IX COPEDEC

The 9th edition of the Four Year Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries (IX COPEDEC) will be held again in Rio de Janeiro from 16 to 21 October 2016.

The general theme of the IX PIANC-COPEDEC is “Improving Water Transport and Coastal Development – The challenge of achieving integrated solutions”.

The topics may be covered by the following proposals: 

1. Port Engineering

(Infra)inland and coastal port structures / Numerical and physical modeling

2. Planning and Port Management

Planning and projects of ports, terminals and marinas / Water aspects / Operations and maintenance / Attraction and ship movements

3. Navigation Interior

Planning and design / Infrastructure / Management / Operations and maintenance / Logistic, economic and environmental advantages / Locks and channels / Margin protection / Dragging / VTMS

4. Maritime Transportation of Cabotage and Coastal Navigation

Management / Logistic, economic and environmental advantages / Engines – Fuel savings – new technologies / VTMS / Dynamic positioning system / Information systems for cargoes and ships – case studies

5. Engineering Coastal

Coastal infrastructure / Coastal stabilisation / Emissary and admission systems / Coastal protection / Ambushes / Materials for marine use / Coastal processes / Coastal and hydrodynamic sediments / Instrumentation and marine research / Remote sensing / GIS / Offshore structures for oil, gas and wind power sectors

6. Cost and Zone Risk Management Coastal

Integrated coastal zone management (GIZC) / Development of the waterfront / Forests and coastal vegetation / Tourism and leisure / Numerical techniques / Extreme events of waves and analysis / Tsunamis

7. Climate Change and Port and Coastal Environmental Issues

Green Ports / Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Measures / Contingency Planning / Best Practices in Environmental Management

8. Port and Water Transport Logistics and Multimodal Transport

Connection between water catchment areas