NCK Conferentie 2018
The annual conference of the Netherlands Centre for Coastal research (NCK) will be held from Wednesday to Friday March 21-23, 2018 at Teylers Museum in Haarlem, the Netherlands. Please reserve the dates.
The 2018 NCK Days will be hosted by TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands as part of its 100-year mapping anniversary. The theme of the meeting is Geo-logic in coastal and shelf research: a matter of multidisciplinarity.
Call for abstracts
Abstracts should be submitted before Wednesday February 7, 2018. This yearās conference organisers specifically welcome abstracts on the following themes (in alphabetical order):
- Abiotic-biotic relationships
- Long-term coastal behavior
- Monitoring and understanding the shoreface
- Seabed mapping, modeling and management
- Spatial patterns and self-organization
- Thresholds and feedback mechanisms
Practical information
Location: Teylers Museum, Spaarne 16, 2011 CH, Haarlem, the Netherlands
The ice breaker will take place on Wednesday evening from 19:30h at nearby Stempels, Klokhuisplein 9, Haarlem, the Netherlands. Lunches and the conference dinner will also be hosted at this location.
Fees
- Full package (including ice breaker, two conference days, excursion, museum access and dinner): ā¬ 200
- Single conference day (Thursday or Friday, excluding dinner): ā¬ 85
- Conference dinner: ā¬ 45
For people registering early, the Ambassador City Centre Hotel offers standard rooms for ā¬ 89 (single occupancy) or ā¬ 99 (double occupancy) per night, excluding ā¬ 3.25 tourist tax per person per night but including breakfast. Please use the booking form with group code GF1952 and send it to groepsreserveringen@haarlem.com.
Preliminary program
March 21Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ice breaker
March 22Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Keynotes Gerd Masselink (University of Plymouth) and Cees Laban (Marine Geological Advice, former Head of Marine and Coastal Research at the Geological Survey ofĀ the Netherlands)
Presentations and poster session 1
Excursion: City Walk Haarlem – building stone and coastal geology
Opportunity to see the collection of Teylers Museum
Conference dinner
Ā March 23Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Keynote Carol Cotterill (British Geological Survey)
Presentations and poster session 2
Opportunity to see the collection of Teylers Museum
Best paper and poster awards
Additional information
https://www.tno.nl/nckdays2018/ & http://www.nck-web.org/
contact: Sytze van Heteren