PIANC Working Group 218 which is looking at the implications of invasive alien species for waterborne transport infrastructure, held its official kick-off in Brussels 30-31 January 2020. This inaugural meeting was attended by all bar one of the members (unavoidable circumstances resulted in the French representative being unable to attend):
- Chair: Safra Altman, full, USA
- Secretary: Aaron Schad, alternate, USA
- Nathan Harms, YP, USA
- Carola Winkelmann, Germany
- Nicola Stokes, full, Australia
- Sahar Mokhtari, full, Iran
- Guillaume Raffenne, full, France
- Vicky West, full, UK
- Lisa Reilly, YP, UK
- PIANC EnviCom WG Mentor: Jan Brooke
The kick-off session was a great success, with high engagement maintained for the duration. Key outputs of this first session included:
- The development of a draft outline for the proposed guideline
- The development of a forward plan schedule for working group meetings
- The allocation of initial tasks amongst members relevant to subject matter experts
- The identification of existing knowledge gaps (broadly) which highlighted the benefit of seeking further expertise to allow the guideline to address
- Full global geographic coverage
- the business risk and liability considerations from a more comprehensive perspective
- Engineering options for mitigation of risks
Report by Nicola Stokes NQBP – PIANC Australia and New Zealand member. See her video here.
Terms of reference are here: ToR-EnviCom-WG-218-The-implications-of-invasive-alien-species-for-waterborne-transport-infrastructure –