The kind sponsorship of the Waterways and Marine Affairs Administration (AWZ) of the Ministry of Flanders enabled ITMMA to be present with an infostand at the 30th PIANC-AIPCN Congress. The infostand was manned by Prof. Dr. Theo Notteboom, Associate Professor at ITMMA and Mr. Jean-Claude Van Gelder, Communications Manager of ITMMA.

The main goal of their mission was to promote ITMMA and AWZ on the fifth continent through this conference and through several contacts such as P&O Ports, the Institute of Transport Studies (University of Sydney), Consulate General of Belgium in Sydney, ...

On their way to Sydney they had a stopover in Singapore where they paid an official visit to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA Singapore), and where they met two Singaporean ITMMA alumni.

Mr. Jean-Claude Van Gelder, Communications Manager ITMMA

(from left to right) Prof. Dr. Theo Notteboom, Associate Professor ITMMA, Mr. Jean-Claude Van Gelder, Communications Manager ITMMA, Mr. Jan Strubbe, Director General AWZ (LIN), Mr. Freddy Wens, Director AWZ (LIN)

(from left to right) Mr. Jan Strubbe, Director General AWZ (LIN), Mr. Freddy Aerts, Division Manager LIN 

(from left to right) Prof. Dr. Theo Notteboom, Associate Professor ITMMA, Mr. Jacques Dezeure, Flanders Technical Representative for Environment and Infrastructure in Asia (LIN), Mr. Jean-Claude Van Gelder, Communications Manager ITMMA

(from left to right) Prof. Dr. Theo Notteboom, Associate Professor ITMMA, Mr. Jean-Claude Van Gelder, Communications Manager ITMMA, Mr. Louis Van Schel, Secretary General PIANC, Mr. Eric Van den Eede, President PIANC

(from left to right) Mr. Jean-Claude Van Gelder, Communications Manager ITMMA, Mr. Manu Vandamme, Project Engineer Antwerp Port Authority, Mr. Freddy Aerts, Division Manager LIN

(from left to right) Mr. Freddy Aerts, Division Manager LIN, Mr. Fernand Desmyter, Secretary General LIN, Mr. Jean-Claude Van Gelder, Communications Manager ITMMA

(from left to right) Prof. Dr. Theo Notteboom, Associate Professor ITMMA, Mr. Lieven Geerinck, Navigation Programme Manager and Chairman Flood Management and Migitation of the Mekong River Commission

(from left to right) Mr. Jean-Claude Van Gelder, Communications Manager ITMMA, Mr. Lieven Geerinck, Navigation Programme Manager and Chairman Flood Management and Migitation of the Mekong River Commission

At the Belgium Consulate General in Sydney: (from left to right) Prof. Dr. Theo Notteboom, Associate Professor ITMMA, Mr. Jean-Luc Bodson, Consul General of Belgium in Sydney, Mr. Jean-Claude Van Gelder, Communications Manager ITMMA

At P&O Ports headquarters in Sydney: (from left to right) Prof. Dr. Theo Notteboom, Associate Professor ITMMA, Mr. Grant Mitchell, Manager, Learning and Development Strategies P&O Ports, Mr. Jean-Claude Van Gelder, Communications Manager ITMMA, Mr. Nathan Butson, National Traineeship Co-ordinator, Mrs. Lisa Mulligan, H R & Training Officer

On their way to Sydney, Prof. Dr. Theo Notteboom and Mr. Jean-Claude Van Gelder had a stopover in Singapore where they met two ITMMA alumni, (from left to right) Prof. Dr. Theo Notteboom, Mr. Murthy T.R.N. (Singapore, Class of 1999), Mr. Jean-Claude Van Gelder, Mr. Yap Wei Yim (Singapore, Class of 2002)

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