Abstract submissions

Some of the themes we are looking to cover at the conference are outlined below.

As well as the main presentations from a wide range of specialists from across the coastal management sector, there will also be a number of keynote presentations and Q&A sessions across the two days of the conference.

The full programme is currently being developed and will be released shortly.

1. Drivers of change – what is the reality we are facing and why is a different approach needed?
• Technical (natural change)
• Environment
• Social pressures, capacity, and the need and justification for change
2. Review and examples of approaches to change: what progress has been made?
• Incorporating change
• Adapting to change
• Resisting change
3. What needs to change?
• Policy: how we can ingrain sustainability and resilience into political decisions
• Legislation: whether any new laws are needed
• Barriers and inertia
• Moving from risk to broader systems thinking
4. What are the economics of change?
• Need for alternative economic rationale and new approaches to prioritisation
• Alternative funding and partnerships
• Adaptive definition of success and measurement of success (human and natural) beyond the infrastructure(s) protected
5. Inspiration and aspiration: how do we create a new climate for this?
• How change is being delivered where it is needed
• Generating different attitudes
• Communication and better understanding
• Innovative technologies