Annual Congress 2024 – Barcelona
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On this website you will find all important information about the annual congress.
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Registration for the 28th DCA Annual Congress starts on Wednesday, 9 October 2024 at 10.00 a.m. in the foyer of the basement of the hotel. Please follow the signs in the hotel.
The participants of the Sagrada Familia city tour meet on Wednesday at 1.30 pm in the foyer of the congress hotel. Die Teilnehmer der Stadtführung Sagrada Familia treffen sich am Mittwoch um 13.30 Uhr im Foyer des Tagungshotels.
Departure is at 1.45 pm.
The participants of the Barrio Gothic & Born city tour meet on Wednesday at 2:15 p.m. in the foyer of the conference hotel.
Departure is at 2.30 pm.
Both tours end at 4:45pm at Pub Ocana (Pl. Reial, 13-15, Ciutat Vella, 08002 Barcelona).
On the return journey to the hotel, we ask those who would like to attend the Women empowering HDD meeting afterwards to take the first of the waiting buses. Thank you.
The meeting of the Women empowering HDD group will take place in the NUDOS Barcelona Bar not far from the conference hotel, on top of the former bullring, Avda. Gran Via de las Cortes Catalanas 373 – 375, Las Arenas shopping center. This meeting is intended exclusively for women.
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Dear congress participants,
We would like to welcome you all to the 28th Annual Congress of the German Horizontal Drilling Association (DCA) here in Barcelona.
As in the previous year, the flow of information about the event will be exclusively via digital media.
On this so-called “Congress Website” 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!
Organizational Matters for the Congress
Exibition
The exhibition will take place during the 28th DCA Annual Congress from 09-11.10.2024 in the rooms Plaza 1 and Plaza 2. This year, 18 member companies of the association will participate.
Set-up/Dismantling:
Set-up can take place from Wed 09.10.2024 at 10.00 am. 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 11.10.2024 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
- Drs. Kim Jansen, Generation expert and Psychologist
Overview Red Eléctrica Special Projects
- Sara Fernandez De Sevilla Alfonsea, Red Eléctrica de España
SuedLink: Purpose, Cable & Laying, Future Outlook
- Dr. Stefan Mirschel, TenneT
- Dierk Schönwald, TenneT
Automation and digitalization in small drilling technology – Presentation by ORFEUS
- Lea Freise, TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH Co. KG
Overcoming geological challenges: A case study of complex HDD’s in the Basque Country, Bermeo
- Jordi Camps Querol, Catalana de Perforacions
Women empowering HDD – Recent activities and outlook
- Lydie Vuille, FOREXI
- Camila Sanchez Prado, HDI
Small-scale HDD on the SuedLink project
- Marco Reinhard, LEONHARD WEISS GmbH Co. KG
- Dr. Christoph Donié, Dr. Donié Geo-Consult GmbH
- Ricarda Puls, Amprion GmbH
- Dr. Maximilian Zundel, gbm Gesellschaft für Baugeologie und – meßtechnik mbH
- Carlos Eduardo d’Oliveira Chaves, Drill Tec, Brasilien
- Jan Laenge, Drill Tec, Brasilien
Further Information from the Association
Sponsors
The event is supported by DCA members Ditch Witch, Michels Trenchless GmbH, Catalana de Perforacions S.A., Vermeer and Schmallenberger as gold sponsors.