ICEC 2018 : 20-23 August, 2018

ICEC-2018 (20-23 August 2018, Caen, France)

1^st announcement

The 6th International Conference on Estuaries and Coasts (ICEC-2018) is co-organized by:

• University of Caen Normandie (France) and its laboratory LUSAC
• GIS HEDD (Group of Scientific Interests « Hydraulics for the Environment and for the Sustainable Development »)
• International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation (IRTCES) 

Under the patronage of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR); the French society of HydroTechnics (SHF), and the World Association for Sedimentation and Erosion Research (WASER).

 Proposed theme of the Conference:

            “Estuaries and Coastal Zones in times of Global Change”

Proposed topics of the Conference:

The conference will be organised around parallel sessions in the following domains:

1. Saline intrusion and sea level rise: measurements, modelling and forecasting their impacts to economic development and human lives;
2. Waves and Tsunami: Measurements, modelling, forecasting and warning system;
3. Estuarine and coastal flows and their evolution by climate change;
4. Sediment transport and morphological change in estuaries and coastal zones
5. Megacities development and coastal floods under the threat of sea level rise and climate change: Observation, modelling, forecasting and early warning systems; 6.   Environment and ecosystem change in estuaries and coastal zones in time of global change;

   1. Integrated Coastal Zone Management for sustainable developments in global change context.
   2. Environment and Marine Renewable Energies  

 The Conference Venue: University of Caen, Caen City, France

Contact: icec-2018@unicaen.fr