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About Conference
The success of the First International Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries (COPEDEC), held in Colombo, Sri Lanka,
in March 1983, resulted in the creation of a Permanent Secretariat (PS) to organize this special conference once every four years in a developing
country. Subsequent conferences were held in Beijing, China (September 1987), Mombassa, Kenya (September 1991), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (September
1995), Cape Town, South Africa (April 1999), Colombo, Sri Lanka (September 2003) and Dubai, UAE (February 2008).
During the COPEDEC VI conference in Colombo, on September 19th, 2003, a merger agreement between PIANC, the World Association for
Waterborne Transport Infrastructure, and COPEDEC was signed and consequent to this agreement, a new International Organizing Committee (IOC) was
formed. The merger of PIANC and COPEDEC resulted in a tremendous response during the VII COPEDEC conference held in Dubai, UAE during
February 2008 and was the first COPEDEC Conference held under the aegis of PIANC.
The Eighth International Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries (PIANCCOPEDEC VIII) is to be held in Chennai, a vibrant port
city of south India during 20 - 24 February 2012. This is the first time that the Conference will be held in a developing country where the National Section of PIANC is actively participating in the event.
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