PIANC E-Magazine - PIANC AIPCN welcome
PIANC E-Magazine - PIANC AIPCN welcome
PIANC E-Magazine - PIANC AIPCN welcome
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NEWS FROM THE NAVIGATION COMMUNITY<br />
areas of the world. Many new issues<br />
have emerged and will be discussed<br />
and debated.<br />
Abstracts are being sought regarding<br />
best practices and innovations in<br />
the field from North and South America,<br />
Europe and Asia. The submission<br />
deadline is January 23, 2012.<br />
Visit http://dredging12.pianc.us/abstracts.cfm<br />
for more information or<br />
to submit. Papers are not required.<br />
The theme of the conference is ‘40<br />
Years of Dredging and Environmental<br />
Innovation’. Topics will include:<br />
• State of Engineering Practice<br />
• Dredging Contracting and Management<br />
Innovations<br />
• Environmental Dredging (Remediation/Restoration)<br />
• Safety<br />
• Current Engineering Dredging<br />
Research<br />
• Integrating Dredging and Dredged<br />
Material Reuse with Environmental<br />
Restoration<br />
• Working with Nature<br />
• Site Characterisation and Survey<br />
• Sediment Resuspension/Residuals<br />
• Sustainable Sediment Management<br />
• Dredged Material Management<br />
• Ports/Navigation – Case Studies<br />
(Coastal/Inland)<br />
• Regulatory Challenges and Solutions<br />
Dredging 2012 is a four-day technical<br />
specialty conference organised<br />
by <strong>PIANC</strong> USA and the Coasts,<br />
Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute of<br />
American Society of Civil Engineers<br />
(COPRI ASCE). For more information<br />
visit http://dredging12.pianc.us<br />
or contact us at dredging@pianc.us.<br />
Kelly Barnes<br />
<strong>PIANC</strong> USA Deputy Secretary<br />
2 nd Edition of the <strong>PIANC</strong><br />
Mediterranean Days<br />
in 2012<br />
Don’t forget to register for the second<br />
edition of the <strong>PIANC</strong> Mediterranean<br />
Days – ‘Infrastructure, Logistics and<br />
Sustainability’ – which will take place<br />
directly after the <strong>PIANC</strong> AGA 2012 in<br />
Valencia, Spain on May 23-25, 2012<br />
following a successful 1st edition,<br />
which took place in Palermo, Sicily<br />
in October 2008.<br />
The Conference website (http://<br />
www.iimeddays2012.org/) has gone<br />
on-line and has been translated into<br />
English. Of course, all information<br />
about the Med Days will be posted<br />
on the <strong>PIANC</strong> website as well at<br />
http://www.pianc.org/meddays.php.<br />
Manuel Arana Burgos<br />
Secretary of <strong>PIANC</strong> Spain<br />
<strong>PIANC</strong> E-<strong>Magazine</strong> n° 144, November/novembre 2011<br />
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