“THE IKE DIKE”

3/9/2010
6:00 PM (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
8:00 PM
InterContinental Hotel, 2222 West Loop South, Houston, TX 77027

The Netherlands Texas Business Association would like to invite you to a special Networking Event with Featured Guest Speaker:

Professor William Merrell
Texas A&M University at Galveston  

Topic: “THE IKE DIKE”

 
Eighteen months after the Hurricane Ike's 20-foot storm surge devastated Galveston, Texas, and surrounding areas, local governments are in the midst of making a decision about the proposed "Ike Dike" - an expansion of the existing Galveston Seawall.

The Ike Dike, as proposed by professor William Merrell, would extend the existing seawall by over 50 miles and add floodgates that would close before an approaching hurricane. The idea is based on the Delta Works, a series of dams and barriers that protect the southwest Netherlands from storm surge and coastal flooding.  

Visit http://www.billkinghouston.com/0/1733285/0/1889/ for further details.

Location:        InterContinental, Hotel 2222 West Loop South Houston, TX  77027 

Date:              Tuesday, March 9, 2010
                      17.30 ~ Registration begins
                      18.00 ~ 20.00 hrs: Networking and Presentation

Cost:              NTBA members: Free
                      BABC and TAAB Chambers members: Free
                      Non-members: US$10 (to be paid at entrée)
                      “Cash bar”

RSVP:            Before March 4th to: grettapieper@netherlandstexas.com

This event is made possible by:
- InterContinental Hotel Houston
- British American Business Council BABC
- Turkish American Association for Business TAAB

 

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