Conference Program

DAY 1 - Tuesday, September 23rd 

  • 14:15-18:00: Short Course for students (ROOM A)
  • 20:00-00:00: Ice-breaking party

DAY Wednesday, September 24th (MAIN HALL Conference on Applied Coastal Research)

  • 8:30 – 9:30: Registration
  • 9:30 – 10:00: Welcome Speech
  • 10:00 – 10:45: Keynote Speaker I - Prof. Nobuhisa Kobayashi "Coastal sand, microplastics, and stone interactions" 
  • 10:45 – 11:15: Coffee Break
  • 11:15 – 13:00: Session 1
  • 13:00 – 14:00: Lunch
  • 14:00 – 14:45: Keynote Speaker II - Prof. Marcel van Gent "Recent research and new challenges in designing climate-adaptive coastal structures" 
  • 14:45 – 16:00: Session 2
  • 16:00 – 16:20: Coffee Break
  • 16:20 – 17:30: Session 3

DAY 3 - Thursday, September 25th (MAIN HALL Conference on Applied Coastal Research)

  • 9:00 – 9:45: Keynote Speaker III - Prof. Harshinie Karunarathna "Computational coastal modelling within the AI frontiers"
  • 9:45 – 11:15: Session 4
  • 11:15 – 11:45: Coffee Break
  • 11:45 – 13:00: Session 5
  • 13:00 – 14:00: Lunch
  • 14:00 – 14:45: Keynote Speaker IV - Dr. Stephan Gollasch & Dr. Matej David "The Ballast Water Management Convention Fully in Force Since a Year - What Can We Expect?" 
  • 14:45 – 15:45: Session 6
  • 15:45 – 16:15: Coffee Break
  • 16:15 – 17:15: Session 7
  • 20:00 – 00:00: Social Dinner

DAY 4 - Friday, September 26th (MAIN HALL Conference on Applied Coastal Research)

  • 9:00 – 9:45: Keynote Speaker V - Assoc.Prof. Thomas Lykke Andersen "Recent advances in hydraulic model testing techniques"
  • 9:45 – 11:15: Session 8
  • 11:15 – 11:45: Coffee Break
  • 11:45 – 13:00: Session 9
  • 13:00 – 14:00: Lunch
  • 14:00 – 14:45: Keynote Speaker VI - Prof. Conceicao Juana Fortes  "Numerical Modeling of Water Waves in Harbours and Coastal Areas" 
  • 14:45 – 16:00: Session 10
  • 16:00 – 16:30: Coffee Break
  • 16:30 – 17:30: Session 11
  • 17:45 – 18:30: Closing Ceremony

DAY 5 - Saturday, September 27th

  • 9:00 – 16:00: Optional Excursion to the Pelješac peninsula (including Pelješac bridge 2.4km, pontoon marina Slano, Ston city, and lunch, 60 Euro/person)