8th International Conference Littoral2006: Coastal Innovations and Initiatives

18^th-20^th September 2006, Gdansk University of Technology
Gdansk, Poland.

Papers focusing on Knowledge, Entrepreneurships, Innovations, Techniques and Instruments, Theory and Practice or Case Studies, Applications and Implementations are now invited on the following major topics:

• Socio-economic Value of Coastal Areas - Regional Coastal Economies
• Coastal Information, Communications, and Data Network
• Coastal and Marine Tourism and Recreation
• Trends and Processes in Coastal Environment
• Exploration and Exploitation of Live Marine Resources
• Coastal Protection, Dynamics and Geomorphology
• Protection of Marine and Coastal Habitats
• Conservation of Coastal Culture Heritage and Landscape Values
• Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Maritime Administration
• Coastal Policy, Planning and Land Use Conflicts
• Changing Nature of Coastal Communities
• Coastal Research and Development Programme and Implementation - Connecting Science and Policy
• Education and Training
• Urban Waterfront Development
• Ports and Harbours
• Coastal Energy

Littoral 2006 will also include a small number of one-day or half-day,
peer-reviewed workshops. The aim of the workshops is to bring together professionals from academia and industry to exchange ideas, experiences and identify obstacles and propose solutions in littoral domains.


Workshops on the following topics are planned to be organised:

• Land Use of Waterfront Areas
• Conservation of Spits and Peninsulas

The official language of the conference will be English.

Important dates

Abstract submission due	15th February 2006 (since 1st January 2006)
Abstract acceptance notification due	30th March 2006
Camera-ready final papers due	31th May 2006
Registration / payment due	31th May 2006
Registration at the Conference	18th-20th September 2006

We invite you to sumbit your paper abstract via www.

The absract submission will be available
from 1.01.2006 till 15.02.2006.

Electronic registration and full paper submission will be available
via www for authors of the accepted abstracts.

Conference webpage: http://www.littoral2006.gda.pl

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner