Challenges and Developments in Ports and Waterway Design
📅 Date: 14:00 – 18:00, 23 June 2026
📍 Location: Conference Centre, Fountain Building, HR Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA (what3words ///perfectly.starts.codes)
🟢 Cost: Free
Due to the nature of the event, we encourage early registration.
👉 Register here: https://www.ice.org.uk/events/upcoming-events/hr-wallingford-seminar-and-technical-tours-pianc-jun-2026
We look forward to bringing together professionals from across the industry for a valuable and engaging event—followed by a duck race in our modelling hall, so don’t miss your chance to see who will quack under pressure! 🦆
Schedule
14:00 – 14:30 Registrations. refreshments and networking
14:30 – 16:15 Seminar including the following speakers:
Mike Parr & Sam Wardlaw, HR Wallingford – Fast-Time, 2D & Real Time Simulations
Vincenzo Albanese, HR Wallingford – Actions from vessel propeller wash
Michael Rustell, Inframatic – Generative Engineering
Chris Symes, Jacobs – Reducing Carbon through Design Optimisation and the use of Novel Ultra-Low Carbon Materials
Peter Mallin, Mott Macdonald – Insights gained from Navigation Simulation
16:15 – 16:30 Refreshments
16:30 – 17:30 Technical tours
17:30 – 18:00 Duck race
Getting there
Public transport
The closest railway stations are Didcot, Cholsey and Reading. Public buses (X39-40) run from and to Oxford and Reading, stopping outside of Howbery Park (Thames Travel – https://www.thames-travel.co.uk/)
By Car
The address is HR Wallingford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA. A site map for Howbery Park can be found here. This also includes details on the car parking available on site.
