The 10th edition of the Coastal Dynamics conference will take place at the University of Aveiro from 7 to 11 April. The conference will welcome around 350 coastal dynamics specialists from 35 countries across all five continents.
The Local Organising Committee includes representatives from the University of Aveiro (Departments of Civil Engineering, Physics and Geosciences, and the research units RISCO and CESAM), the Port of Aveiro Administration, the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC), and the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA).
CESAM is represented on the Organising Committee by Professor Paulo Silva (CESAM/DGEO) and Researcher Paulo Baganha (CESAM/DGEO), and on the Scientific Committee by Professor João Miguel Dias (CESAM/DFIS), Professor Fátima Alves (CESAM/DAO), and Researcher Cristina Bernardes (CESAM/DGEO).
Coastal Dynamics is one of the leading international conferences for scientists in the field of coastal dynamics. The first edition was held in 1994 in Barcelona. Since then, it has taken place in Gdansk, Poland (1995); Plymouth, United Kingdom (1997); Lund, Sweden (2001); Barcelona, Spain (2005); Tokyo, Japan (2009); Arcachon, France (2013); Helsingør, Denmark (2017); and Delft, the Netherlands (2021).
The theme for the 2025 conference is “Living with a Dynamic Coast”. Recent research will be presented on the dynamics and changes of coastal systems, including remote and in situ field observations, laboratory studies, and numerical modelling approaches.
The conference will feature a full scientific programme, complemented by social activities and three technical field trips. On the opening day, three short courses will be held, covering the following topics: Coastal resilience; Integration of scientific and climate data into coastal engineering; and Coastal rehabilitation in the context of sea-level rise. The programme will also include two plenary sessions with invited speakers Bregje van Wesenbeeck and Alec Torres-Freyermuth, a session led by APA reflecting on the past, present, and future of Portuguese coastal management, and the presentation of the prestigious Coastal Award to Andrew Short (Australia), in recognition of his significant contributions to the field.
The event will host 38 parallel sessions, featuring 223 oral presentations and 51 posters. The week will conclude with three technical field visits to: the Esmoriz-Furadouro coastal stretch and Port of Aveiro; the southern stretch of Figueira da Foz and its port; and the São Jacinto Nature Reserve and Ria de Aveiro.
You can consult the full conference programme [here].
Originally published in: UA News, 2 April 2025.