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The 24th Annual National Conference on
Beach Preservation Technology
February 9-11, 2011
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville-Riverfront, Jacksonville, Florida
Call for Presentations
We welcome abstracts on the topics listed below:
Shore Protection Projects and Coastal Management
- Shore protection projects that demonstrate current strategies and technologies
- Post-construction monitoring analyses and their applications
- Sediment management strategies and implementation
- Coastal inlet evolution and impact studies, and inlet management projects
- Structural solutions and their applications
- Sediment transport and coastal processes modeling
Coastal Research and Environmental Science
- Applied coastal research from the USACE, USGS, NOAA, and academic institutions
- Environmental science applications and resulting influence on project development, construction, and monitoring
- Mitigation strategies and implementation
Special Topic and Session Planned for 2011 – Oil Spill
- Oil spill modeling and tracking
- Oil spill protection and cleanup on beaches
- Inlet booming strategies
- Local governments – your experiences and lessons learned
Additional Topics
- Sea level rise
- Beach and nearshore hydrographic surveying technology
- Dredging technology
- Coastal management policy decisions and lessons learned
Who Should Submit?
- Public and private sector engineers
- Environmental scientists
- Coastal geologists
- Marine scientists and biologists
- Academic researchers
- Coastal surveyors
- Coastal managers and local government representatives
Submittal Deadline -- October 8, 2010
Please submit abstracts not to exceed two pages in length, in PDF or Word format, to abstracts@fsbpa.com by October 8th, 2010. The abstract must include name, affiliation, and contact information, including email address. The National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology Planning Committee will evaluate all abstracts. Abstract submittals shall describe the content of the proposed presentation and why it may be of interest to conference attendees. Abstracts shall include discussion on objective/motivation, methods/approach, results/findings, and conclusions/lessons learned.
Speaker Expenses
All expenses are the responsibility of the speaker,
including travel, lodging and conference registration fees. |
