With regards to the international arena, AETOS forms a part, as a member with full rights, of the International Tunnelling Association (ITA), which includes 55 countries from the five continents.
The ITA’s Executive Council is made up of the following representatives:
| INTERNATIONAL TUNNELING ASSOCIATION (ITA) EXECUTIVE COUNCIL | ||
| Post | Name | Contact Us |
| Chairman | In-Mo Lee (Korea) | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| Honorary President | Alan M. Muir Wood (United Kingdom) | |
| Past President | Martin C. Knights (United Kingdom) | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| Vice-Presidents | Markus Thewes (Germany) | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| Yun Bai (China) | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | |
| Soren Degn Eskesen (Denmark) | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | |
| Ivan Hrdina (Czech Republic) | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | |
| Council Members | Amanda Elioff (EEUU) | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| Pal Kocsonya (Hungary) | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | |
| Rick P. Lovat (Canada) | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | |
| Chun Nam Ow (Singapore) | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | |
| Daniele Peila (Italy) | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | |
| Secretary | Claude Berenguier (Switzerland) | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| Treasurer | Felix Amberg (Switzerland) | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| François Vuilleumier (Suiza) | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | |
| Experts | André Assis (Brazil) | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| Mikhail Y. Belenkiy (Russia) | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | |
| Koichi Ono (Japan) | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | |
| Harald Wagner (Austria) | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | |
| WTC 2011 | Pekka Särkkä (Finland) | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| WTC 2012 | Suchatvee (Vince) Suwansawat (Thailand) | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Visit the ITA’s website for further information:
www.ita-aites.org
During 2009, AETOS actively participated in the ITA World Tunnel Congress, held in Budapest. (WTC2009)
Mr. Pablo Bueno, a member of the Board of Directors, took part at the request of the ITA’s Organising Committee, presenting an article as a speech on the tunnels on Madrid’s M-30 ring road. He was personally congratulated on the excellence of his delivery by the ITA’s President, Mr. Martin Knights and M. Pier Giorgio Grasso, a member of the ITA Executive Council.
The ITA’s welcome reception served to contrast voting intentions in the General Assembly of the different West European Tunnel Associations. The majority position was to prefer the candidacy of Thailand over China for the 2012 World Congress due to China’s insistence on holding the Congress in a modern city, without direct air communication with Europe. The Chinese candidacy was overwhelmingly rejected in the General Assembly.
Working Group no. 2, “Research” met on two afternoons, with its Spanish representative attending. AETOS was present in the oral presentations by Spanish speakers, which were excellently attended, and the session on underground urban development.
Contact information: : www.ita-aites.org