RCEM2017 - 10th Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics

Key dates
Sept. 15-16: Trento courses
Sept. 18-21: Padova conference
Sept. 22: Tagliamento field trip

Utilities
Oral presentation: 15' + 5' questions
Poster format: A0, vertical

Registration
Conference (onsite fee only) please click here
Courses please click here

PROGRAM

The 10th Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics – RCEM 2017 – is organized as a joint effort between the University of Padova and the University of Trento, Italy, in September 2017.
The complete program of RCEM 2017 is as follows:

a. September 15 and 16 (Friday-Saturday): Pre-conference short courses in Trento

Two pre-conference short courses (2 full days each) are planned in Trento before the conference days. The course topics are:
Course 1: Process-based mathematical modelling of bio-morphodynamics
Course 2: Structure-from-Motion (SfM) techniques and applications for morphological monitoring.
The courses will be activated with a minimum of 15 participants for each course.
A bus transfer from Trento to Padova will be organized on Sunday, September 17 which will include a field trip in the Piave River catchment (Dolomites area)

b. September 18 to 21 (Monday – Thursday): RCEM conference in Padova

17 Sept Sunday (San Gaetano) 17.30 Registration

18 Sept Monday (San Gaetano)

8.30 Registration	13.00 Lunch
9.00 Opening: introductory Remarks	14.30 Parallel sessions (Auditorium)
9.10 Keynote	17.00 Break
10.00 Break	17.30 Keynote
10.30 Parallel sessions (Auditorium)	18.30 Ice break party

19 Sept Tuesday (San Gaetano + Palazzo Bo)

8.40 Keynote	13.20 Lunch
9.30 Break	14.30 Poster session
10.00 Parallel sessions (Auditorium)	17.00 Break
12.30 Keynote	17.30 Keynote at aula Magna - Palazzo Bo

20 Sept Wednesday

8.40 Keynote	14.00 Poster session
9.30 Break	16.30 Break
10.00 Parallel sessions (Auditorium)	17.00 Keynote
12.30 Lunch	20.00 Banquet and Orto botanico guided visit

21 Sept Thursday Morning field trip Venice Lagoon including introductory speech (boat) Afternoon Keynote (during the boat trip) + visit to Venice (8.30 -16.30)

c. September 22 (Friday) Post-conference field trip on the braided Tagliamento River

one of the few remaining dynamic braided rivers in Europe still found under near-natural conditions

A Post-conference field trip take place on the braided Tagliamento River, one of the few remaining dynamic braided rivers in Europe still found under near-natural conditions.

The detailed program is available in the Download box

Keynote Speakers

Andrew Ashton, Woods Hole Oceonographic Institution
Tjeerd J. Bouma, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ)
James Brasington, Geography Department, Queen Mary University of London
Maurizio Brocchini, Department of Civil and Building Engineering and Architecture, Polytechnic University of Marche
Chris Paola, Departement of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota
Paola Passalacqua, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Giovanni Seminara, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Università degli Studi di Genova
Hiroshi Takebayashi, Sediment Control Engineering, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Research Center for Fluvial and Coastal Disasters, Kyoto University
Patricia L. Wiberg, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia