Dredging Events

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May 6 - 7 2008, Dredging and Sustainability: How Wide is the Gulf? Conference on dredging and land reclamation at the Qatar International Exhibition Centre, Doha, Qatar. Sponsored by the Central Dredging Association, contact: Richard Hart, Event Logistics Ltd, Lawn Cottage, Owl Street, Stocklinch, Ilminster TA19 9JW UK. Phone: +44 (0) 1460 259776; fax: +44 (0) 1460 258783; email: info@event-logistics.co.uk

May 20-22, 2008. American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) environmental engineering-focused seminar on expansion of the Panama Canal and the impacts of growing trade in the Western Hemisphere. Sheraton Panamá Hotel & Convention Center, Via Isreal y Calle 77, San Francisco, Panamá; phone: 011-507-305-5100. Conference registration, contact Meredith Martino at 703-706-4718.

June 8-11. WEDA XXVIII conference and exhibition, with Texas A&M 39th Dredging Seminar, St. Louis Airport Marriott, St. Louis, Missouri. Theme “Why We Dredge”. Contact Western Dredging Association Executive Director Larry Patella, PO Box 5797, Vancouver, WA 98668; phone: 360-750-0209; fax: 360-750-1445; email weda@comcast.net; www.westerndredging.org

September 22 – 26. Caris 2008, 12th International User Group Conference, Exhibition and Educational Sessions, Hilton Bath City Hotel in Bath, England. For hotel reservations: phone: +44 (0) 1225 788 488 (Option 1 - Option 3); fax: +44 (0) 1225 483 337; email: reservations.bath@hilton.com; address: Hilton Bath City, Walcot Street, Bath BA1 5BJ. Conference information: CARIS Headquarters, 115 Waggoners Lane, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada E3B 2L4. Phone: 1 506-458-8533; fax: 1 506-459-3849

October 1 - 3. CEDA Dredging Days, Antwerp, Belgium. Contact: Dr. Anna Csiti, CEDA Secretariat, Radex Building, Rotterdamseweg 183c, 2629 HD Delft. The Netherlands. e-mail: csiti@dredging.org; www.dredgingdays.org

October 21 – 24. Shallow Survey 2008, 5th International conference on high resolution surveys in shallow water, Wentworth by the Sea Hotel, New Castle, New Hampshire. Sponsored by the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire. Contact: Linda Prescott, General Information, email: SS2008Info@ccom.unh.edu; CCOM, 24 Colovos Road, Durham, NH 03824; phone: 603-862-3438, fax: 603-862-0839

November 5 – 7 (Wednesday through Friday), WEDA Pacific Chapter Meeting, Mayflower Park Hotel, 405 Olive Way, Seattle, WA 98101; hotel reservations: 206- 623-8700 or 800-426-5100. Conference registration information: Pete Rude, Chapter president, 206-733-9179; ete.rude@Seattle.Gov