Annual Congress 2025 – Bamberg
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Dear congress participants,
We would like to welcome you all to the 29th Annual Congress of the Drilling Contractors Association (DCA-Europe) here in Bamberg.
As in the previous year, the flow of information about the event will be exclusively via digital media.
On this so-called “Congress Infopage” all important information is stored and available to you at any time. If you have any further questions, your DCA team will, of course, also be available in person during the annual congress!
We wish you a successful congress!
Your DCA Team
P.S.: We would be very pleased to receive your feedback!
Organisational details for the annual congress
EXhibition
During the 29th DCA Annual Congress, the exhibition will take place in the foyer adjacent to the congress room and the room K10. This hole area will also be used during the coffee breaks. This year, 18 DCA member companies will be able to participate.
Set-up/Dismantling:
Set-up can take place from Wed 08.10.2025 at 06.00 pm. Each exhibitor will have a table (identified by name) and, depending on registration, a power connection. Dismantling should take place directly after the end of the congress on Friday 10.10.2025 from 01:00 pm. Stand supervision in the narrower sense is not planned.
Lectures
- Dipl.-Geol. Dietmar Quante, Executive Director DCA
- Jorn Stoelinga B.Sc., President DCA
Secret weapons of communication: Soft strategies with hard impact – Convincing when it counts – even under pressure!
- Guest speaker Leo Martin, former secret-service agent
- Boris Böhm, Max Streicher GmbH & Co. KG
Traffic safety during work beside roads according to
RSA 21 and ASR A5.2
- Maximilian Oppermann, Oppermann Büro für Verkehrssicherung
Landingpage “Drill for Europe” – update and possibilities
Thijs Jansen, Thijs van den Berg
Small and short seeks big and long
- Jan Holtvlüwer, EHB Horizontalbohrtechnik GmbH
Celtic Interconnector: The first HDVC nterconnection between Ireland and continental Europe
- François Gandard (OPTIMUM),
- Nicolas BLANC (RTE)
Inner-city large-scale drilling technology for PE pipes under special static loads
- Tobias Männel, Dr.-Ing. Veenker Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH
- Thomas Winkler, LMR Drilling GmbH
- Jacek Janicki, ZRB Janicki
Challenge – Use of small scale drilling in the construction of HGÜ networks
- Bernd Alvermann, Kuhlmann Leitungsbau GmbH & Co. KG
- Jens Schnakenbeck, Kuhlmann Leitungsbau GmbH & Co. KG
- Carlos Eduardo Chaves, Drillcon
Further Information from the Association
Sponsors
The event is supported by the DCA members Beermann Bohrtechnik GmbH, Cetco, Ditch Witch, Galjard Bau GmbH, Getech. Sp., Krafteam GmbH, Max Streicher GmbH & Co. KG, Michels Trenchless GmbH , Schmallenberger Bohrservice GmbH, TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG and Vermeer as Goldsponsors.
Silver sponsors are the companies Derrick, DVGW Cert GmbH, Hanab Pipelines & Industry, Hauck Tiefbau GmbH, Herrenknecht AG, Kugler Behälter- und Anlagenbau GmbH, OPTIMUM Trenchless Engineering and Digital Control GmbH
