Highlights from the PIANC USA Annual Meeting and Ports 2007 Conference
PIANC USA's annual meeting was held in conjunction with the ASCE/COPRI Ports 2007 conference in sunny San Diego, California. PIANC USA Commissioners and members held a general membership meeting in the morning and technical presentations in the afternoon. Before the meeting, a Young Professionals Welcome Reception 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.
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PIANC members at the PIANC USA Annual Meeting in March 2007 (left to right): Charles Calhoun (Commissioner Central Region VP), Dan Allen MarCom Rep), Jack Cox (RecCom Rep).
PIANC Young Professional Members, Ying Sze Yeo (left), Halcrow, and Ken Connell, USACE Coastal and Hydraulics Lab (right), at the PIANC USA Annual Meeting. Mr. Connell is the 2007 U.S. Winner of De Paepe-Willems Award and he presented his winning paper at the meeting.
General Riley presented Charles Calhoun with a PIANC medallion at the PIANC USA Annual Meeting in March for Mr. Calhoun's service on the U.S. Commission, VP of the Central Region, since 1999.
Ports 2007 conference attendees had the opportunity to network with other ports and harbors professionals at the USS Midway gala dinner. PIANC staff and Commissioners enjoying the reception on the hanger deck: (left to right) Kelly Barnes, Doris Bautch, Charles Calhoun, General Riley, and Shiv Batra.
Pictured here atop the flight deck of the USS Midway at the Ports 2007 Conference are (left to right) PIANC member Ron Coles, PIANC Treasurer Joe Mantey, and PIANC Secretary Bruce Lambert.
PIANC President Major General Don T. Riley, Director of Civil Works, US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), delivered the key-note speech at Ports 2007. COPRI Ports and Harbors Committee Chair, Stan White (left), and Ports 2007 Chair, Matthew Martinez (right), presented General Riley with a certificate of thanks.
Robert M. Engler, Ph.D., Senior Environmental Scientist and PIANC Member (left), was honored by ASCE at the Ports 2007 Conference where he was awarded the prestigious John G. Moffatt-Frank E. Nichol Harbor and Coastal Engineering Award. Stephen A. Curtis, President of COPRI-ASCE (right), presented Dr. Engler with the certificate and plaque at the conference awards luncheon.
Ports 2007 conference attendees who took the working waterfront technical tour got a first hand look at the waterfront businesses along San Diego Bay. They gained an awareness of the important role these businesses play in the region's economy, environment and national security. They viewed major shipyards, Naval Station San Diego, boatyards, The National City Marine Terminal and the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal. Depicted here is an example of water-dependent businesses along the Working Waterfront, Shelter Island's boatyards.
