CEDA Dredging Days 2017

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CEDA Dredging Days 2017

Sustainable Dredging - Continued Benefits

Technical programme – Day 1

9-10 November 2017, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

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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