Colloquium Announcement and Call for Abstracts
41st International Liege Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics
Science-Based Management of the Coastal Waters
Liege, Belgium
4-8 May 2009
Abstract Submission Deadline: 31 December 2008
For further information, please go to:
http://modb.oce.ulg.ac.be/colloquium/
Organizers of the 41st International Liege Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics,
"Science-Based Management of the Coastal Waters," to be convened 4-8 May
2009, in Liege, Belgium, announce a call for abstracts. The colloquium
will provide a forum to present and discuss recent scientific advances
in the field of Integrated Coastal Zone Management, to compare the
modeling and experimental approaches in various case studies and to
identify the need for future development.
The emphasis will be particularly on the understanding of the dynamics
of coastal waters and on the development of appropriate tools and
methodologies to address the issues of:
- Costal oceanography;
- Prevention and mitigation of coastal hazard and pollution
(including coastal eutrophication and pollution by heavy metals,
xenobiotics, etc.);
- Long-term geomorphological changes;
- Global changes in the coastal zone (including downscaling issues);
- Operational oceanography and monitoring systems; and
- Social and economic aspects of Integrated Coastal Zone Management
multifunctionality and valuation.
For more than 40 years, the International Liege Colloquium has focused
on various aspects of ocean dynamics. The subject of the colloquium
changes from one year to the next, but the topics are always approached
in an interdisciplinary framework. The 45-55 minute format of the
presentations, the size of the group of participants (about 60 on
average), and the careful selection of subjects, have always ensured
fruitful exchanges and discussions. For years, selected papers of the
colloquium have been published as a special issue of the Journal of
Marine Systems.
Abstracts for the 2009 Conference should be submitted before 31 December
2008.
For further information and instructions on how to submit an abstract,
please go to:
http://modb.oce.ulg.ac.be/colloquium/.