The Technical Association of Ports and Coasts (ATPYC) has released the official program for its 10th National Congress, which will be held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria from October 6 to 8, 2026. Held under the theme ‘Challenges, resilience and sustainability: the new paradigm of maritime infrastructure’, the event is expected to become the main meeting point for executives from Puertos del Estado, port authorities, engineering firms and major companies in the naval and civil construction sectors.
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The event will begin on the afternoon of Tuesday, October 6, with a guided technical visit to the Port of Las Palmas, meeting at Muelle Wilson, followed by a welcome cocktail at the Cruise Terminal. The official opening will take place on the morning of Wednesday, October 7, with remarks by Ana Lope Carvajal of Puertos del Estado and the keynote address delivered by Beatriz Calzada, president of the Port Authority of Las Palmas.
Álvaro Rodríguez Dapena, former president of Puertos del Estado and a member of the Las Palmas port board, will moderate the roundtable «Are ports prepared for a new world order?», an analytical forum that will examine the resilience of global supply chains and the adaptation of infrastructure to new geopolitical and trade tensions ahead of the event’s official closing.
The congress’s first day will feature technical presentations on environmental risk management and the digitalization of maritime operations. Antonio Góngora Zurro (Puertos del Estado) will present the methodology for analyzing climate risk in the port system, followed by Antonio Tomás Sampedro (IHCantabria), who will discuss the CLIMPORT design model. After the coffee break, the second session will address climate adaptation at the Port of Algeciras, presented by María Martínez Díez (UPM), and the use of smart instrumentation and LSTM models for digital twins at Petronor, presented by Alberto Rodríguez Moreno (Deep Insight).
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Wednesday morning’s program will continue with analyses of the digital management of maritime signals in the Balearic Islands by María del Carmen Vico Zafra; the construction adaptation of Phase IV of the extension of La Esfinge breakwater in Las Palmas by David Barrio Colongues (Dragados); natural assets in port planning by Isabel María Moreno Aranda (CEDEX); and environmental criteria applied to coastal works by Francisco José González Alcón (Tecnoambiente). The session will conclude with the presentation of the association’s 4th Professional Achievement Award.
Wednesday afternoon’s session will delve into sustainability and the planning of navigable areas. Presentations will address port resilience by David Lucio Fernández (UNICAN); adaptation measures on the Spanish coast by Melva Martín-Hidalgo (CEDEX); air-quality monitoring by Jorge Martín Jiménez (AP Baleares); the design of CO₂ maritime terminals in the United Kingdom by Daniel González Martín (Mott MacDonald); the adaptation of Muelle de Tablada in Seville by María Piedad Herrera Gamboa (Proes); and real-time simulation for megayachts and cruise ships by Ismael Verdugo (Berthing). The day will conclude with the official dinner at the Gabinete Literario.
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Thursday, October 8, will begin with a session focused on innovative materials and the optimization of construction processes. Patricia Amo Sanz (Huesker) will analyze scour protection using geosynthetic mattresses; Joaquín M. Garrido Checa (INGEOMAR) will detail the conversion of spaces for megayacht shipyards in Sagunto; Elena Quevedo Baquerizo (SENER) will present the expansion of the Port of Valparaíso; Óscar Peña Marcote (SATO) will discuss successful cases involving artificial intelligence applied to risk prevention at the SATO Levante breakwater in Las Palmas; Juan Raúl Crespo Rosal (Heidelberg Materials) will present the NEODOCK project for high-performance concrete without passive reinforcement; and Ignacio Navarro Martínez (TYPSA) will compare the carbon footprint of caisson and pile foundations.
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