Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure Conference: Meet the Speakers

The CEDA-IADC Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure Conference celebrates the launch of the publication of the same title.

The two-day-long program (19 and 20 November), taking place in the heart of Amsterdam at the Beurs van Berlag, will gather professionals from all sectors involved in the realization of a dredging project.

All participants will receive a copy of this guidebook to deliver dredging projects that create additional value for nature and society beyond fulfilling their primary functional requirements.

A thoughtfully designed program awaits delegates of the CEDA-IADC Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure Conference. Presentations and highly interactive technical sessions will encourage participants to engage with each other, enhancing knowledge exchange and transfer.

The CEDA-IADC Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure Conference will confer quintessential knowledge for planners, designers, decision makers, regulators, contractors, project owners and environmental advocates.

Meet the speakers

PROFESSOR DR PATRICK MEIRE

Patrick is a professor in biology and head of the research group Ecosystem Management (ECOBE) at the University of Antwerp in Belgium. His research focuses on the environmental impact of human activities on aquatic and wetland systems, and these insights are used to develop concepts for integrated water and ecosystem management.

JAAP VAN THIEL DE VRIES

Jaap graduated from the department of Fluid Mechanics of Delft University of Technology in 2003. He worked in Deltares as a senior adviser/researcher. Later, he joined Hydronamic, the Engineering group of Boskalis in 2013 as a senior engineer within the Marine Environment and Morphology group.

YNZO VAN ZANTEN

Choco Evangelist Ynzo van Zanten is an economist, author, entrepreneur and storyteller of Tony’s Chocolonely. His entrepreneurial ambitions drove him to set up Innocent Drinks in the Benelux. Ynzo is initiator of the ‘Sustainable Leadership & Entrepreneurship’ program of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and a guest lecturer at the University of Amsterdam and Delft University of Technology.

DR MARK LEE

Currently Group Manager of HR Wallingford’s Dredging Group, Mark has a background in marine monitoring and surveying with a focus on dredging-related projects. For over 20 years, he has specialised in coastal oceanographic surveys and coastal and fluvial sediment transport measurements, and worked on projects in the sectors of ports and shipping, construction, energy, oil and gas, and water.

DR TODD BRIDGES

As the U.S. Army’s Senior Research Scientist for Environmental Science, Todd’s responsibilities include leading research, development and environmental initiatives for the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Todd is the Director of the Center for Contaminated Sediments (CCS) and the Program Manager for the Dredging Operations Environmental Research (DOER) program.