NordPIANC Meetings

NordPIANC 2026 - 9-11 September 2026 Tallinn, Estland

The event

Our event starts on Wednesday evening with a welcome reception in the defensive tower of Fat Margaret, part of our Maritime Museum. The reception also includes a guided tour.

Thursday will be dedicated to the seminar programme at the Tallink Spa & Conference Hotel, followed by a guided walking tour of Tallinn’s Old Town and dinner at the medieval restaurant Olde Hansa. The seminar will also be open to non-members.

On Friday, we will have a shorter seminar in the morning, followed by a short walking tour of the Old City Harbour, and a technical boat tour along the harbour waterfront of Tallinn Bay aboard the motor ship Mojito in the afternoon. Fingers crossed that the weather will be on our side!

Event fee

The full event fee is €300, and it includes the welcome reception, seminar sessions, lunches, walking tour in the Old Town, the seminar dinner and the technical tour. Accompanying persons are welcome to join the welcome dinner, seminar dinner and the technical tour. The fee for accompanying persons is €150. To register for the event, please click HERE.

Accommodation

We have reserved 50 rooms at the Tallink Spa & Conference Hotel at a discounted rate until the 9th of August. Use the code NORDPIANC when booking to receive the discount. The same code can also be used for bookings at the Tallink City Hotel, although rooms have not been pre-reserved there. Many other hotels are also available in the area.

Preliminary Programme

Day 1 – Arrival and Welcome Reception

18:00 – 21:00 Welcome reception at the Estonian Maritime Museum

Day 2 – Seminar, Tour and Conference Dinner

09:00 – 12:00 Seminar – Session I

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch

13:00 – 16:30 Seminar – Session II 18:00 – 19:00 Guided Old Town Tour

19:00 – 22:00 Conference dinner at Olde Hansa

Day 3 – Seminar and Technical Tour

09:30 – 12:00 Seminar – Session III

12:00 – 16:00 Technical tour of the Old City Harbour and boat tour in Tallinn Bay, with lunch served on board

16:30 End of the NordPIANC seminar

We will share the final programme once it is confirmed.

If you have any questions about the event, contact us at info@pianc.ee.

Looking forward to welcoming you in Tallinn,
Inga Zaitseva-Pärnaste – Communication manager and Board Member of PIANC Estonia
Pärtel Keskküla – National secretary of the PIANC Estonia
Kert Süsmalainen – 1st Delegate of PIANC Estonia

REGISTER HERE

NordPIANC Meeting 2024

NordPIANC 2024

Svolvær, Lofoten, Norway
3-5 September 2024

The Norwegian section of PIANC and the Norwegian Coastal Administration welcomed over 70 participants from eight countries to NordPIANC 2024 in beautiful Svolvær, Lofoten.

Day 1: Arrival and reception. The Kabelvåg office of The Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) hosted the reception. In 2024, this office of the Norwegian Coastal Administration marks its 150th anniversary.

Day 2: Technical seminar and conference dinner. The presentations from the seminar are presented below.

Day 3: Boat trip to fairway project Raftsundet incl. eagle watching. Sightseeing in Henningsvær.

More information can be found here.

Presentations NordPIANC Meeting 2024

Introduction to Seminar Program – Maiken Eng
Floating Houses – Silver Pütsep
From Dock to Grid: Ports’ Crucial Role in the Green Transition – Jens Eirik Hagen
Lynetteolm – New Peninsular in the Port of Copenhagen – Henrik Hostrup-Pedersen
Risk of Ship – Bridge Allisions – Axel Hörteborn
Towards Reducing the Carbon Footprint in the Fender Industry – Markus Bleher
Fairway and New Quay Mo i Rana – Martin Fransson and Andreas Lyngtveit Lindland
Preservation Instead of New Construction – Challenges and Solutions. The Example Anja Bruning of the Planning of the Repair and Upgrading of the Great Sea Lock in Emden – Anja Brüning
Abnormal and Accidental Loads on Piers. Dolphins and Loading Platforms – Martin Hovden Thuve
Flood Risk System for Grindavik Harbour – Helgi Gunnarsson
The Value of Modem Adaptive Sediment Spill Monitoring and Management – Illustrated by an Example from the Baltic Sea – Mathias Singsaas Frøseth
Down-scale Wave Hydrodynamic Analysis for Marine Structures – Widar Wang og Hans Bihs
Fender Testing Passport – Alex Kondratiev
Raftsundet Lofoten – Ruben Rostad

NordPIANC Meeting 2022

30th August to 1st of September 2022

After postponing the event the year before in 2021 because of covid restrictions, NordPIANC 2022 was hosted by the Icelandic Road & Coastal Administration.

NordPIANC meetings are biannual events organized in turn by the Nordic section of PIANC with the aim to exchange experience from new and ongoing projects and research in the participant countries.

A total of 80 participants were registered to the event from nine countries.