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"Oceanic and coastal engineering in the XXI century."

Objectives:

  • To encourage and promote the knowledge and experiences in the field of oceanic and coastal engineering which contributes to the sustainable development and protection of our oceanic and coastal resources.
  • Promote the participation of professionals and investigators preocupied with the development and application of appropriate technologies to imrpove the use of the oceanic and coastal resources of our country and reduce the environmental impact made upon them.

Conference themes and Technical projects:

  • Coastal engineering and sustainalbe development.
  • The sustainable development of the estuaries.
  • Coastal hydrodinamics and litoral processes.
  • Planification and development of maritime and portuary projects.
  • New technologies in the systems involved in the help of navigation.
  • Territorial sea and the exclusive economic zone.
  • The Pact on the Rights at Sea of the United Nations.
  • The Panama Canal in the XXI century.
  • Maritime routes and traffic separation in territorial sea for the purpose of navigation.
  • Security and evironmental quality of ports, bays and soilable seas.
  • Hydraulic effects of navigation in confined waters.
  • Hydrocarbos spills and other contaminating substances in the sea and soilable waters.
  • The dispertion of contaminating substances in coastal zones.
  • The prevention of the contamination of the marine environment.
  • Disposition of draged sediments in rivers, coastal areas and estuaries.
  • The problems of extraction of sand in rivers and coastal areas.
  • The effects of waves on coastal erosion.
  • Methods of protection against coastal erosion.
  • Effects in the change of the sea level for changes in the earth global temperature.
  • Systematics studies on the effects of tropical cyclones on coastal regions.
  • Natural disasters and experiences for the design and construction of maritime and portuary projects.

SOCIEDAD PANAMEÑA DE INGENIEROS Y ARQUITECTOS - UPADI 2000
Apartado 7084, Panamá 5, Panamá
Atención: Ing. Alberto Filós
Fax: (507) 223-7265

COMITE ORGANIZADOR XI CONGRESO DE INGENIERIA OCEANICA Y COSTERA
Fax: (507) 232-5741
Atención: Ing. Miguel A. Ulloa
E-mail: pecc@sinfo.net