The Conference
ICE is very pleased to announce the tenth in this highly-regarded series of specialist conferences. Known for offering the best international forum for the discussion of the latest developments as well as informed debate – every event in the ‘Breakwaters’ series has ensured that advances in coastal engineering are appropriately highlighted.
Whilst retaining the historical coverage on shoreline structures, coastal processes, and design and construction of breakwaters and related structures, the conference will extend the marine energy theme initiated with the 2009 event.
The conference will showcase up to 150 technical papers over three days covering all aspects of coastal engineering. All papers in this series are rigorously peer reviewed so will have an in-depth technical aspect giving all attendees access to the highest quality information. Papers are available to delegates in advance of the event to stimulate discussion, and papers are discussed in formal proceedings following the event.
In addition to the main session presentations, the ‘Fringe’ will give opportunities for presentations of recent news, continuing research, and developments in progress. Workshops, short courses and technical visits will also be offered as part of the event.

Call for Papers
Prospective authors will be invited to submit abstracts within any of the relevant themes or topics by 1 June 2012.
Full abstract guidelines and an abstract template are available for download. All abstracts must be in English, and submitted electronically at ice-breakwaters.com 

Submission is not yet open, but to register an interest email events@ice.org.uk 

Topics
The conference will address the following general topics:

• Breakwaters, seawalls and jetties:
• New technologies
• Design and performance analysis
• Sustainable construction, refurbishment and rehabilitation
• Marine energy systems, offshore and nearshore, fluid loadings, resource modelling, interactions with the environment, construction, installation, cabling, servicing and maintenance
• Coastal threats, storms, tsunamis, climate change, erosion and flooding
• Managing coastal assets sustainably, monitoring systems, effectiveness of Shoreline Management Plans, procurement
• Waterfront developments
• Construction materials (including influence of embedded energy and sustainability)
• Maintaining Ports and Harbours (including adaptation / improvement of aged infra-structure to new demands, dealing with ALWC)
• New coastal facilities and infrastructure (including oil / gas terminals, power stations / desalination plants)
• Dredging and use of dredged materials
• Maintenance and conversion of existing structures to meet new requirements
• Coastal, estuarine and oceanographic processes, measurements, modelling, and data
• Developments in research, analysis and guidance
• Investigative studies and feasibility planning
• Environmental and social awareness

Themes
The conference will address the following general themes:

• Innovation and best practice
• Research, analysis, design, construction and operations
• Design and performance analysis
• Sustainable construction, refurbishment and rehabilitation
• Analysis and management of ageing infrastructure, maintenance, retrofit and replacement
• Conversion of existing structures to meet new requirements
• Alternative procurement, economics and finance
• Feasibility planning: effective design and construction of schemes
• Environmental and economically sustainable operations and management
• Climate change and major storms: adaptation
• Growing knowledge and understanding uncertainties
• Emerging markets and changing requirements

Sponsorship and Exhibition
Do you need to address a key global audience of coastal engineers? Would you like to use Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters as a
meeting point? If so, contact us; the ICE will do the hard work for you, leaving you free to plan the content of your meeting. Use this unique opportunity of a gathering of 400–500 of the worlds leading coastal engineers to launch and showcase new and exciting coastal products: a technical exhibition will be an integral feature of the conference. Sponsoring or exhibiting at this event will allow your company to:

• Associate your business with the professionalism and excellence the
  ICE stands for
• Have direct access to those at the forefront of research into coastal
  engineering
• Be part of the legacy of the event by being included in the post event
  published proceedings
• Generate new leads for your business

For more information and a personalised sponsorship proposal please
contact Shivani Budhdev at shivani.budhdev@ice.org.uk or
on +44 (0)20 7665 2215.

Organising Committee
William Allsop, HR Wallingford and University of Southampton (Chair)
Phil Barber, Shoreline Management, Partnership
Tom Bruce, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh
Ian Bryden, Institute for Energy Systems, University of Edinburgh
Kevin Burgess, Halcrow 
Tony Camilleri, JT Mackley and Co
Lucy Edwards, Institution of Civil Engineers
Jim Hutchison, Environment Agency
Stephen McFarland, Aberdeenshire Council
Chris Patterson, Jacobs
Rosalind Turner, Mott MacDonald International

Scientific Committee
(nominated)
Professor H Burcharth (Denmark)
Prof L Franco (Italy)
Prof Y Goda (Japan)
Dr J Melby (USA)
Dr Steve Hughes (USA)
Prof H Schüttrumpf (Germany)
Dr J van der Meer (The Netherlands)
P Searle (Australia)
Representative from UAE
Representative from China

Contact details
ICE Events Team
Institution of Civil Engineers
One Great George Street
Westminster
London SW1P 3AA
UK
t +44 (0)20 7665 2226
f +44 (0)20 7233 1743
e events@ice.org.uk