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Oral and poster abstracts are now invited on the following topics and should be submitted using the online abstract submission system.

Abstract submission deadline: 6 March 2026

General Sessions

Physics

Coastal hydrodynamics and physical-biological coupling
Coastal morphodynamics and sediment transport
Impact of extreme events on coastal systems
Monitoring and prediction with observation systems and models

Ecology

Coastal and estuarine biodiversity and ecosystems
Coastal Ecosystem conservation and restoration, including nature-based solutions
Connectivity of estuaries, saltmarshes, mangroves, seagrass beds and coral reefs
Stress responses and resilience: from molecular to ecosystem level

Biogeochemistry

From Source-to-Sea (S2S): effects of land use change and hydrology regulation
Carbon and nutrient cycling in benthic and pelagic ecosystems
Eutrophication, acidification and pollution of coastal ecosystems
Blue carbon: understanding and quantifying carbon storage in coasts and estuaries

Human Dimension

Coastal governance and policy
Socio-economic and socio-ecological systems impacts and adaptation
Community engagement and stakeholder involvement
Decision support tools and marine spatial planning
Science communication, citizen science and ocean literacy

Special Sessions

Biogeochemistry

19 Operationalizing Coastal Wetlands for Negative Emissions: From Mechanisms to Scalable Solutions
48 Advancing the integration of monitoring and modelling of the physico-chemical and biogeochemical state of coastal systems

Physics

30 Image processing for monitoring and forecasting coastal marine and estuarine pollution
41 Hydrodynamics and Morphodynamics of Storm Surge

Ecology

3 Macroecology of Coastal Zone under Human Activities and Global Changes
8 Advancing the assessment of data-poor fisheries in estuaries and coastal lagoons
9 Bridging Scales and Disciplines: From Microbial Processes to Policy Pathways for Sustainable Estuaries and Coasts
13 Multi-risk assessment of climate change and contamination in marine and transitional coastal ecosystems
20 The use of artificial intelligence in coastal environmental monitoring
21 Co-development of innovative monitoring approaches and tools for biodiversity and ecosystem assessments in marine environments
22 Benthic habitat mapping using novel technologies
23 Demonstrating Flood Mitigation in Combination with Nature Restoration
24 End-to-End Ecosystem Models to Inform Biodiversity Management under Multiple Pressures
25 Decision-Support Tools for Marine Biodiversity Conservation
27 Transforming Tidal Wetland Science into Coastal Adaptation Action
29 Marine biodiversity and ecosystem services for a sustainable future
31 Microbial communities in mangrove ecosystems: from diversity, resilience, and pivotal roles of microbial communities to potential biotechnological applications
36 Engineering for ecology: interdisciplinary science to advance living shorelines
39 Healthy estuaries for resilient fisheries: Improving fish critical habitat management in a changing world
47 Environmental DNA for coastal and estuarine biodiversity monitoring and assessment: connecting scientific innovation with policy needs

Human dimension

4 Improving decision-making accuracy to enhance social-ecological fit for coastal and marine biodiversity
10 Unveiling the trouble: tensions and transformations in the governance of coastal and estuarine social-ecological systems
12 Gross Ecosystem Product: from sciences toward policy applications
14 Caring for coastal scapes
16 Integrating Hydrodynamics and Socio-Ecological Vulnerability: A Policy Framework for the Sundarban Delta
17 Toolboxes and Decision Support Systems for marine and estuarine management – needs, uses and misuses
26 Large-scale development of marine renewable energy: Challenges for marine ecosystems, marine users and marine planning
28 Operationalising ecosystem-based management for human multi-uses of the sea
32 Guarding marine and estuarine waters from biological invasions: improving prevention, monitoring, management, public engagement and support
33 Smart Coasts for a Sustainable Future: Multi-Disciplinary Integration and Innovative Solutions
34 Ocean literacy as a bridge to foster effective cooperation between science and policy for the sustainable future of the coastal areas.
35 Sustainable use in estuarine and coastal areas of East Asia: approaches from Japan, China and the Republic of Korea
37 Valuation methods for marine biodiversity assessments
38 Advancing coastal monitoring and forecasting to bridge the gap between coastal science and policy
42 Marine and coastal ecosystem services research: recent advances and future opportunities
44 Participatory habitat mapping: why, when and how to include public in addressing knowledge gaps?
49 Bridging Science and Policy for Bycatch Reduction through Innovative Tools, Gear, and Knowledge-Transfer Frameworks
51 Transforming Coasts via Participatory Pathways to Sustainability and Equity - Celebrating Marion Glaser’s Legacy

Workshops

11 Beyond borders: Co-developing global priorities for cross-border coastal and estuarine conservation
40 Transforming together: learning pathways for sustainable coastal futures - insights from horizon europe case studies and global practice
43 eDNA in biodiversity coastal monitoring
45 Co-creative workshop on advancing ocean observations through collaboration and integration
46 Ocean science diplomacy for estuarine and coastal resilience: strengthening the science–policy interface
50 The future of coastal and estuarine biodiversity science-policy: intergenerational perspectives

Your submission should be in the form of text, no more than 300 words long. If your abstract is accepted, it will be included in the conference app with abstract and program information.

All abstracts will be reviewed by the Committee to ensure that the topic of the submission is consistent with the scope of the topics covered at the meeting.

A condition of submission is that, if accepted, at least one of the authors must register for and present at the conference.

You can submit as many abstracts to the conference for review as you would like. If, after the review by the committee, you have more than one paper accepted for the conference, you will need to register to attend and pay an additional paper fee for each additional paper (i.e., for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th papers – not the 1st). Please note this is for papers that you are the presenting author of, not papers that you are co-author of.

Successfully submitted abstracts will be acknowledged with an electronic receipt including an abstract reference number, which should be quoted in all correspondence. Allow at least 2 hours for your receipt to be returned to you. Please check spam/junk folders as this may sometimes get filtered there.

For revisions or queries regarding papers already submitted
If you do not receive acknowledgement for your abstract submission, DO NOT RESUBMIT your abstract, as this may lead to duplication.

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