Technical programme – Day 1

9-10 November 2017, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

07:45	BREAK-ICE-FAST – GUIDED NETWORKING BREAKFAST
	(additional fee) This light-hearted and fun session will offer participants the opportunity to quickly make the acquaintance of a number of fellow participants and share ideas on a variety of issues.
09:30	SESSION 1 – OPENING AND KEYNOTE SPEECHES
	Chair: Cees van Rhee – Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
	Opening remarks: Polite Laboyrie, President CEDA – Witteveen+Bos, the Netherlands
	Introduction: Prof. Dr. Cees van Rhee, Technical Papers and Programme Committee Chairman – Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
	Keynote address: Dredging the Industry’s Mindset  Frank Verhoeven, President IADC – International Association of Dredging Companies, the Netherlands
	Featured presentation: CEDA’s check list for successful dredging management Kathleen De Wit, on behalf of CEDA Dredging Management Commission (DMC) – IMDC, Belgium
10:30	Coffee and tea served in the exhibition area
10:55	SESSION 2 – ENVIRONMENT AND MONITORING
	Chair: Renaat De Sutter – Antea Group, Belgium
	Assessment of siltation processes and implementation of nautical depth in the port of Cochin, India Ferket B, Heredia Gomez M, Rocabado I, De Sutter R, and Manso F – Antea Group, Belgium; Van Hoestenberghe T – Fluves, Belgium; Kwee J and Werner C – Stema Systems, the Netherlands; Verwilligen J and Vos S – Flanders Hydraulics Research, Belgium; Nair P, Lamba P, Sharma S, and Marthi S – IIC Technologies, India; Vantorre M – Ghent University, Belgium
	A method for monitoring and control of spill during dredging operations Lumborg U and Saremi S – DHI, Denmark; Lauridsen P – Rohde Nielsen, Denmark
	Potential sources and magnitude of errors associated with the measurement of suspended sediment concentration Crossouard NA, Taylor JA, and Lee MW – HR Wallingford, United Kingdom
	Integrated approach to monitor water dynamics with drones  Raymaekers D, De Keukelaere L, Knaeps E, Strackx G, and Verstappen T – VITO, Belgium; De Crop B and Bollen M – IMDC, Belgium
	Modelling and monitoring of dredged sediment dispersal Brightlingsea UK Coulet W and Manning W – Exo Environmental, United Kingdom; Rotsaert M and De Wit L – Svasek Hydraulics, the Netherlands
12:45	Lunch, sponsored by Damen Dredging Equipment, served in the exhibition area
13:45	SESSION 3 – ACADEMIC SESSION
	Chair: Bernard Malherbe – Jan De Nul, Belgium
	Pipeline floatation due to wave-induced liquefaction of trench backfill material Baelus L, Szengel V, Breughem A, Tavallali A, and De Wit K – IMDC, Belgium
	1DH modeling of transport and sedimentation inside a hopper of a trailing suction dredger Boone J and De Nijs MAJ – Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors, the Netherlands
	Simulating turbidity plumes with OpenFOAM Van Grunsven F, Keetels GH, and Van Rhee C – Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
	Lock exchange experiments with particle-driven gravity currents Stovers MPJ and Goeree JC – Delft University of Technology/ IHCMTI/Royal IHC, the Netherlands; Van Rhee C – Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
15:15	Coffee and tea served in the exhibition area
15:45	SESSION 4 – DEVELOPMENTS IN INSTRUMENTATION
	Chair: Henrich Röper – Hamburg Port Authority, Germany
	Non-radioactive slurry density measurement for inland dredgers Zych KS and Osnabrugge J – IHC Systems, the Netherlands
	Velocity profiling in hydrotransport Van der Spek A – ZDoor, the Netherlands; Fernald M and Bailey T – CiDRA Minerals Processing, United States of America
	Innovative spill measurement for wirecrane and excavator dredging Stuifbergen HG – Teledyne Marine, the Netherlands
	Deployment and field evaluation of a non-nuclear densitometer, based on electrical resistance tomography Hazineh W, McCormack D, Primrose K, Qiu C, and Wei K – Industrial Tomography Systems, United Kingdom
17:15	PRESENTATION OF THE CEDA-IADC BOOK ‘DREDGING FOR SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE’
	Polite Laboyrie, Chairman of the Editorial Advisory Board – Witteveen+Bos, the Netherlands
17:30	CEDA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
18:00	CEDA NETHERLANDS RECEPTION

Last update: 4 November 2017