Exciting news! Online videos of PIANC’s hybrid conference APAC2020 with all speakers and sessions including our seminar on “Nature-based Solutions for Coasts, Ports and Estuaries” are now available to all viewer! Check them out here.
PIANC ANZ’s successful mentoring program has begun its second year, with a launch in April 2021. “To me this is a critical role for senior engineers to undertake.”
As a not-for-profit organisation, our core purpose is to provide leadership in the field of waterborne transport infrastructure to advance the communities, economies and environments in Australia and New Zealand. To ensure we are delivering on this purpose and in the spirit of continuous improvement, we are keen to hear from our valuable members and interested colleagues.
PIANC De Paepe-Willems Award 2022 For this prestigious and generous PIANC International prize, young professionals (under 40) are invited to submit a paper on subjects in the fields of design,
Dave Hopper looks forward to sharing the WG195 report with peers in Australia and working to promote Ecosystems Services concepts incorporation into WTI projects.
MarCom WG 164 – Upgrade of Port Berths by increasing dredged depth – wants to add a few more active contributors. Apply to the ANZ Board by 19 April!
Planned calendar of 2021 events for PIANC WA Regional Chapter – sponsorship opportunities are available.
Call out for new MarCom Working Group WG240 – Guidance for ports in small island countries. Apply now!
RecCom Working Group 149 – calling for additional members – WG 149 Guidelines for Marina Design. Apply to the ANZ Board now!
WG208 analyses state-of-the-art and best practices when planning for automation in container terminals. Congrats to all involved especially PIANC ANZ contributors Carsten Varming and Tom Condie!
The Regional Chapter Young Professional Representative role is a great opportunity to become more involved in PIANC, to develop your professional network and to advance your career!
Our NT/QLD regional chapter is looking to invigorate its leadership committee and enhance connections with people in the industry.
In March PIANC ANZ Chair Will Glamore welcomed our 2021 Board Observers Anna Gudkov and Olivier Mineau to their first Board meeting.
Two new highly relevant MarCom Working Groups – calling for ANZ representation – BIM for Marine Projects, and Tsunami Mitigation in Ports. Apply now!
Our achievements in 2020 are a testimony to the PIANC ANZ community’s resilience, enthusiasm, and commitment to shared goals and aims.
PIANC is calling for nominations from National Sections for a new MarCom Working Group. WG224 Planning of Fishing Ports will be an update of WG18. Apply to the PIANC ANZ Board by 15 Feb 2021.
The first cohort completed PIANC ANZ’s inaugural Mentoring Program in December 2020. Participants came from a variety of maritime organisations from around the region. Feedback from both mentors and mentees shows the experience to be enjoyable and very valuable. A second round will begin in March 2021.
PIANC is calling for nominations from National Sections for a new joint InCom/EnviCom Working Group. Sustainable Management of the Navigability of Free Flow Rivers. Apply to the PIANC ANZ Board by 29 Jan 2021.
We asked attendees to send in more pics from APAC2020, and you did! Feedback from the Symposium and the Conference has been very positive, both from in person and online
THIS SEMINAR IS NOW AVAILABLE ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL
In recognition of the impressive work by our members, five major PIANC awards were presented at the APAC2020 Conference dinner on December 3.
Images from the APAC2020 Conference – presenters, participants, networking, field trips and award winners. If you want to share your Conference pics here, please send to support@pianc.org.au
230 people attended PIANC’s inaugural Asia Pacific conference “Port, harbour and recreational boating for today and tomorrow” held in Fremantle Dec 1-4 – of whom 120 were online attendees from eleven countries.
PIANC ANZ APAC2020 kicked off on 1 Dec with the pre-Conference symposium on “Nature Based Solutions for Coasts, Ports and Estuaries”.
YPCom changes – congratulations to ANZ YPs! Welcome to our new PIANC ANZ YPCom Chair, Claire Treeby. Claire grew up in the port city of Albany, Western Australia, and is
At the recent PIANC ANZ AGM we welcomed two new members to our Board, Laurence Benn and Jackie Spiteri. Laurence is Principal Engineer – Critical Projects for OMC, a maritime
PIANC ANZ is very proud to announce that our own Benjamin Popovich is the worthy recipient of the 2020 De Paepe – Willems Award, for his paper on “Tsunami Resilience
PIANC HQ is calling for nominations from Member National Sections to participate in the following three new Maritime Navigation Commission (MarCom)Working Groups. InCom/MarCom WG231 Mooring Bollards & Hooks: Selection, maintenance
The PIANC ANZ Mentoring Program aims to provide members with an opportunity of giving back to their coastal and maritime industry colleagues through sharing professional experiences and life lessons, as
PIANC ANZ YP Chair – Applications open! The PIANC Young Professionals Commission (YPCom) is dedicated to the career development of YP members (40 years of age and younger) by providing