International Organizing Committee
Freddy Wens
Belgium
Chairman
Geert Van Cappellen
Belgium
Secretary General of PIANC
Mohammadreza Allahyar
Iran
Vice Chairman
Hartmut Brühl
Germany
Member
Han Ligteringen
Netherlands
Member
Tauqeer Ahmet
South Africa
Member
S.A. Sannasiraj
India
Chairman of the LOC
Local Organizing Committee
Abdus Samad
Professor, IIT Madras
H.N. Aswath
Development Adviser (P), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
R. Balaji
Director, National Institute of Technology (NIOT)
Capt G.M. Balan
General Manager (Marine Services), Kamarajar Port Limited
Bithin Ghorai
Assistant Professor, IIT Madras
Jimmy Bhansari
Head of Ports Planning and Engineering, Adani Ports and SEZ Limited
M. Krishnaveni
Director & Professor, Institute for Ocean Management - Anna University
Kurian Joseph
Director, CCCDM, Anna University
Minimol Korulla
Vice President – Technical, Maccaferri Environmental Solutions Pvt Ltd.
K. Murali
Professor, IIT Madras
S. Nallayarasu
Professor, IIT Madras
K. Narendran
Assistant Professor, IIT Madras
Purvaja Ramachandran
Acting Director, National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management
M.V. Ramana Murthy
Scientist G & Director, National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR)
K. Ravi Kumar
Chief Engineer, V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust
S.A. Sannasiraj
Professor, IIT Madras
R Saravanan
Group General Manager, Ports and Water Resources Division, Rites Limited
V. Sriram
Professor, IIT Madras
P. Sunny Kumar
Assistant Professor, IIT Madras
Suresh Rajendran
Associate Professor, IIT Madras
Tijo C Mathew
Head – Ports & Harbour Business Segment, Larsen & Toubro
Thejesh Kumar Garala
Assistant Professor, IIT Madras
K.G. Vijay
Assistant Professor, IIT Madras
R. Vijayakumar
Professor, IIT Madras