The Central Dredging Association has announced the program for their upcoming trademark biennial event – CEDA Dredging Days, set to take place from 9-10 November 2017 at Ahoy Rotterdam.
“The event has been the primary international dredging conference in the CEDA region (Europe, Middle East, Africa) for almost 40 years,” CEDA said in its release.
This year’s event will focus on the continued benefits of dredging projects that add value to nature and society and minimize potential negative impacts.
Program highlights include:
The theme
For hundreds of years dredgers have been used to shape and manipulate the interface between land and water in order to support a variety of human activities.
The list is long and includes navigation, coastal protection, flood risk management, water body restoration and remediation, as well as residential, commercial, agricultural and hydropower development.
Dredging in marine, estuarine and freshwater environments affects the ecosystem and its associated services to nature and humanity either in a positive or in a negative manner.
New insights in the natural processes, in the potential impacts and benefits and new, adapted methods and technologies allow the modern dredging industry to provide sustainable solutions for developing and maintaining essential infrastructure, while securing the continuity of ecosystem services.
CEDA Dredging Days 2017 aims to demonstrate the sustainable character of modern dredging projects.