Building Coastal Resilience 2022: abstract deadline extended to February 1

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Dear all,

 

We thank those who submitted their abstract in due time. There is still room for extra poster or oral presentations.

Therefore, we extended the abstract submission deadline for the Building Coastal Resilience conference in Bruges to February 1.

 

Kind regards,
prof. Pieter Rauwoens.

 

BUILDING COASTAL RESILIENCE 2022

Dune in front of a dike: international conference

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

 

The organizing committee is happy to invite you to submit an abstract for the very first conference on nature based solutions for coastal protection in Belgium. The conference will take place at KU Leuven Bruges Campus on 12 and 13 April 2022.

 

We want to bring together researchers and interested  policy makers and industry partners on the topic of Beach and Dune Dynamics. Highlights will be provided on the Dune-in-front-of-a dike pilot-projects in Ostend (Belgium), showcasing the results of one-year intensive monitoring, including a field visit to the study sites. Contributions from the scientific community are foreseen in the format of posters and oral presentations to foster discussion and knowledge transfer on similar projects and related studies world-wide.

 

We are also very glad to announce prof. dr. Jean Taylor Ellis, University of South Carolina (USA) as confirmed keynote speaker.

 

Important dates:

• Tuesday 1 February 2022: abstract submission deadline
• Tuesday 1 February 2022: registration open
• Monday 28 February 2022: announcement of selected abstracts for presentation
• Thursday 31 March 2022: registration deadline
• Tuesday 12 April 2022 – Wednesday 13 April 2022: conference

 

We look forward to meet many of you during this conference!

 

Best regards,

The Organizing Committee

 

Pieter Rauwoens (KU Leuven)

Dries Bonte (UGent)

Glenn Strypsteen (KU Leuven)

Bart Roest (KU Leuven)