WODCON brings dredging focus to Europe
‘The Art of Dredging’ will be the theme for WODCON XX, the industry’s most important event.
The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has announced that the next World Dredging Congress (WODCON) will be 3-7 June 2013 in Brussels.
The theme in 2012 will be ‘The Art of Dredging’.
World Dredging Congresses are organised once every three years by one of the three sister associations of WODA, the World Organisation of Dredging Associations. First organised in 1967, nearly half a century ago, and held throughout the world since, this series of congresses has become the highlight of the dredging professionals’ calendar. In 2013 it will be CEDA’s turn again to organise the Congress and CEDA selected Brussels, the capital of Europe, to be home for WODCON XX.
‘CEDA has always sought venues with a maritime flavour for WODCONs, said CEDA general manager Anna Csiti. ‘The rich maritime tradition, the presence of dredging knowledge and the many opportunities for interesting and informational technical visits were key factors in the CEDA Board’s decision to bring WODCON XX to Belgium.’
‘On behalf of the Belgian members of CEDA I am confident to say that delegates of WODCON XX will have not only a useful and informative but also an exceptionally pleasant time in Brussels, added Freddy Aerts of the Flemish Government, who is chairing the WODCON XX Organising Committee and is also chairman of the Belgian Section of CEDA. ‘Our congress venue, the Square Congress Centre, is in the heart of Brussels, on the Mount of Arts, surrounded by museums which are full of old masterpieces. But inside the Congress Centre we will be discussing another type of art, The Art of Dredging, an art which creates new ports, new land and new green recreational areas’.
Following tradition, WODCON XX will comprise keynote addresses by prominent experts and some 120 peer reviewed technical paper presentations from all over the world. The Congress will be complemented by a dredging exhibition that will provide companies with an excellent opportunity to present their products and services to a select and focused group of international experts and decision makers. There will be plenty opportunity for delegates to network and socialize in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere enjoying the famous Belgian cuisine and hospitality in delightful surroundings. A post congress tour will make the event complete.
For further up to date information about WODCON XX, visit www.wodcon.org
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