ICEC 2018 : 20-23 August, 2018
1st announcement: International Conference on Estuaries and Coasts
ICEC-2018 (20-23 August 2018, Caen, France)
1st 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:
- Saline intrusion and sea level rise: measurements, modelling and forecasting their impacts to economic development and human lives;
- Waves and Tsunami: Measurements, modelling, forecasting and warning system;
- Estuarine and coastal flows and their evolution by climate change;
- Sediment transport and morphological change in estuaries and coastal zones
- 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;
- Integrated Coastal Zone Management for sustainable developments in global change context.
- Environment and Marine Renewable Energies
The Conference Venue: University of Caen, Caen City, France
Contact: icec-2018@unicaen.fr