Speakers called for widespread use of FlexMat: Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Md. Tajul Islam, presides over the eleventh edition of International Perspective on Water Resources and the Environment (IPWE) conference held at city’s Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel on Wednesday. The Environmental & Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE-EWRI) in partnership with the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology’s Institute of Water and Flood Management (BUET-IWFM) jointly organized the four-day conference. Max Group is the sponsor of the international event. Speakers called for widespread use of FlexMat, a cluster of flexible blocks built with plastic and polymer, is used to protection the river bank from erosion and flood and this highly articulated technology can last nearly a century.