Meetings and conferences
Florida
United States of America
The 26th annual national conference on beach preservation technology
Organizer(s)
Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association
Format
In person
Venue
Omni Jacksonville Hotel
Date
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Objective:
- To present the latest in beach preservation technology and real-world practice.
- To provide a technological transfer from the scientific and engineering community to government officials who make the decisions on coastal projects and policies.
Conference Highlights:
- Two sessions devoted to the issue of hardbottom and mitigation
- An update on a project involving permeable adjustable groins
- A dredger’s perspective on regionalization of beach projects
- A sand relocation project in Miami-Dade, Florida
- Introduction to the National Environmental Policy Act for “newbies”
- Corps’ guidance on incorporating sea level rise into federal project planning
- A technical review of the Corps-FDEP Southeast Florida Sediment Assessment and Needs Determination Study (SAND)
- Project profile from the conference area: Regional sediment management for the St. Augustine, Florida, Shore Protection Project
- Tropical Storm Debby and Hurricane Isaac storm impacts
Sessions overview
- Coastal storm surge risk assessment for the U.S. Mid-Atlantic coast
- Coastal storm modeling
- Multitemporal Lidar Assessment of hurricane Ike impact and recovery along the Upper Texas Coast
- Storm-induced dune erosion: Field vs. model results
- Impacts to Southwest Florida and the Eastern Gulf Coast Panhandle Beaches from tropical storm debby and hurricane isaac
- Sustainable coastal protection and management program, Maharashtra, India
- Wave force guidance for coastal structures vulnerable to coastal storms
- Cortez groins reconstruction project feasibility study and 2012 hurricane season impacts