Commissions & Working Groups
Our four Technical Commissions (InCom, MarCom, EnviCom & RecCom) cover the different areas of waterborne transport infrastructure. They are continuously supervising the work carried out by our experts in the respective Working Groups on industry-relevant topics. The reports prepared by these Working Groups are the core business of our Association and a highly respected resource for governments, companies, and industry associations.
Two further Commissions (CoCom & YP-Com) were set up to support Emerging Countries and Young Professionals.
Finances and Marketing are handled by FinCom and ProCom respectively.
PIANC Commissions
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Chairperson Mr Philippe Rigo (Belgium)
- Vice-Chairperson Ms Jasna Muskatirovic (Serbia)
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Deals with all matters related to inland navigation
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Chairperson Mr Egbert van der Wal (The Netherlands)
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Vice-Chairperson Mr Babak Banijamali (Iran)
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Deals with maritime ports and seaways issues
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Chairperson Mr Burton Suedel (USA)
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Deals with both broad and very specific navigation sustainability and environmental risk-related issues of interest to PIANC that cross cut all PIANC areas.
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Chairperson Mr Esteban Biondi (Argentina)
- Vice Chairperson Mr. Michiel De Jong (The Netherlands)
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Deals with all matters related to recreational navigation
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Chairpersons Mr Abbas Sarmad (USA) & Mohammadreza Allahyar (Iran)
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Deals with the organisation of the PIANC-COPEDEC Conferences and the target country approach
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Chairpersons Mr Sebastián Iglesias (Argentina)
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Dealing with networking activities, such as participation in meetings and events, PIANC Commissions and Working Groups
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Chairperson Mr Ian White (UK)
- Vice Chairperson Mr Manuel Arana (Spain)
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Deals with the financial management of PIANC
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Chairperson Mrs Chiara Minoretti ad interim (Italy)
- Vice Chairperson
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Deals with the marketing and promotion of the Association
