As the premiere venue for professionals, issues and ideas related to ports and harbors, inland waterways and navigational improvements, PORTS(TM) 2010 is a great way to maintain your competitive edge, improve productivity or introduce your company to the industry. The twelfth in what continues to be a successful series of port engineering conferences in North America, PORTS(TM) 2010 will focus on port engineering, operations and planning. This conference will provide exhibitors with opportunities to meet directly with port and agency professionals, practicing engineers and environmental specialists, and researchers. The Conference schedule has been tailored to allow ample opportunities for conference participants to view the exhibits and remain current about the breadth of services and and goods available to the port industry. Contact Sean Scully at sscully@asce.org or 703-295-6154 to reserve your space today.
PORTS(TM) 2010 Booth Prices are as follows: In-Line Booth -- $1950, and Corner/Premium Booth $2150.
Undergraduate students have until Aug. 1, 2009 to submit full papers for Ports 2010. The Undergraduate Paper Contest requires a conference-formatted paper and formal presentation at the undergraduate symposium slated for the first day of the conference. After initial judging, authors of the 10 highest rated papers will be invited to present their work. Following the presentations, awards will be made for the top three papers. Monetary prizes will be given, along with complementary admission to the Ports 2010 conference sessions.
In addition, graduate students who submitted abstracts by the conference deadline will have their papers rated. A stipend to partially cover conference attendance will be made available to the authors of the highest rated papers. To receive the award stipend the student must; (a) have served as the primary author on the paper, and (b) present the material at the conference.
