Speakers

Prof. Hehua Zhu,Tongji University, China

He is a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Director of the National Key Laboratory of Civil Engineering Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Tongji University, and Director of the Engineering Research Center of Civil Engineering Information Technology, Ministry of Education. He is also the Chairman of the Data Standards Committee of the International Union of Geotechnical Engineering, the Vice Chairman of the Chinese National Group of the International Society of Rock Mechanics, and the Advisor of the Center for Intelligent Infrastructure (CSIC) of the University ofCambridge, etc.

Prof. Zhu has been teaching and researching in the field of tunneling and underground space for more than 30 years, and was selected as the chief scientist of 973 National Project. His research achievements include "Soft soil shield tunnel design theory and construction control technology and application" and "Key technology of large-scale underground space construction in dense urban areas and its integrated demonstration". He had edited 5 industry and group technical standards, granted more than 50 invention patents, published 7 monographs and more than 380 high-level papers in domestic and foreign academic journals, and founded the international academic journal Underground Space (SCIE).

Prof. Jürgen Fleischer,German Academy of Engineering, Germany

He is a member of the German Academy of Engineering, a member of the International Academy of Production Engineering as well as the Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the German Academy of Production Engineering. Besides, Prof. Jürgen Fleischer is the former Dean of the School of Mechanics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), a renowned scholar in the field of international mechanical engineering. He is a key member and academic leader in the development of the German machinery industry strategy and is the first German leader of an approved project in the field of Smart Manufacturing/Industry 4.0 cooperation between the Chinese and German governments.