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Technical Papers Committee

The members of the Technical Papers Committee shall be appointed upon the approval of a majority of the Board of Directors, and the Executive Director shall appoint a committee chair. The Technical Papers Committee, with the oversight of the Executive Director, will: solicit abstracts for the WEDA annual technical conference and the WODA World Dredging Congresses (“WODCON”) when appropriate; judge the abstracts; notify the primary author of abstract acceptance; assemble the annual conference technical program; arrange for session moderators; and produce proceedings. The Committee Chair serves as or appoints the Editor of WEDA Journal of Dredging Engineering who shall be responsible for publishing the bi-annual WEDA Journal of Dredging Engineering, soliciting papers for the Journal, managing the peer review process with assistance of the Journal Editorial Board, notifying primary authors of peer review results, and assuring the final papers meet Journal standards. The Committee Chair serves on the WODCON Technical Paper Committee.