6-8 October 2020, Rotterdam, NL
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Introduction
Initiated by Blue21 and Waterstudio, PAVING THE WAVES (PtW) aims to bring together leading international experts from the industry, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and researchers from across the world to share knowledge on floating solutions in Rotterdam in 2020. With great honor, PtW will host the World Conference on Floating Solutions 2020 first organized by The Society of Floating Solutions Singapore, and the presentations of the final results from the EU-Horizon2020 funded research project, Space@Sea.
“Paving the Waves”
PAVING THE WAVES welcomes professionals from academia, industry and governmental sectors from all over the world who have a shared interest and vision in floating development. Researchers, experts, and policymakers in the following backgrounds are especially welcome: civil engineering, naval architecture, architectural design and engineering, maritime laws and regulations, governance, sustainable urban development and planning, real estate development, circular economy and innovative monitoring.
Topics for the conferences are as follows:
BUSINESS CASE & REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT
- Low-cost solutions & affordability
- Business case development
- Real estate development
- Blue economy
- Circular economy
- Insurance
SPATIAL PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE
- Maritime spatial planning
- Urban planning & development
- Architecture design & engineering
FOOD & ENERGY PRODUCTION
- Food production
- Energy production
ECOLOGICAL IMPACT & NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS
- Ecological & environmental impact
- Nature-based solutions
- Environmental management
GOVERNANCE & SOCIAL IMPACT
- Policy & Governance
- Legislation & regulation
- Certification & classification
- Social impact & responsibilities
- Awareness & acceptance
DESIGN & ENGINEERING OF INFRASTRUCTURES
- Design & Engineering of VLFS
- Installation, Operation, Monitoring & Maintenance
- Materials & Technology
- Infrastructure
- Transportation & Logistics
Key Dates
| 26/01/2020 | EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION & ABSTRACT SUBMISSION STARTS |
| 20/03/2020 | ABSTRACT SUBMISSION ENDS |
| 20/04/2020 | ABSTRACT ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION & FULL PAPER SUBMISSION STARTS |
| 26/06/2020 | FULL PAPER SUBMISSION ENDS & COVID-19 REGISTRATION EXTENSION ENDS |
| 27/06/2020 | STANDARD REGISTRATION STARTS |
| 26/08/2020 | NOTIFICATION OF FULL PAPER ACCEPTANCE |
| 16/09/2020 | REGISTRATION CLOSES |
| 06/10/2020 | PAVING THE WAVES STARTS |
Conference Website
The Conference website is https://wcfs2020.floatingsolutions.org/ at which all updates will be posted. Registration for the conference can be done at our partner site: https://www.pavingthewave.org/registration.