June 18-20, 2009	"4th Workshop on Remote Sensing of the Coastal Zone"	Chania, Crete, Greece	Topics include escalation of extreme coastal events, increasing temperatures in coastal waters, and the role of coastal zone management in adapting to climate change	Web: www.earsel.org/SIG-CZ/4th-workshop
June 21-25, 2009	"4th International Lake Tourism Conference"	Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada	Includes a theme on planning and managing tourism in protected lakes	Web: www.laketourism.org/content/view/37/1/
June 23-26, 2009	"Sixth Coastal and Marine Tourism Congress"	Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa	The world’s foremost tourism and hospitality gathering related to tourism and recreation in the marine environment	Web: www.cmt2009.com/
July 9-11, 2009	"People and the Sea V: Living with Uncertainty and Adapting to Change"	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Themes include Transformations in fisheries and aquaculture; Transformations in coastal and deltaic landscapes; Governing under conditions of uncertainty; Culture and imaginations of coasts under change; and Whose needs count in adapting to change?	Web: www.marecentre.nl
July 19-23, 2009	"Coastal Zone 09"	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Sharing tools and information to help in managing coastal and ocean resources in a time of change	Web: www.csc.noaa.gov/cz/index.html
August 16-21, 2009	"10th International Congress of Ecology"	Brisbane, Australia	Exploring how global climate change has impacted, and will further impact, ecosystems and their vital services to human communities	Web: www.intecol10.org/default.asp
August 24-27, 2009	"6th International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions"	Portland, Oregon, U.S.	Examining marine bioinvasion vectors, patterns, distribution, ecological and evolutionary consequences, economic impacts, biosecurity approaches, and invasion impacts on biodiversity	Web: www.clr.pdx.edu/mbic/
September 7-11, 2009	"6th International Conference on Coastal Dynamics"	Tokyo, Japan	Topics will include coastal sediment transport, coastal environmental problems, and marine ecology	Web: www.coastaldynamics.org/
September 14-16, 2009	"3rd International Conference on Estuaries & Coasts"	Sendai, Japan	Topics include: Estuarine and coastal processes; Estuarine and coastal management; Estuarine eco-environment and its protection; Maintenance and management of waterways in estuaries and harbors; Research technologies for estuarine engineering; and Coastal hazards	Web: donko.civil.tohoku.ac.jp/icec2009/index.html
September 14-16, 2009	"Coastal Processes 2009: International Conference on Physical Coastal Processes, Management and Engineering"	Malta	Discussing the latest research on physical coastal processes and the response of nearshore regions and coastal structures to these processes	Web: www.wessex.ac.uk/09-conferences/coastal-processes-2009.html
September 21-25, 2009	"OceanObs '09 Symposium"	Venice, Italy	Devloping a consensus plan for sustaining and evolving systematic and routine global ocean observations over the next 10 years in support of societal benefits	Web: www.oceanobs09.net/
September 21-25, 2009	"ICES Annual Science Conference 2009"	Berlin, Germany	Featuring 19 science theme sessions, including on the ecosystem approach to management	Web: www.ices.dk/iceswork/asc/2009/index.asp
September 30 - October 2, 2009	"9th International Symposium on GIS and Computer Cartography for Coastal Zone Management (CoastGIS '09)"	Santa Catarina, Brazil	Conference theme is "Coastal/Marine SDI Developments Globally: Advances and Tendencies Toward Collaborative Mapping"	Web: www.coastgis.com.br/index.php
October 4-9, 2009	"Gulf of Maine Symposium: Advancing Ecosystem Research for the Future of the Gulf"	St. Andrews by-the-Sea, New Brunswick, Canada	Discussing the research needed to protect and manage the Gulf of Maine ecosystem for the future	Web: www.rargom.org/Symposium2009/
October 6-8, 2009	"International Symposium of Occupational Scientific Diving 2009"	Helsinki, Finland	Examining all fields of scientific diving and training, including for science and maritime archeology	Web: luoto.tvarminne.helsinki.fi/ISOSD2009.html
October 13-16, 2009	"2nd DIVERSITAS Open Science Conference on Biodiversity and Society"	Cape Town, South Africa	Sessions will address strengthening biodiversity science; supporting the science/policy interface, and integrated approaches to topical issues	Web: www.diversitas-osc.org/
October 14-16, 2009	"Integrating Coastal Science and Policy"	St. Pete Beach, Florida, U.S.	The national conference of the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association	Web: www.asbpa.org/conferences/conferences.htm
October 26-30, 2009	"13th Latin American Congress on Marine Sciences and the 8th Cuban Congress on Marine Sciences (ColacMarCuba 2009)"	Havana, Cuba	Major topics include: Integration for development - the role of Marine Sciences; Human impacts on the coastal zone and oceans; Climate change, natural disasters and marine ecosystems; Marine biodiversity, connectivity and conservation; and Management of marine mammals in controlled environments	Web: www.colacmarcuba2009.com/
October 27-29, 2009	"2009 Headwaters to Oceans (H2O) Conference"	Long Beach, California, U.S.	A California-focused conference with topics including water quality, beach restoration, wetland restoration, watershed management, desalination, coastal policy/legislation, marine debris, and the ongoing Marine Life Protection Act process	Web: www.coastalconference.org/
November 1-5, 2009	"2009 Conference of the Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation"	Portland, Oregon, U.S.	Conference theme is "Coasts and Estuaries in a Changing World"	Web: www.erf.org/cerf2009/
November 10-14, 2009	"Ninth International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment (MEDCOAST 09)"	Sochi, Russia	Topics will include marine protected areas and marine ecosystem-based management	Web: www.medcoast.org.tr
November 16-18, 2009	"International Meeting on Marine Resources 09"	Peniche, Portugal	The six conference themes are Biodiversity and Conservation, Fisheries and Management, Blue Biotech, Aquaculture, Seafood Technology, and New Resources	Web: www.immr09.ipleiria.pt
November 23-27, 2009	"East Asian Seas Congress 2009"	Manila, Philippines	Reviewing and sharing on-the-ground experiences in integrated management of coastal and marine resources, locally, regionally and globally	Web: www.pemsea.org/eascongress
December 2-4, 2009	"1st Mediterranean Coastal and Maritime Conference"	Hammamet, Tunisia	Theme is "Best Environmental Practices in Coastal and Maritime Engineering"	Web: www.paralia.fr/hammamet___tunisie_2009_831.htm
December 14-18, 2009	"4th European Conference on Coastal Lagoon Research"	Montpellier, France	Featuring sessions on biodiversity and global change; invasive species and harmful algal blooms; impacts of climate variability and sea-level rise on the geomorphology and ecosystem functioning; linking science and management for jointly defining research questions; and governance for conservation, with special reference to European directives	Web: www.ecolag.univ-montp2.fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=205&Itemid=121&lang=en
2010
February 18-22, 2010	"Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)"	San Diego, California, U.S.	Theme is "Bridging Science and Society"	Web: www.aaas.org/meetings/2010
March 6-10, 2010	"International Conference on Coastal Zone Management of River Deltas and Low Land Coastlines"	Alexandria, Egypt	Themes include coastal change processes and human influence on coasts; coastal modeling and risk management; coastal and beach ecosystems; and more	E-mail: nicoastmarine@gmail.com
April 11-17, 2010	"International Conference on Coastal Conservation and Management in the Atlantic and Mediterranean"	Cascais, Portugal	Conference themes include strategic environmental assessment in coastal areas; integrated coastal zone management; living with erosion; and tourism and coastal conservation	Web: icccm.dcea.fct.unl.pt/
June 7-11, 2009	"12th Deep-sea Biology Symposium"	Reykjavik, Iceland	Themes include diversity, reproduction, human impact in the deep sea, and outcomes of the Census projects	Web: 12dsbs.hi.is/
June 19-23, 2010	"12th International Symposium on the Interactions between Sediment and Water"	Dartington, Devon, U.K.	Exploring the state-of-the-art in sediment-water science from catchment to coast, and its contribution toward sustainable management of water-sediment systems	Web: www.geog.plymouth.ac.uk/IASWS2011/
July 24-29, 2010	"Coastal Zone Canada 2010"	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada	Theme is "Healthy Oceans - Strong Coastal Communities"	E-mail: kdcantelo@gov.pe.ca

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