First International Conference Coastal Zone Management of River Deltas and Low Land Coastlines

Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of Egypt (MWRI) is hosting this conference, in cooperation with other governmental institutions, through its Coastal Research Institute (CoRI) of the National Water Research Center (NWRC) to capitalize on the initiative drive of the conference steering team at Costamarine Technologies (CMT), USA, the Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Egypt and the Coastal Zone Foundation (CZF), USA, towards sustainable sea & ocean solutions.
The realization of the conference was further established by the participation of the US co-sponsors which are: The American Society of Civil Engineers;ASCE, The United States Geological Survey;USGS, The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association; ASBPA, and The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;NOAA.
Shaden Abdel-Gawad, President of NWRC, Egypt Nabil Ismail, International Coordinator, AASTMT, Alexandria, Egypt Orville Magoon, CZF, USA Ismail Mubarak, Cairo University and MWRI advisor, Egypt
Margaret Davidson, NOAA, USA Billy Edge, Texas A&M University, USA Kate Gooderham, ASBPA Jim Houston, US Corps Army of Engineers Nabil Ismail, AASTMT, Egypt Suzana Ilic, Lancaster University, UK Alberto Lamberti, University of Bologna, Italy David Kriebel, US Naval Academy,MD,USA Orville Magoon, COPRI/ ASCE Ismail Mubarak, MWRI Advisor, Egypt Marcel Stive, Delft University, The Netherlands S. Jeffress Williams, USGS, USA
W.E. Bijker, Maastricht University, NL, USA Meg Caldwell, Center for Ocean Solutions, CA, USA Jenifer Dugan, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA Ashraf El Ashail, Director, CRI, Egypt. Ibrahim El-Shinnawy, CoRI, Egypt A. Samer Ezeldin, American University, Egypt. Hossam Fahmi, Director, NRI, Egypt. Omran S. Frihy, CoRI, Egypt. Mostafa Gawish, Ex-vice chairman, NWRC, Egypt. Ahmed Khafagy, Ex-Director, CoRI, Egypt. Saad Mesbah, AASTMT, Egypt. Stephen Monismith, Stanford University, CA, USA.
A complete list of paper reviewers will be recognized at the conference, and their affiliations will be published in the conference proceedings.
Ibrahim El Shinnawy Director, CoRI Ismail Mubarak MWRI Advisor Ahmed Khater, Vice Chairman, NWRC Abu Bakr Abu Zeid Vice Director, CoRI Yasser G. A.Dessouky Ass. Dean Eng., AASTMT Ayman El-Gamal CoRI Essam Dabis CoRI Hossam El-Morsi CoRI Medhat Ali CoRI Moheb Iskander CoRI Morad Fahmy CoRI
Official organizing conference and travel agent Wings Tours and Nile Cruises company Mr. Samir Ahmed Hussein Mobile   0020101436966 Fax        002035233508 E-mail: walx.mgr@wingsegypt.com   1 Geological Processes of Deltas and River Mouths.   2 Coastal Change Processes and Human Influence on Coasts.   3 Coastal Defense Restoration and Erosion Mitigation; Hard and Soft Solutions.   4 Coastal Modeling and Risk Management.   5 Coast and Beach Ecosystems.   6 Dune and Wetland Management.   7 Coastal Pollution; Contamination Control and Disaster Management.   8 Impact of Coastal Defense Systems on Ecology of the Coastal Zones.   9 Sustainable Construction Materials for Marine and Coastal Structures. 10 Impacts of Climate Changes and Adaptation Policies. 11 Sustainable Coastal Management and Human Influence on Coasts. 12 Case Studies; Major Deltas of the World and Low Land Coastlines.  Call for Papers: Nov.15, 2008 Abstract Submission: April. 20, 2009 Abstract Acceptance Notification: May 21, 2009 Full Paper Submission: Nov. 17th, 2009   Editors Comments: Dec. 17th , 2009  Submission of Edited paper for the Conference Book Jan. 4th, 2010 Abstracts and full paper manuscripts should be submitted within the given set time schedule. Authors interested in journal publication will be assisted to submit their work to journals such as journals of AGU, ASCE, Coastal Research, NWRC, Egypt and Shore & Beach. The production of a single supplemental indexed journal issue will be explored.   -------------------- Download call for papers here  More detalis here