Category: Events

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.

The UK will be hosting the PIANC AGA in Hull, “Navigation to Net Zero”, on 13th to 15th May 2026.

This pivotal event will bring together policymakers, industry leaders, academics, and innovators from around the world to explore collaborative strategies, share cutting-edge solutions, and forge a collective path toward a net zero future. We look forward to welcoming you in Hull as we work together to navigate the challenges and opportunities of decarbonisation on a global scale.

Registration opens in January 2026.

For further details see the official website for the event www.pianchull2026.org.

The annual BS6349 “Continuous Improvement by Design” workshop is taking place on the 6th October at the ICE London – One Great George Street.

Location: ICE London – One Great George Street
Date / Time: 6th October 2025 – 10:00 to 16:15
Cost: £120+VAT

For further information and to register attendance please visit the ICE website: https://www.ice.org.uk/events/upcoming-events/pianc-bs-6349-maritime-works-oct-2025

Professionals from the maritime industry will be gathering to discuss the status of BS6349, there will be refreshments and networking during the event and it is a great CPD opportunity for attendees.

Join us for the annual PIANC UK YP seminar event where YPs will be presenting their involvement in recent projects.

Location: ICE London – One Great George Street
Date / Time: 8th September 2025 – 18:00
Cost: Free
Register attendance: https://www.ice.org.uk/events/upcoming-events/pianc-uk-young-professional-seminar

This year’s PIANC UK YP seminar event will be taking place in the usual location at the ICE London and features a great line-up of speakers:

Jeremy Littlejohn – Hengistbury Head Long Groyne Replacement
Matt House – Cockett Wick Sea Wall: A Collaborative Approach to Sustainable Coastal Defence
Sam Robinson – Physical modelling and navigation simulation of the towage of a floating offshore wind (FLOW) turbine in shallow water
Alexander Marr – Future Port Talbot – driving the decarbonisation revolution
Rafael Tavares – PIANC institution

Following the presentations, there will be an opportunity for refreshments and networking with fellow professionals and industry peers.