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International Engineering and Infrastructure Congress Panama Canal 2012 - Agenda
International Engineering and Infrastructure Congress Panama Canal 2012 - Agenda
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Registration and Breakfast Welcome by Ocial of the Government of Panama Plenary Session (Keynote Speaker): Planning Prerequisites for Successful Projects Coee Break Track 3: Case Histories General Overview of the Infrastructure for a large Mining Project in Panama
(Leo Flanigan, Engineering Manager for Minera Panam) (TBD)
The Port of Miamis Deep Dredge project and International Lock and Dam Design Experience its interconnections with highway, airport, (Dr. Sam X. Yao, Chief Engineer of Ben C. Gerwick, and railroad networks
Inc.) (Port of Miami Director - Bill Johnson)
11:00 AM
12:00 PM 1:30 PM
Track 5: Project Planning 2:15 PM The Evolution of the Corps of Engineers Seismic Design Criteria
(Dr. Robert L. Hall, Retired Head of the Structures Laboratory, ERDC, USACE)
Seismic Design of Underground Structures: Lessons from the Failure of the Daikai Station in Japan
(Dr. Antonio Bobet, Profesor of Civil Engineering, Purdue University)
Special Foundation Engineering Latest development in the construction of Cut O Walls for Dikes and Dams
(Hans-Joachim Bliss, Director Overseas Division of BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH/ Germany)
3:45 AM 4:00 PM
Uncertain Geotechnical Truth and Cost E ective High-Rise Foundation Design (2009 Terzaghi lecture)
(Clyde N. Baker,P.E., Hon.M.ASCE, NAE, Senior Consultant AECOM)
Coee Break Projects Mazar and Tocoma. Techical and Constructive Antithesis Infrastructure Risk Management - Role of
(Carlos Augusto Ramrez Orejuela, Coyne et Bellier & Lionel Ciampi, Tractebel Engineering)
4:45 PM 6:00 PM
Panel Discussion: Lessons Learned from the Development of Recent Large Infrastructure Projects
Conclusion of Day 1
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Breakfast
(Alberto Alman Zubieta, ACP Administrator)
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Plenary Session (Keynote Speaker): The Road to the Panama Canal Expansion Track 7: Canal Expansion Lock Design Preliminary Design of the new Locks
(Jos De Regge, Tractebel Engineering - Technum Coyne et Bellier)
10:00 AM 10:15 AM
Risk Management in the Canal Expansion (Eamonn Moroney - Executive Director Construction Design of New Locks
(Michael Newbery & the CICP team) Risks, Willis Limited)
11:00 AM
12:00 M 1:30 PM
Lunch Plenary Session (Keynote Speaker): Best Practices in the Management of Large Projects
(Lee McIntire, CEO of CH2M Hill)
Track 9: Canal Expansion Construction 2:15 PM Seismic Design Requirements for the Canal Expansion Structures
(Dr. Julian Bommer, Professor of Earthquake Engineering at the Imperial College of Science and Technology)
3:00 PM
3:45 PM 4:00 PM
Construction of Borinquen Dam 1E (Mark Barkau, Principal Dam Engineer URS Holdings, Inc.)
4:45 PM 6:30 PM
Panel Discussion: Contributions from the Canal Expansion Program to the Engineering Profession
Banquet