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Modelling Longshore Sediment Transport and Coastline Evolution with LITPACK”, DHI, Hørsholm, Denmark, 20-21 May 2008.

The course will be conducted in English.

The DHI LITPACK combines a technically very strong deterministic sediment transport model with user-friendly facilities for the simulation of a large number of wave/current scenarios and for the combination of these simulations into predictions of the net littoral drift, developments of coastal profiles, and long-term coastline evolution.

Where the MIKE 21 sediment transport modules operate in the time domain and simulate the sediment transport potential in area with complex bathymetries, LITPACK assumes a long quasi-uniform coastline and stationary sediment transport during each simulation enabling the simulation of annual drift conditions. Thus, the two tools supplement each other very well.

This 2-day course is intended for professionals in areas of coastal zone management, planning and investigation. Participants should preferably have a background in sediment transport investigations and a good understanding of the coastal processes.

Topics covered:

This course covers how to set up simulations with LITDRIFT and LITLINE along quasi-uniform straight coastlines. Furthermore, a short introduction of the modules LITSTP, LITTREN and LITPROF are included:

•                Overview of LITPACK

•                 Pre-processing and post processing tools

•                Sediment transport calculations

•               Setting up simple littoral drift models

•                Calculating annual drift

•                Establish morphological baseline

•                 Setting up sediment transport tables

•                 Setting up simple coastline evolution model

•                 Shoreline evolution with structures

•                 Result viewing and presentation

•                 Detailed walk-through of LITPACK model examples

•                  Hands-on exercises

Course Fees: Standard price:  1050 €

Discounts: 10 % if valid Service Maintenance Agreement (SMA); 33% for 3rd and subsequent participants

The fees include:

•        Access to the LITPACK modelling system for the duration of the course.

•        Latest MIKE Software Demo Version and other products from the MIKE Products family.

•        Training materials and exercises.

•        30 days’ evaluation license of LITPACK.

•        Lunch and refreshments during the two training days.

Further Information & Registration:

Course Coordinator Loni Skov Madsen

Tel: +45 4516 9160

Email: lsm@dhigroup.com

1st PoCoast Seminar on Coastal Research

Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal | May 26-28, 2008

For further information and a registration form please contact lpneves@fe.up.pt

The International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR), the Superior Council of Public Works at the Italian Ministry of Infrastructures, the Italian Association for Off- Shore and Marine Engineering and the Department of Innovation Engineering at University of Salento invite all engineers, geologists, MSc students, Ph.D. students, scholars and specialists who have an interest in Coastal Engineering to present their papers and to attend the lectures during the third International Short Course and Workshop on Applied Coastal Research which will be held at the Department of Innovation Engineering at the University of Salento - Lecce - Italy. All accepted and presented papers will be published in the 3rd SCARC Proceedings sponsored by IAHR. The 3rd SCACR will be held in the famous antique and baroque town Lecce, the capital of a wonderful area named Salento The airport is in Brindisi (http://www.seap-puglia.it/index.asp), 20 minutes from Lecce (bus stops at the Hotel Tiziano). The principal aim of the Course is to give to the attendants information on the latest achievements of the researchers, academicians and users on coastal and port engineering. In addition to the lectures, a number of technical papers will be presented during three technical sessions. Authors are invited to submit a two pages abstract.

The course and the workshop will be held at the Campus Universitario, corpo Y, of the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy. The registration fee is 300 € for participants and 270 for authors. Late registrations will add 70 €. The fee includes the Course attendance, the coffee and lunch breaks, the Social Dinner and one copy of the Proceedings.

E-mail : shortcourse@dds.unical.it

International Conference (school-seminar)

on the Dynamics of Coastal Zone of Non-tidal Seas,

Baltiysk (Kaliningrad Oblast), 30 June - 04 July, 2008

Organizers

Russian Foundation for Basic Researches (RFBR)

P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences (IORAS)

Working Group “Sea coasts” of the Council on Problems of World Ocean of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Atlantic Branch of P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences (AB IORAS)

Project CoRuNA (Coastal Russian Networking Activity) in the framework of the EU Project ENCORA

Project “Sustainable Development Indicators for South-Eastern Baltic (SDI-4-SEB)” in the framework of Neighborhood (Interreg-Tacis) Program “Lithuania, Poland and Kaliningrad Oblast (Russian Federation)”

Immanuel Kant’s State University of Russia (IKSUR

Working languages: Russian and English

 Important days:

30^th of April – deadline for submission of registration forms and grant applications

10^th of May – approval of participation and granting

15^th of May – invitations by participants’ request

31^th of May – submission of extended abstracts

10^th of June – dissemination of invitations and final program of the conference

Registration fee:

Conference fee (200 EUR) covers preparation of conference materials; accommodation at Scientific Station    "Baltic Spit" in rooms for 2-3 person (a toilet and a shower - in a corridor); barbeque (30.06.08); daily meal, coffee during breaks and buffet during poster sessions (01-03.07.08); participation in excursion including meal (04.07.08).

Fellowships: A limited set of fellowships is available for young scientists (up to 35 years old) from Russia and other European countries. Applications for fellowships should be sent to Prof. Ruben Kosyan, chairman of Scientific Committee, Russian coordinator of the Project CoRuNA in the framework of the EU Project ENCORA (rkosyan@hotmail.com).

Accommodation:

Participants will be accommodated at Scientific Station "Baltic Spit " (the very conference venue) in rooms for 2-3 person (a toilet and a shower - in a corridor), located in the village Kosa on the Vistula Spit, sandy barrier peninsula between the Baltic Sea and the Visula Lagoon.

 For a provisional agenda and registration form, please e-mail Viktoria Kurchenko piwis@mail.ru with Subject ‘CoastSchool 08’.

The biennial ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, an international gathering of more than 2000 aquatic scientists, will be held at the Acropolis in Nice, France, 25-31 January 2009.
Sponsored (so far) by INSU/CNRS, ESA, EAWAG, University Pierre-et-Marie Curie-Paris6 and University of Nice.

The Planning Committee invites proposals from members of ASLO, all interested scientists in the aquatic sciences and leaders of major programs in this area for sessions of interest to members of ASLO. The Aquatic Sciences meeting is an important venue for scientific exchange across broad marine-science disciplines, including physical, biological, chemical, and geological oceanography, all branches of limnology, hydrology, and multidisciplinary topics ranging from evolution to climate change. We also welcome proposals for  sessions on subjects that reflect new and ongoing research on watersheds, the global ocean, and society, including science education, outreach, and public policy.

Session Proposals are due April 15, 2008. Proposals should identify at least two co-chairs and include an informative session title and a short description of the session (see details below). Session presentations will be oral, poster, or both, to be determined by the Planning Committee after abstracts have been received. We strongly encourage proposals for poster-only sessions. Posters sessions will be designed for maximum attendance and will not conflict with oral presentations. We are also looking at creative ways to allow electronic poster presentations.

Guidelines for Session Proposal Submissions
At least two (maximum four) co-chairs that plan to attend the meeting are required. Co-chairs must be members of ASLO. Session titles should be between 45 to 180 characters. Session descriptions should be limited to 200 words and should be broad enough to include all interested researchers, regardless of affiliation or funding sources.

Schedule
Session proposals must be submitted online by 23:59 U.S. Central Daylight Time, 15 April, 2008. The Call for Abstracts will be issued early summer 2008. Abstracts will be due online 1 October 2008, when an abstract fee and registration for the conference will be required. The registration fee will be fully refundable up to 30 days prior to the conference, should cancellation be necessary.

Oral Session Format
Oral sessions will be in groups of eight 15-min talks, or seven talks with one double-length (30-min) talk available at the discretion of the co-chairs. Chairs may designate up to two presenters as “Invited” in each session.  Invited presenters are still required to submit an abstract and pay abstract and registration fees. Chairs may choose to use the 30-min talk for an overview or tutorial; the presenter of this talk may submit a second abstract (at no cost) that may be accepted for oral or poster presentation at the discretion of the session chairs and program planning committee. Otherwise, only one first-author presentation per attendee will be permitted. Sessions will be scheduled by the Planning Committee after abstracts have been received.

Poster Session Format
Posters will be approximately 4’x4’ or 122cmx122cm  Groups of posters, organized by topic, will be highlighted for two hours at a time when no oral sessions are scheduled. Beverages and substantial snacks will be available during poster sessions.
Please submit session proposals online at: http://www.aslo.org/forms/nice2009.html

We also encourage town-hall and other group meetings in rooms at the Convention Center , primarily during the two hour lunch break.  Request forms will be available with the Call for Abstracts. There is also space available at the Convention Center for exhibition booths; for further information ask business@aslo.org

If you have questions about the science program, please contact the meeting co-chairs:

Jean-Pierre Gattuso, CNRS and Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6
gattuso@obs-vlfr.fr

Markus Weinbauer, CNRS and Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6
wein@obs-vlfr.fr

Peter Bossard, EAWAG
Peter.Bossard@eawag.ch

For practical and logistical information about the 2009 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, please contact:

Helen Schneider Lemay
ASLO Business Manager
ASLO Business Office
5400 Bosque Blvd., Suite 680
Waco, Texas 76710 USA
Voice: 800.929.ASLO or 254.399.9635
Fax: 254.776.3767
E-mail: business@aslo.org