Call for Abstracts: ASBPA 100th Anniversary National Coastal Conference Oct 5-8, 2026

[ASBPA Admin Pickels]

Greetings Coastal List:

The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) is pleased to announce a Call for Abstracts for the National Coastal Conference, celebrating 100 years of shore and beach preservation, to be held in New Jersey where in 1926 the first beach preservationists seeded a revolutionary idea for future coastal protection.

The ASBPA National Coastal Conference, October 5-8, 2026 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, welcomes all coastal managers and stakeholders to learn the latest science, engineering, and policy needed to maintain and improve the health of our beachfront and estuarine shorelines and ecosystems, while developing collaborative networks to promote best management practices.

Technical, policy-oriented, and coastal floodplain resource and flood risk management presentations or posters are invited for a broad range of coastal and estuarine ecology, science, engineering, economics, and policy.

View the Call for Abstracts: https://asbpa.org/asbpa-national-coastal-conference-2026/

Presentations may be PowerPoint or Poster format. Abstracts shall include discussion on objective/motivation, methods/approach, results/findings, and conclusions/lessons learned.

Abstracts Due (up to 500 words, following the required format):
June 1st for PowerPoint Presentations
August 15th for Poster Presentations

Questions? Reach out to the Pickel's at mana...@asbpa.org. 

Thank you!

Leslie Pickel

Managing Director

ASBPA - Celebrating 100 years 1926-2026