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The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA), in partnership with the California Shore & Beach Preservation Association (CSBPA) Headwaters to Oceans (H2O) conference, announces a Call for Abstracts for the National Coastal Conference, “Coasts on the Leading Edge: Bridging Science, Policy and Community” to be held October 7-10, 2025 in Long Beach, California.
The ASBPA National Coastal Conference welcomes all coastal managers and stakeholders to learn the latest science, engineering, and policy needed to maintain and improve the health of our beachfront and estuarine shorelines and ecosystems, while developing collaborative networks to promote best management practices.
Technical, policy-oriented, and coastal floodplain resource and flood risk management presentations or posters are invited for a broad range of coastal and estuarine ecology, science, engineering, economics, and policy. We will also have special sessions with our CSBPA H2O partners.
Specific topics include, but are not limited to:
Beach Management and Design
- Coastal design concepts and projects
- Beach restoration, management and maintenance
- Regional sediment management
- Beneficial use of dredged material sediment
- Lessons and issues in coastal communication and outreach
- Lessons learned from storms and extreme events
Monitoring and Modeling Tools and Approaches
- Coastal & estuarine modeling
- Coastal hazard mapping & analysis tools
Flood Risk Management
- Coastal infrastructure
- Green/Grey infrastructure and living shorelines
- Improving shoreline and coastal resiliency
- Lagoon, wetland, marsh, and estuary restoration
- Adaptation
Policy Oriented
- Creative funding strategies for beach restoration
- Economics of coastal resources
- Federal, state, and local coastal policy, regulatory and legal issues, including easements
- Funding challenges and resources for coastal infrastructure
- Policies for improving resiliency and adaptation
- Regional comprehensive coastal studies
- Sea level rise guidance, planning, and policy
Coastal Flood Plain Resources
- Coastal infrastructure management
- Nuisance flooding and urban flooding challenges
- Managed retreat/strategic realignment
Topics of Interest and Issues for Coastal Stakeholders
- Water quality
- Beach safety and operations
- Community engagement, education & outreach
- Surfing
- Beach parking, public access, and accessibility
H2O Conference Focused Topics
- Watershed and coastal health, restoration, and management
- Coastal hazards and sea level rise
- Climate change resilience and adaptation
- Coastal resilience for critical infrastructure (e.g. public highways, utilities, emergency services)
- Nature-based solutions
- Coastal sediment management
- Biodiversity across ecosystems
- Terrestrial and marine conservation
- Indigenous knowledge and stewardship
- Disaster preparedness and response
- Education and outreach
- Ecosystem-based management approaches
- Governance and financing of environmental management
- Water sustainability and planning
- Community science and engagement
- Remote sensing and GIS application
- Environmental modeling
- Ocean literacy programs for youth and communities
- Diversity, equity, inclusion, and environmental justice
- Access, recreation, and the human elements of coastal management
- Water sustainability & planning
Submit abstracts by visiting https://asbpa.org/asbpa-national-coastal-conference-2025/.
Presentations may be PowerPoint or Poster format.
Abstracts shall include discussion on objective/motivation, methods/approach, results/findings, and conclusions/lessons learned.
Abstracts Due (up to 500 words, following the required format):
June 1st for PowerPoint Presentations
August 15th for Poster Presentations
Notification of presentation status by July 10th. Presenters are responsible for their expenses including registration fees, travel and lodging.
Thank you for your abstract submission and support of the ASBPA, CSBPA, and H2O.
