The 10th International Biennial Conference on Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas will be held in Norfolk, Virginia, USA, on October 7-11, 2000.  The symposia serve to promote the exchange of information on recent developments in physics of estuaries and coastal seas between physical oceanographers and coastal engineers. Emphasis is on the results of field and laboratory measurements and diagnostic theoretical analysis as opposed to applied numerical techniques.

The conference will be hosted jointly by the Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University, and the School of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary.  The theme of PECS 2000 will be estuarine temporal variability, with applications to a wide variety of topics, including mixing, frontogenisis, salt exchange, and sediment transport.  Papers addressing other topics relevant to estuaries and coastal seas are also welcome.  This conference series emphasizes informal exchanges in a collegial environment.  All sessions are plenary and attendance is limited to about 100.

LOCATION AND LODGING

Norfolk is located in southeastern Virginia, a convenient location for people traveling from abroad or from throughout the United States. Although there are few direct international flights to Norfolk, short flight connections to Norfolk are available from many U.S. hubs, and Washington, D.C. is within driving distance (3 hours). Meeting space and hotel rooms have been reserved at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel for the above dates.

REGISTRATION

The deadline for registration (including payment of fee) was July 15, 2000. The conference registration fee includes a room for 4 nights, continental breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks during the conference, an informal reception on the first night, a reception/sail aboard a tall ship, a banquet dinner on the final evening, and a copy of the peer-reviewed conference proceedings volume.

The conference fee is $650 (sharing a double room) and for a single room the fee is $900.  The fee for spouses is $200 added onto the single room fee -- this includes all breakfasts, lunches and evening receptions/dinner. Credit cards are the preferred form of payment. Please download and fill out the registration form and fax it to Anne S. West-Valle, at +1-757-683-5550.

EXTENDED ABSTRACT AND PAPERS

As of October 4, 2000, the semi-final schedule includes 63 talks and 29 posters. The deadline for extended abstracts was July 15, 2000. The extended abstract are up to 4 pages, single spaced, 1 inch (2.54 cm) margins, US letter page size including figures (black and white only), in either wordperfect, word, ascii text or a pdf file, using a 12 pt font. The extended abstract should have been sent as an email attachment to pecs@ccpo.odu.edu. Upon peer-review, selected papers from the conference be published in Special Issues of Continental Shelf Research and Journal of Marine Systems. The target date and format for submittal of full papers will be provided at the conference.

TALK AND POSTER FORMAT

All talks are 15 minutes in length, with 5 minutes for questions. All conference attendees are guaranteed either a poster session or a talk -- this will be determined by the relevance of the topic to the conference as a whole and overall time limitations for each conference subtopic. Each attendee is limited to one talk, maximum. An overhead projector, slide projector and computer project will be provided. The poster size is approximately 4 feet (120 cm) high by 6 feet (180 cm) long.

CONFERENCE CO-ORGANIZERS

Arnoldo Valle Levinson, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Scinces, Old Dominion University

Carl Friedrichs, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, School of Marine Science, College of William and Mary
 

STEERING COMMITTEE

D. Aubrey, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution

R. Cheng, Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park

J. Dronkers, Rijkswaterstaat, National Institute for Coastal and Marine
Management

C. Pattiaratchi, Centre for Water Research, University of Western Australia

D. Prandle, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, Bidston Observatory

J. Simpson, School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor

J. van de Kreeke, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science,
University of Miami

T. Yanagi, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University