Keynote – Down to the next Level – a role for The UN Global Compact for the underground sector? The principles of the United Nations Global Compact consolidate the essence of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Labour Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, and the United Nations Convention… Read more »

Special Session: The Nuclear Future The British Energy Security Strategy, updated in 2022, outlines secure, clean and affordable British energy for the long term. Part of this strategy looks to Nuclear, with plans to increase deployment of civil nuclear to up to 24GW by 2050- 3 times more than today and representing up to 25%… Read more »

Swissloop Tunneling: Revolutionising the industry Swissloop Tunneling is a student-led association based at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich conducting research on tunnelling solutions. During the finals of the Not-a-Boring-Competition in September 2021, Swissloop Tunneling won the Innovation & Design Award and placed second in the overall challenge. In this presentation we will… Read more »

Kristina Smith – Consultant Editor With a career that began out on site as a graduate engineer, Kristina has been writing about civil engineering and construction for over 20 years. Starting out as a technical writer on Construction News, she progressed to features editor, before being poached by Property Week to be assistant editor. After… Read more »

A product of generations of Cornish miners and mining engineers, Tris followed in the family tradition of going underground at the age of 18. Upon realising life could be slightly less punishing than 12 hour shifts collaring off 3m compressed air leg drill steels, Tris enrolled at the UK’s world renowned Camborne School of Mines… Read more »