PIANC-COPEDEC IX Rio de Janeiro -Brazil October ,17 th 2016

PIANCThe World Association for

Waterborne Transport Infrastructure

Introductory remarks

by Mr. Geoffroy CAUDE

President of PIANC

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Plan of the presentation

I- PIANC and COPEDEC

II- Connections between the conference and PIANC publications

III- Ports and waterways as pillars for ANTAQ and for PIANC

IV- PIANC a very good opportunity for young professionnals

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What PIANC Stands For

• PIANC is the forum where professionals from around the world join forces toprovide expert advice on cost-effective, reliable and sustainableinfrastructure to facilitate the growth of waterborne transport.

• Established in 1885, PIANC is the longest-standing organisation in its field,and continues to be the leading partner for governments and private sectorin the design, development and maintenance of ports, waterways andcoastal areas.

The global organisation providing guidance for sustainable waterborne transport infrastructure

for ports and waterways

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Our Mission

To provide expert guidance and technical advice

• Bringing together the best international experts, both publicand private, on technical, economic and environmental

issues pertaining to waterborne transport infrastructure

• High-quality Technical Reports

• International Commissions and Working Groups

To keep the international waterborne transportcommunity connected

• Four-yearly PIANC World Congresses

• Four-yearly PIANC-COPEDEC International Conferences on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries

• Two-yearly Smart Rivers Conferences bringing experts

together on inland waterway infrastructure.

To support Young Professionals and Countries in Transition

To remain the leading

international sourceof waterborne transport-

related information in the 21st century

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Our Membership

38 Qualifying Members

of which 25 have a National Section(i.e. governmental and non-governmental organisations representing a country)

more than 2,000 Individual Members (Students included)

more than 450 Corporate Members (port authorities, chambers of commerce, universities,

other public- and private-sector organisations)

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I PIANC and COPEDEC : Target countries

Qualified members without national sectionQualified members with national section

Target countries

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Target countries : ten countries expected in the years to

come : at least three in South America

Mexico Russia

Fidji Islands Lettonia

Papouasie-New Guinea Latvia

Chile Mozambic

Uruguay Kenya

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34rd PIANC WORLD CONGRESS

Panama in 2018

PIANC World Congresses since 1885

PIANC-COPEDEC Conferences since 2003

PIANC-COPEDEC IXRio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016

PIANC-COPEDEC XTehran, Iran in 2020

Our three major international events

PIANC-Smart Rivers Conferences since 2011

PIANC-SMART Rivers Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2015Pittsburgh, United States of America in 2017

Lyon, France in 2019

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The eight previous International Conferences on

Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries

March 1983, First COPEDEC Conference , Colombo, Sri-Lanka

September 1987, COPEDEC II, Beijing, China ,

September 1991, COPEDEC III, Mombasa , Kenya

September 1995, COPEDEC IV Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,

April 1999, COPEDEC V, Cape Town, South Africa

September 2003, COPEDEC VI, Colombo, Sri Lanka

February 2008, PIANC-COPEDEC VII Dubai, UAE

February 2012, PIANC-COPEDEC VIII Chennai, India

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II Connections between the conference and PIANC

publications

Port Engineering

Port Planning and Management

Inland Navigation

Short Sea Shipping and Coastal Navigation

Coastal Engineering

Coastal Zone and Coastal Risk Management

Port and Coastal Environmental Issues and Climate Change

Port and Waterborne Transport Logistics and Multi Modal Transport

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Selected recent MarCom reports

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Selected recent InCom Reports

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Selected recent RecCom reports

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Selected recent Envicom productions

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PIANC is working with eleven Sister Associations

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Our Platinum Partners

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III- Ports and waterways as pillars for both

ANTAQ and PIANC

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WORKSHOP-COPEDEC

2016

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IV- PIANC a very good networking opportunity for young

professionnals

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IV- PIANC: a very good opportunity for young professionnals:

PIANC-YP 5th biennal technical visit

5BTV participants at Port of Ghent visitors centre

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Muito obrigado pela vossa atenção!

Thank you for your attention

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