Da: Secrétariat ITA-AITES Inviato: martedì 30 giugno 2020 19.01 Oggetto: ITA ANNOUNCEMENT : WTC 2020 KualaLumpur, Malaysia Sent to: ITA MEMBER NATIONS, Prime Sponsors – Supporters - Corporate and Individual Affiliate Members, Animateurs & Vice-Animateurs of working groups ; Chair & Vice Chair of Committees;Sister Organisations Copy to: Executive Council Members Dear Madam, Sir, The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) has advised ITA that WTC 2020 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is cancelled. The Executive Council of ITA supports IEM’s decision to cancel a physical WTC 2020. ITA shares IEM’s view that this is in the best interests of the welfare and safety of our global ITA family. IEM has also advised ITA that they intend to hold a virtual conference instead of WTC 2020 and are not intending to provide a substantial refund of the monies received from sponsors, exhibitors, and registrants. ITA expects IEM to provide substantial refunds for all sponsors, exhibitors and registrants and will continue to work to achieve this outcome. With a successful resolution of the refund issue ITA could support the concept of a virtual conference in 2020. We acknowledge the great efforts that have been expended by IEM and our global family to prepare for WTC 2020 and express our shared disappointment that the global pandemic has led to this outcome. Looking to the future we hope the COVID19 crisis can be brought under control so that the international tunnelling community can safely meet again and work together for a better-shared future. As far as ITA activities are concerned a virtual General Assembly will be held in September and the different Working Groups and Committees meetings will also be organized on a virtual basis. We will keep you informed of ITA initiatives on this subject. Thank you for your understanding. Best regards, Olivier Vion Executive Director AITES c/o MIE 2 (MAISON INTERNATIONALE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT) Chemin de Balexert 9, CH-1219 Châtelaine Information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee and access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this email in error please notify the ITA secretariat to secretariat@ita-aites.org. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of ITA. Any opinion or advice contained in this email is subject to the terms of the ITA disclaimer.