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PIANC USA 2007 Annual Meeting

March 27, 2007

La Costa Resort
2100 Costa Del Mar Road
Carlsbad, CA 92009

PIANC USA's annual meeting was held in conjunction with the ASCE/COPRI Ports 2007 conference in sunny San Diego. PIANC USA Commissioners and members held a general membership meeting in the morning and technical presentations in the afternoon, all set against the backdrop of La Costa Resort, one of the foremost convention facilities in Southern California. Before the meeting, a Young Professionals Welcome Reception was held on Sunday, March 25, at 5:30 p.m. This event allowed attendees 40 years of age and younger to meet and mingle with their colleagues and engage with the COPRI Governing Board and PIANC Board of Commissioners in a relaxed, informal setting.

Presentations

PIANC USA Report: Bruce Lambert, Secretary (pdf, 342KB)

InCom Report: Shiv Batra, U.S. Representative (pdf, 127KB)

EnviCom Report: Robert Engler, Chairman of EnviCom (pdf, 1.52MB)

2007 U.S. Winner of De Paepe-Willems Award: "Modeling Navigation Channel Infilling and Migration at Tidal Inlets: Sensitivity to Waves and Tidal Prism": Ken Connell, USACE Coastal and Hydraulics Lab. ppt (8Mb) | pdf (4.41MB)

Environment Roundtable

Dr. Robert Engler, Environment Roundtable Moderator (pdf, 10KB)
Dr. Todd Bridges, Environment Roundtable Panel member (pdf, 155KB)
Dr. Geraldine Knatz, Environment Roundtable Panel member (pdf, 2.08MB)

Security Roundtable

George P. Cummings, Security Roundtable Panel member (pdf, 699KB)
Robert S. Johansen, Security Roundtable Panel member (pdf, 701KB)
Doug Sethness, Security Roundtable Panel member (pdf, 252KB)

revised 10 Dec 2009