Australasian Coasts & Ports conference (virtual, April 11 to 13, 2022) full program now released:

[Deirdre E. Hart]

Australasian Coasts & Ports conference (virtual, April 11 to 13, 2022) full program now released:

http://www.coastsandports2021.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Pocket-Program-A6_FINAL-screen.pdf

Registration is currently open and provides excellent value with 3 full days of presentations, special sessions, virtual exhibitions, networking opportunities and social events at Australasia’s pre-eminent coastal event.

 With Covid 19 travel and gathering restrictions, the conference is now a fully virtual event in 2022, including new international key notes and adding special sessions on recent, topical events. The virtual platform itself is fantastic and will provide access to all presentations in real time with speaker Q&A, exhibitions, networking opportunities and social events. The full program includes 

- over 140 papers by Australasia’s top coastal engineers, scientists, up-and-coming students, and young professionals, plus 

- keynotes by Prof Karin Bryan, Marika Calfas, Prof Tomoya Shibayama, Dr Mitchell Harley and Manea Sweeney, and 

- panel sessions on Indigenous Knowledge in Coastal Engineering and Science, Climate Change Coastal Adaptation, and on the Hunga Tonga -Hunga Ha-Apai Eruption and Tsunami.

 We would like to thank our dedicated speakers and generous and loyal sponsors and exhibitors for accommodating change to a virtual format and continuing to support Coasts & Ports -  Heron Group, Trelleborg, Tonkin & Taylor, Beca, Hall, Tourism NZ, NIWA, UNSW WRL, WGA, WSP, WT, Brian Perry Civil, CCC, Denso, Downer, ecoast, ECan, LPC, MHL, ANZASR, SML, FSC Range, Jan de Nul, LINZ, Vision Environment, Bluemont, Brightly, Cavotec, Marham, Nortek, UWA.

We look forward to welcoming you online for our unique 2022 event – adapt and thrive!.

 Ngā manaakitanga,

Tom Shand and Deirdre Hart, on behalf of the Local organising Committee,

NZCS, ENZ, PIANC, EA