Skip to main content

Understanding Dredging

Become a member

CEDA Iberian Conference: Dredging for sustainable port development, Lisbon, Portugal

This is an ARCHIVED EVENT

CEDA Members can download the presentations here, you need to SIGN IN first

This conference, CEDA’s third event on the Iberian Peninsula, was co-organised and hosted by the Portuguese Engineers Association (OE) at their premises in central Lisbon, Portugal, on 27-28 October 2016. 

Within the central theme – Dredging for sustainable port development – the conference addressed key topics relevant to the success of port dredging and sediment management projects with a focus on the Iberian context. The topics also reflected current thinking on what “sustainability” means in that context.

This important conference provided a valuable platform for the exchange of knowledge, and best practice, between professionals involved in dredging on the Iberian Peninsula and the broader international CEDA community.

Highlights
  • Fully curated technical programme
  • Technical visit
  • Photography competition
  • Young CEDA Pitch Talks
  • Conference dinner and networking with fellow professionals 
Who was there?

Dredging professionals from organisations including port authorities, government agencies, dredging
contractors, shipyards, and consultants. Delegates came from across the region but were mainly from Portugal, Spain and Morocco. The conference language was English.

Sponsors

CEDA and OE are grateful to the following companies for their support to the event. 

Events - 2016 - Lisbon - Logos - v2 // event-2016-iberian-logos-v2.png (66 K)

For information about sponsorship opportunities please visit cedaconferences.org/lisbon2016