – Recent developements | Jürgen Krieger, Germany | ||
| ST I | Scale tests of fire in road tunnels, chilean and latinamerican situation | Fabián González C., Chile | ||
| Technical Session Debate I | ||||
| 17:30-18:00 | Coffee / Commercial conferences – Annex “C” Retiro Auditorium | |||
| 18:00-19:30 | Technical Session: TUNNELS OPERATION AND ITS. Moderators: Carmelo Sigillito, Argentina, and Leslie Fielding, England |
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| ST II | Roads and tunnels management system Camino La Pólvora | Ligia Alvarado, Chile | ||
| ST II | San Cristóbal Tunnel: a tunnel system in Santiago´s heart | José Miguel Galera F., Chile | ||
| ST II | Life cycle aspects of tunnels equipment | Urs Welte, Switzerland | ||
| Technical Session Debate II | ||||
| 19:30-20:00 | POSTERS SESSION | Annex "C" Salon RETIRO | ||
| 20:00-22:00 | Welcome Cocktail | Foyer RETIRO | ||
| Wednesday 24/03/10 | 08:00-15:00 | Technical visits | ||
| 08:00-15:00 | VT 1 | Sanitation works in Tigre | 50 peoples | |
| 09:00-12:30 | VT 2 | Works in Maldonado creek basin | 40 peoples | |
| 09:00-12:30 | VT 3 | Works subway extension, Line E | 35 peoples | |
| 21:00-23:00 | Musical “Thousand and one nights” of Cibrian–Mahler. Theatre El Nacional (Corrientes Nº 739, AR$ 80) | |||
| Thursday 25/03/10 | 09:00-09:30 | OPENING I EXPOTUNNLES | ||
| 09:30-11:00 | Technical Session III: LONG ROAD TUNNELS. Moderator: Juan Marcet, Argentina, and Evert Worm, Holland |
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| ST III | Use of human factors knowledge and simulators studies applied in Scandinavian tunnels projects | Erik Norstrom, Norway | ||
| ST III | Central Corridor Porto Alegre – Coquimbo. Agua Negra Tunnel | Edgardo Güerci, Argentina | ||
| ST III | Human behavior in long road tunnels | Marc Tesson, Frane | ||
| Technical session Debate II | ||||
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee / Commercial conferences – Annex “C” Retiro Auditorium | |||
| 11:30-13:00 | Technical session IV: TUNNEL VENTILATION AND ITS. Moderator: Pierre Schmitz, Belgium and Romano Borchiellini, Italy |
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| ST IV | Fire safety in tunnels. Chilean reality and challenges for Latin America | Miguel Bustamante, Chile | ||
| ST IV | Ventilation control systems and fire | Ignacio del Rey, Spain | ||
| ST IV | Road Tunnels: Operation Strategies for emergeny ventilation | Fathi Tarada, England | ||
| Technical session Debate IV | ||||
| 13:00-15:00 | Lunch (not included) | |||
| 15:00-16:30 | Technical Session V: BINATIONAL TUNNELS OPERATION. Moderator: José Miguel Ortega, Chile, and Didier Lacroix, France |
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| ST V | Road projects with international conection in Perú | Raúl Torres Trujillo, Perú | ||
| ST V | Low altitude rail tunnel for the central corridor between Argentina and Chile (Mendoza – Santiago/Valparíso) | Roberto Salinas, Chile | ||
| ST V | Mont-Blanc tunnel: The rules, operation and experiences | Pierre-François Linares, France | ||
| ST V | Binational tunnels explotation | Rafael Lopez Guarga, Spain | ||
| 16:30-17:00 | Coffee / Commercial conferences – Annex “C” Retiro Auditorium | |||
| 17:00-18:00 | ST V | Aspects of Binational entities. Legal structure for integration projects | Gabriela Stortoni, Argentina | |
| Technical session Debate V | ||||
| 18:00-19:30 | Techinical Session VI: ITS SPECIAL APPLICATIONS. Moderator: Jorge Felizia, Argentina and Alexander Debs, Canada |
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| ST VI | New ITS technologies implementation in the new South Acces Tunnel to Santiago | Pedro Pablo Videla, Chile | ||
| ST VI | Technology implementation in planification studies | Edgardo Melen, Argentina | ||
| ST VI | Sustainable Mobility Plan | Guillermo Dietrich, Argentina | ||
| ST VI | Traffic ITS systems in Buenos Aires | Carmelo Sigillito, Argentina | ||
| ST VI | ITS systems for public transport in Buenos Aires | Guillermo Krantzer, Argentina | ||
| Technical session Debate VI | ||||
| 20:00-21:00 | RECEPTION | Salón San Marón Iglesia Maronistas Paraguay 840 | ||
| 21:00-24:00 | OFFICIAL DINNER | |||
| Friday 26/03/10 | 09:00-11:00 | Technical Session VII: TUNNELS PLANIFICATION AND FINANCING. Moderator: Oscar Elorriaga, Argentina and Piergiorgio Grasso, Italy |
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| ST VII | Reflexions about tunnels planification, design, construction, operation and maintenance | Diego Sánchez, CAF | ||
| ST VII | Development of road infrastructure in Colombia. Tunel de la Línea project. | Enrique Martínez Arciniegas, Colombia | ||
| ST VII | Feasibility of binacional tunnels. New points of view | José Luis Galassi, Chile | ||
| ST VII | Multimodal integration – Central Bioceanic Corridor | Hugo Eurnekian, Argentina | ||
| Technical session Debate VII | ||||
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee / Commercial conferences – Annex “C” Retiro Auditorium | |||
| 11:30-13:00 | Technical Session VIII: TUNNELING OR CLASSICAL TECHNOLOGY. Moderator: Oscar Vardé, Argentina, and Soren Eskesen, Denmark |
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| ST VIII | Maldonado creek tunnel | Sergio Agostinelli, Argentina | ||
| ST VIII | Mechanical or conventional tunnels construction | Harvey Parker, USA | ||
| ST VIII | Specific aspects during road tunnels construction | Claude Bérenguier, France | ||
| Technical session Debate VIII | ||||
| 13:00-15:00 | Lunch (not included) | |||
| 15:00-16:30 | Technical Session IX: TUNNELS CONSTRUCTION IN MOUNTAIN ZONES . Moderator: Juan Marcet, Argentina, and Claude Bérenguier, France |
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| ST IX | Road Solution of Km. 1 of Interoceanic Road. Oswald Guasamín tunnel in Quito, Ecuador |
Arturo Manzur, Argentina | ||
| ST IX | Conceptual study of Agua Negra Tunnel | Martin Bofer, Argentina | ||
| ST IX | Construction of Road and rail tunnels in mountain zones | Piergiorgio Grasso, Italy | ||
| Technical session Debate IX | ||||
| 16:30-17:00 | Coffee / Commercial conferences – Annex “C” Retiro Auditorium | |||
| 17:00-18:30 | Technical Session X: CONSTRUCTION OF TUNNELS IN LOOSE SOILS AND URBAN AREAS. Moderator: Hugo Rizzo, Argentina, and Harvey Parker, USA |
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| ST X | New urban tunnel on Americo Vespucio avenue | José Sánchez, Chile | ||
| ST X | Metro Tunnels in Buenos Aires. Development of construction procedures 1998-2009 | Alejo Sfriso, Argentina | ||
| ST X | Tunnels construction in loose soils and urban areas | Soren Eskesen, Denmark | ||
| Technical session Debate IX | ||||
| 18:30-19:30 | “Feasibility of Tunnels Construction in Argentina”. Debate of government authorities and CIMPO members (Interprovincial Council of Public Work Ministers) | |||
| 19:30-20:00 | SEMINAR CLOSURE CEREMONY | Salon RETIRO | ||
* Every technical section has three conferences on the section field.
Program for accompanying parties
| TUESDAY | 19:30 a 22:00 | Welcome Cocktail, Sheraton Hotel |
| WEDNESDAY | 09:00 a 13:00 | Technical Visit |
| 13:00 a 15:00 | Lunch | |
| THURSDAY | 10:00 a 18:00 | City Tour |
| 21:00 a 24:00 | Closing Dinner |
Social Activities 
Breaks
Projects and Works
- International Tunnel, Agua Negra Pass, Argentina - Chile.
- Low-altitude railway tunnel - Transandino Central Train.
- Drainage and Sewage Tunneling, County of Tigre, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Drainage and Sewage Tunneling of river Riachuelo, intersecting Metropolitan Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Road Tunnel through Pólvora Hill, Chile.
- Road Tunnel through San Cristóbal Hill. Chile.
- Tunneling works to underground the Sarmiento Railroad line, City and Metropolitan Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- ITS System for the International Pass at Cristo Redentor, Argentina – Chile.
- Various Tunnels along the National Road N°150, San Juan, Argentina.
- Tunneling of multi-lane ring highway Circunvalación M30, Madrid, Spain.
- Flood channel Arroyo Maldonado. Argentina.
Speakers
- Ing. Pierre Schmitz. President of the C4 Technical Committee on Tunnel of the AIPCR.
- Claude BERENGUIER, - Secretario General de ITA-AITES, Francia
- Sergio AGOSTINELLI, Argentina
- Ligia ALVARADO, Chile
- André ASSIZ, Brasil
- Martin BOEFER, Argentina
- Ignacio DEL REY, España
- José L. GALASSI, Chile
- Piergiorgio GRASSO, Italia
- Edgardo GUERCI, Argentina
- Bernhard KOHL, Austria
- P. F. LINARES, Francia
- Rafael LOPEZ GUARGA, España
- Enrique MARTINEZ ARCINIEGAS, Colombia
- José M. ORTEGA, Chile
- Miguel PEREZ, Chile
- Roberto SALINAS, Chile
- José SANCHES, Chile
- Diego SANCHEZ FONSECA, Colombia
- Juan Pablo SCHIAVI, Argentina
- Iván SEGOVIA JACOME, Ecuador
- Alejo O. SFRISO, Argentina
- Fathi TARADA, Inglaterra
- Marc TESSON, Francia
- Raúl TORRES TRUJILLO, Perú
- Francois VUILLEUMIER, Suiza
- Urs WELTE, Suiza
Download the guidelines for speakersGuidelinesTechnicalPresentations.pdf
