CEDA Announces WODCON XX

Under the theme of "The Art of Dredging" WODCON XX will take place from 3 to 7 June 2013 in Brussels, Belgium. The event 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 socialise in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere enjoying the famous Belgian cuisine and hospitality in delightful surroundings. A post-congress tour will finish off the event. "CEDA has always sought venues with a maritime flavour for WODCONs" - said Anna Csiti, General Manager CEDA. "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.

World Dredging Congresses (WODCONs) are organised once every three years by one of the three sister associations of WODA, the World Organisation of Dredging Associations.

Freddy Aerts of the Flemish Government, who is chairing the WODCON XX Organising Committee and is also chairman of the Belgian Section of CEDA, says that the 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", Mr Aerts continued.