Keynote Lectures (in portuguese)

David Oliveira is a renowned civil engineer in the field of tunneling in Australia and is currently one of the Technical Directors of Tunnels at the Australian company Aurecon. He graduated from the Federal University of Bahia and holds a master's degree in Geotechnics from the University of Brasilia and a PhD from the University of Wollongong in Australia.

With over 25 years of experience in earthworks and underground works, some of the most recent tunnel projects under his technical leadership include the Westconnex M8 Tunnel, Westconnex M4-M8 Link Tunnels, both in Sydney, the offshore tunnels of the Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Plant in the UK, the Sydney Metro West-Central Tunnelling Package, the Western Harbour Tunnel Package 2 and the Borumba Pumped Hydro Energy Storage project in Queensland.

In addition to being an active member of the Australian Tunnelling Society, he is also the Vice-Chair of Working Group No. 12 of the International Tunnelling Association (ITA-AITES) on Sprayed Concrete and leader of the design/dimensioning sub-group of the ITA-AITES group developing the Technical Guide on Sustainable Concrete Tunnel Lining.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND/TITLES⦁ Bachelor’s Degree in Geology – University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil, 1983.⦁ Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering – Geotechnical Area – School of Engineering of São Carlos, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil.Title: “SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF TERTIARY SANDY SOILS IN SÃO PAULO AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR UNDERGROUND WORKS”Year of completion: 1995. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Tarcisio Barreto Celestino.⦁ MBA in Managerial Excellence – FIA (Fundação Instituto de Administração).Topic: “RISK MANAGEMENT IN UNDERGROUND WORKS: A STUDY OF BEST PRACTICES”Institutions: FIA (Fundação Instituto de Administração) and UNIMETRO (Corporate University of the São Paulo Metro), 2008.Supervisor: Roque Rabequini.⦁ Postgraduate Isolated Courses at Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA).PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE⦁ 62 technical papers published in symposia.⦁ 26 articles published in specialized journals.⦁ 7 book chapters and special publications.⦁ 2 academic monographs.⦁ Former President of the Brazilian Tunneling Committee (ABMS).⦁ São Paulo Metro Company (Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo – Metrô) – (since November 1985).Positions Held:⦁ Specialist in the Civil Project Design Management Department (current).⦁ Head of the Civil Basic Design Projects Department.⦁ Technical Advisor in the Civil Project Design Management Department.⦁ Geotechnical Coordinator of the Civil Basic Design Projects Department.⦁ Supervisor of Geotechnical Coordination in the Civil Basic Design Projects Department.⦁ Project Analyst in the Geotechnical Coordination of the Civil Basic Design Projects Department.

Engineer specialized in rock excavations and controlled demolitions, with extensive experience in complex urban and industrial works, including shopping malls, ports, highways, subways, hydroelectric plants and dams.

He works with planning and supervision of excavations with explosives, detonation control and seismic monitoring. He also provides consultancy in executive projects for slope stabilization, foundations and infrastructure, with works carried out in Brazil and other Latin American countries.

Graduated in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (1972), with a Master’s degree (1978) and a Ph.D. (1981) in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.Currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Geotechnical Engineering at the School of Engineering of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, and as Civil Engineering Manager at Themag Engenharia, São Paulo.He was President of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) from 2016 to 2019 and currently holds the position of Past President on the Executive Council of the association. He also served as Vice President of ISRM – International Society for Rock Mechanics. In 2012, he received the Manuel Rocha Award from ABMS. He was an Associate Editor for the journal Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology (2010–2015) and a Visiting Professor in the Master’s Program in Underground Works at the International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering (IHE), Delft, Netherlands.He has experience in research related to tunnel support structures, time-dependent behavior of shotcrete, evaporitic rocks, numerical modeling, rock fracturing processes, and acoustic emission, as well as in the design of underground works and dams. He has worked on projects in various countries.For instance, he is currently a member of the advisory board of Andra – Agence Nationale pour la Gestion des Déchets Radioactifs, specifically for the Cigéo project, which involves the underground storage of nuclear waste in Meuse/Haute-Marne, France. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)