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Call for Abstracts

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Abstract Submission

On-line abstract submission is required and easy to complete; simply follow the instruction on the site. Each abstract must be written in English and limited to 300 words (should NOT include graphics/figures). Abstracts shall be submitted online at: https://smartrivers2017.busyconf.com/proposals/new

Deadline for abstract submissions: February 1, 2017

When Submitting Your Abstract

  • Choose the theme from the available list that best fits your presentation.
  • Provide the required contact information (name, company, business address, phone, and email) for the corresponding author and any co-authors. Also indicate who you expect to make the presentation at the conference.
  • Submit a text-only summary description (limited to 300 words) of the presentation.
  • Include a statement about why the presentation will be of interest and benefit to conference attendees.

Proposing authors whose abstracts are accepted are expected to attend the conference, pay the appropriate fees, and make the presentation in person. PIANC USA will accept or reject proposed presentations based on the information provided in the abstract. To the extent possible and appropriate, presentations will be assigned to conference technical sessions based on the theme identified by the author. PIANC USA reserves the right to assign presentations to other conference sessions. For questions about abstract submission, please contact PIANC USA at pianc@usace.army.mil.

Presentation Only! No Papers Needed.
Only the conference presentation is required. Papers are not necessary and will not be requested.

Expenses
All expenses associated with the preparation, submission and presentation of abstracts are the responsibility of the authors and co-authors. All attendees are required to pay conference registration fees.

Technical Topics:

  1. Smart Waterway Infrastructure
  • Innovative waterway infrastructure design and construction; innovative methods and materials, including locks, weirs, flood protection barriers, port facilities, …
  • Operations
  • Waterway maintenance,  (structural health monitoring,  dredging technology)
  • Asset Management/Risk Management
  1. Smart Environment and Climate Change, Resilience, Sustainability and Extreme Weather Planning
  • Impacts and adaptation to extreme weather conditions and climate change
  • ‘Environmentally friendly’ inland navigation
  • Institutional and social resilience of waterborne transport
  1. Smart Inland Waterway Transport (IWT)
  • Safety and security
  • Port and vessel (both inland and sea, cargo and passenger) modernization and innovation, automation, propulsion and greening
  • Performance indicators for inland waterways
  • Integration of IWT into the intermodal supply chain
  • Energy – new fuels and propulsion systems
  • Economic and logistical impacts of lock closures
  • Knowledge management and transfer
  • Education and training (social changes and attracting young people to waterway careers, reaching new audiences, etc.)
  1. Smart Information Technology
  • Development of River Information Services (RIS) and e-Navigation (services, standards, navigational support, logistics services, sensors, AIS-GNSS-Precision navigation, crowd sourcing, open sourcing, big data analytics)
  • Operation of RIS (financing, cyber-security)
  • Human Factors in IT (involving manufacturers and users in developing systems, human factors in face of changing technologies)
  • Data Requirements (integrating legacy systems, formatting across platforms/agencies/nations, getting government data out to users)
  1. Smart Cooperation and Regulations
  • Regulations & Laws (international conventions impacts on waterways, innovation versus regulatory approval, policies, etc.)
  • Financing – innovations in financing, public private partnerships
  • International cooperation and networks (comparative transport policies)
  • Case studies on unintended consequences of regulations
  1. Smart Waterborne Transport in an Integrated Water Resource Management Context
  • Strategic management/ systems analysis of waterways
  • Multipurpose use of inland waterways – flood protection/mitigation, ecosystems, recreation, hydropower, water supply
  • Economics of inland waterways (national/regional benefits, innovative models to estimate benefits; ecosystem services benefits, etc.)
  • Large multi-jurisdictional river basin management
  • Social and Institutional considerations (challenges, innovative organizational structures)