Call for Abstracts
Abstract Submission
Abstract submissions have now closed and the program is being developed. For more information, please email jayne@eastcoastconferences.com.au
Prospective authors are invited to submit abstracts for papers to be presented at the Australasian Coasts & Ports 2025 Conference, to be held at the Adelaide Convention Centre, South Australia, from 18-21 August 2025.
The Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference series is the pre-eminent forum in the Australasian region for professionals to meet and discuss issues extending across all disciplines related to coasts and ports.
Our Conference theme is Navigating the Future: Climate Ready Coasts and Ports.
Papers on theory, measurement, analysis, environmental effects, modelling and practice are invited on the following themes:
Coastal and Ocean Engineering
- Wave-structure-soil interactions
- Breakwaters and Erosion and flood mitigation coastal structures
- Recreational facilities, waterfront development and marinas
- Beach nourishment and other forms of ‘shoreline protection’
- Ocean monitoring, resource, energy and exploration
Coastal Planning, Policy and Management
- Integrated coastal zone management
- Risk management and adaptation
- Sustainability, and stakeholder engagement
- Greenfields development
- Integrating traditional knowledge
Coastal Processes
- Monitoring, instrumentation and information systems
- Tides, storm surges, long waves and tsunamis
- Shelf and shallow water wave dynamics
- Nearshore currents and morphology, sediment processes,
- Coastal meteorology, storms, tropical cyclones and extreme events
Estuary, ICOLLS and nearshore ecosystem processes
- Coastal hydrosystems (estuaries, lagoons, lakes, ICOLLS, river mouths)
- Coastal ecosystem processes (in estuaries, mangroves, coral reefs, etc.)
Future Proofing Coastal and Port Environments
- Probabilistic hazard assessment, including shoreline responses and projections
- Response to extreme events and to climate change
- Climate change adaptation
- Adaptation in the Pacific and in Island Communities
- Resilience planning & practice, disaster prevention & recovery
- Coastal multi-hazards
Working with Nature, Environment and Ecosystem Services
- In coastal environment
- In port and maritime environments
- For climate change adaptation
Blue Economy
- Multi-use of space, multi-use platforms and management in the blue economy
- Marine renewable energy
- Environmental characterisation and assessments
- Aquaculture and marine biotechnology
- Coastal and marine tourism
- Economic, social, legal and political aspects
Port and Maritime Engineering
- Ports and marine facilities
- Deep water terminals
- Navigation
Dredging and reclamation
- Beneficial use of dredged material
- Fate of dredged material and morphologic response to dredging
- Dredging management, community and ecosystems
Port Operations and Management
- Sustainable port and maritime infrastructure: e.g. extension of life, repurposing and re-use solutions
- Green port initiatives
- Port automation: impacts on port operations
Port Planning
- Port automation: impacts on port planning
- Decarbonisation of Ports and Maritime sector
- Ports and shipping enabling the clean energy transition
Technological and Digital advancements
Abstract Submission
Abstract submissions have now closed and the program is being developed. For more information, please email jayne@eastcoastconferences.com.au