PIANC organises every four year a congress and also some speciality conferences:
- the Copedec conference (and previously the PIANC-PDCD conferences) focussing on developping countries
- Speciality seminars
PIANC congress:
| year | location | acronym | name of conference + link | extra info |
| 1961 | Baltimore, USA | PIANC 20 | ||
| 1965 | Stockholm, Sweden | PIANC 21 | ||
| 1969 | Paris, France | PIANC 22 | ||
| 1973 | Ottawa, Canada | PIANC 23 | ||
| 1977 | Leningrad, Soviet Union (Russia) | PIANC24 | ||
| 1981 | Edinburgh, UK | PIANC 25 | ||
| 1985 | Brussels, Belgium | PIANC 26 | Congress of the International Navigation Association PIANC, 16-22 June 1985, index in html | |
| 1990 | Osaka, Japan | PIANC 27 | ||
| 1994 | Sevilla, Spain | PIANC 28 | ||
| 1998 | The Hague, Netherlands | PIANC 20 | Congres of the International Navigation Association PIANC, 6 - 11August 1998, index in html | |
| 2002 | Sydney, Australia | PIANC 30 | Congress of the International Navigation Association PIANC, 22-26 September 2002 - Index in Pdf | link to index of files (to be used from TU computers via Internet Explorer) |
| 2006 | Estoril, Portugal | PIANC 31 | Congress of the International Navigation Association PIANC, 14-18 May 2006 - Index in html | |
| 2010 | Liverpool, UK | PIANC 32 | Congress of the International Navigation Association PIANC, 10-14 May 2010 - Index in Pdf |
! Click enter in the left corner. link to index of files (to be used from TU computers via Internet Explorer) |
Copedec conferences
| year | location | acronym | name of conference + link | extra info |
| 1983 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Copedec I | Coastal and port engineering in developing countries, 20-26 March 1983 | |
| 1987 | Beijing, China | Copedec II | Coastal and port engineering in developing countries, September 1987 | |
| 1991 | Mombasa, Kenya | Copedec III | Coastal and port engineering in developing countries, 16-20 September 1991 - Index with selected paper | |
| 1995 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Copedec IV | Coastal and port engineering in developing countries, 25-29 September 1995 - Index with selected papers | |
| 1999 | Cape Town, South Africa | Copedec V | Coastal and port engineering in developing countries, 1999 - Index with selected paper | |
| 2003 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Copedec VI | Coastal and port engineering in developing countries, 15-19 September 2003 - Index in Pdf | ! Click on Table of Contents or Author Index to find the desired Paper |
| 2008 | Dubai, UAE | Copedec VII | Coastal and port engineering in developing countries, 24-28 February 2008 - Index in Pdf | ! Click on Table of Contents, Author Index or Abstracts to find the desired Paper |
| 2012 | Chennai, India | Copedec VIII | Coastal and port engineering in developing countries, 20-24 February 2012, IIT-Madras - All papers in one pdf |
Speciality seminars
| year | location | acronym | name of conference + link | extra info |
| 1987 | Agadir, Morocco | PCDC 87 | Seminar organised by the Permanent Committee for Developing Countries, Published as annex to PIANC Bulletin 56 | Full proceedings in one pdf, in both English and French |
| 1992 | Surabaya, Indonesia | PCDC 92 | ||
| 1995 | Goa, India | PCDC 95 | ||
| 2005 | Brussels, Belgium | PIANC seminar | Life cycle approach in Port Infrastructure - Seminar documents - Seminar PPT Index | Seminar of the International Navigation Association PIANC, 2 February 2005 |