INOC
DEU
IMST
International Congress
“Estuaries & Coastal Protected Areas“
ECPA 2014
04 - 06 November 2014, Izmir – TURKEY
Welcome to ECPA 2014
The Inter Islamic Sciences & Technology Network on Oceanography (INOC) and the Institute of
Marine science and Technology (IMST) of the University of Dokuz Eylul announce the organization of
an international congress on " Estuaries and Coastal Protected areas ". It will be held from 04 to 06
November 2014 in Izmir - Turkey.
Coastal Protected Areas theme will be addressed for the second time by INOC after the international
workshop which was held in the city of Meknes (Morocco) from 23 to 25 March 2005. This Congress is
enriched by a major theme "The Estuaries".
The estuaries, shifting ecotones with hardly significant limits, are physical and ecological dynamics
and unique systems, including wetlands, meanders endlessly reshaped via currents, suspended loads
of solids carried by rivers, where certain pollutants will settle down preferentially and can be
focused. Estuaries are habitats where you can find marine, fresh-water and endemic species. When
pollution does not affect and overfishing not overexploits them, biomass produced there is unusually
high. Estuaries are characterized by a complex trophic structure originally for many food chains.
They are irreplaceable spawning and feeding areas for many species.
Increased human activities in recent years in coastal areas, which are facing the impact of several
changes as well as the complex nature of the coastal ecosystems, requires greater collaboration of
the entire scientific community and concern INOC members for a close and most important
cooperation.
The ECPA 2014 Congress will bring together experts, managers and users of the coastal areas in
addition to other stakeholders from both the private and public sectors interested in order to share
experiences in the management of the coastal zone; This meeting will also provide us a valuable
opportunity to assess and monitor what has been accomplished since the first Meknes workshop of
2005.
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we welcome you to the congress ECPA 2014 congress and
look forward to your participation in the discussions, presentations and special events where we can
collectively work towards understanding the challenges facing the coastal zone — and ultimately
recommending solutions.
Objectives of the congress
Through a rich program of interactive sessions, debates and discussions, ECPA congress aims to:
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Promote exchange of information on recent developments in the protection, restoration and
management of coastal areas including estuaries,
Stimulate interaction between coastal oceanographer’s, engineers, researchers, managers,
and representatives of civil society to share knowledge’, experience, and expertise.
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emphasize the urgency for action, to revitalize scientific activities in coastal areas, to define
strategies for the management of coastal regions, and
Provide a forum for junior scientists and engineers where they feel comfortable in presenting
and testing their ideas.
Congress themes
Local coastal communities are more and more confronted with difficult decisions due to
multiple factors that affect their areas: demographic pressure, socio-economic
developments, risks natural, climate change, pollution, invasive species, and many others. It
is essential that protection, restoration and the coastal zone management strategies put in
place are effective in the field, and they take charge of overall planning and action for a
sustainable development policy. The sub-themes below will form the main topics during the
sessions and round tables discussions:
1. Coastal ecosystems: understanding the physical and biological complexity of coastal
environments.
 Biodiversity of marine and estuaries ecosystems, species distribution
 Coastal geomorphology, coast, dynamic, transit of sediments,
 Instability of coastal, vulnerability, adaptation and coastal resilience,
 Monitoring of ecosystems
2. Environmental impacts: coastal hazards
 Physical and chemical changes of estuaries and coastal habitats, including the
acidification of the oceans, climate change and related impacts: Storm, flooding and
sea-level rise,
 Water quality, pollution threats,
 Invasive species and / or harmful species and their spread.
3. The impacts associated with human activities and responses to coastal change
• Change of estuarine habitats, wetlands and oceans.
• Integrated management and marine protected areas.
• Management of biological resources (fisheries, aquaculture) in relation to climate
change,
• Protection and conservation of biodiversity,
• Restoration of wetlands, coral, mangroves, beaches and coastal areas of
adjacent ecosystems and ecotones...
• Human and social aspects impact related to demography in the coastal
area and the solutions
• Use and development of: coastal Infrastructure, tourism, navigation,
exploitation oil and gas, wind energy, etc.
• Exploration and scientific research.
*Suggested sub-themes are not limited only to these included topics.
Key Dates
Call for Proposals: Presentations, and Posters: Submittal deadline: 01 May, 2014
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Deadline for abstract submission: 01 May 2014
Notification of abstract acceptance: 20 May 2014
Deadline for full paper submission: 1st October 2014
Congress Dates: 04-06 November 2014
Abstracts Submission
You are invited to submit your one-page, free formatting abstracts (no figures!) via email until 01
May 2014, in MS-Word format.
*Pay attention in the key dates
These Abstracts for the Congress program will be printed from your electronically submitted
material. Therefore, please be sure to carefully check your abstract for content errors, spelling,
names, etc. before submitting.
Successfully submitted abstracts will be acknowledged with an electronic receipt. Notifications of
abstract receipt will be sent to the abstract submitter’s email address only.
The submission of an abstract carries with it the obligation that it is actually presented at the
congress by the author or one of the co-authors.
Detailed information on the presentation format and submission procedures (i.e. duration and
timing of the presentation, size of poster, accepted file type for digital poster, uploading information,
etc.) will be emailed to all authors whose abstracts have been accepted by the Scientific Committee
between 20 May to 01 June 2014.
Accepted abstracts will be published in the ECPA 2014 abstracts book which will be distributed to
participants, to the sponsors, special guests, together with the Congress registration bag. Accepted
abstracts will also be available online on the INOC website www.inoctr.org. or Dokuz Eylul university:
www.deu.edu.tr/imst, prior to the Congress.
We strongly encourage the participation of students. Awards will be presented to the two best oral
and two best posters presentations.
Congress Languages
The languages of the Congress will be English, French and Arabic. No simultaneous translation
facilities will be available.
Fees for registration and accommodation
Fees (in euro) will cover participation to the different sessions, abstracts book and CD proceedings,
coffee breaks, lunches, dinners & accommodation (Hotel 4 stars) from the 03 evening to 07
November 2014 morning.
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Cultural visit will be organised on 07 November2014 to Ephesus and to the house Virgin Mary followed by a Diner at
Kusadasi . Additionally , 1 extra night in the Hotel to those taking part in the cultural visit.
Double Room
(Euro)
Single Room
(Euro)
Author with oral presentation
200
300
Author with poster presentation
Author from non OIC member
countries
220
320
250
350
Students
170
270
* Cultural visit to Ephesus
80
100
For participant form Turkey, the registration fee is 50 Euros without accommodation.
Registration and accommodation fees must be paid upon arrival at the reception of the hotel or the
first day during registration prior to the opening session of the Congress.
INOC General Body and CPAE 2014 Program-at-a-Glance
Monday 03
November
Tuesday 04
November
Wednesday 05
November
Izmir- TURKEY, 03-07 November 2014
Thursday 06
November
08:30
INOC General
Body
10:30
10:50
Opening
Ceremony
Break coffee
Opening
Plenary
12:30
14:30
15:30
15:50
Lunch
Opening
Reception &
Welcome
Lunch
Dinner
Sessions
Break coffee
Break coffee
Sessions
Sessions
Lunch
Lunch
Sessions
Sessions
Break coffee
Break coffee
Break coffee
Poster Session
and Reception
Recommendations
& Congress Closing
Dinner
Dinner
Dinner
Field Trips to Ephesus
& The House of the
Virgin Mary
Sandwich
Sessions
Sessions
20:00
Sessions
Friday 07 November
Field Trips to Ephesus
& The House of the
Virgin Mary
Diner at Kusadasi
Scientific and Advisory Committee
Advisors
Pr. Abdelouahab CHOUIKHI (I.N.O.C, Izmir-TURKEY)
Pr. Erdeniz ÖZEL (IMST, Izmir, TURKEY)
Scientific committee
Pr. Marie ABBOUD ABI SAAB
Pr. Abdeselem ARAB
Dr. Sujjat AL AZAD
Dr. M. Khaleel AL-ZIBDAH
Pr. Nour-el-Islam BACHARI
Pr. Ali BAKALEM
Pr. Şengül BESIKTEPE
Pr. Amel CHAFFAI
Pr. Mustafa ERGUN
Pr. Patrick FRANCOUR
Dr. Harun GÜÇLÜSOY
Pr. Amir IBRAHIM
Pr. Indra JAYA
Dr. Ehsan KAMRANI
Pr. Talib A. KHALAF
Pr. Ahmed KERFOUF
Dr. Samina KIDWAI
Dr. Hratch KOUYOUMJİAN
Pr. Wagdy LABIB
Pr. Sami LAKKIS
Pr. Sahar F. MEHANNA
CNRS / NCMS, Batroun- LEBANON
U.S.T.H.B, Algiers- ALGERIA
University Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu-MALAYSIA
Univ. Aqaba-JORDAN
U.S.T.H.B, Algiers- ALGERIA
INA, Algiers- ALGERIA
IMST, Izmir- TURKEY
University of Sfax - TUNISIA
University Dokuz Eylul, Engineering Faculty-Izmir -TURKEY
University of Nice- FRANCE
IMST, Izmir- TURKEY
Tisrhreen University, Lattakia- SYRIA
Faculty of Fisheries &Marine Sciences, Bogor University-INDONESIA
University of Hormozgan, Banddar-Abbas- IRAN
MSC, Basra University- IRAQ
University of Sidi Bel Abbes-ALGERIA
National Institute of Oceanography, Karachi- PAKISTAN
INOC, Beirut/London- ENGLAND
National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria- EGYPT
Lebanese University, Beirut-LEBANON
National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria- EGYPT
Pr. Mohammed MELHAOUI
Dr. karim MEZALI
Pr. Samia K. MIKHAIL
Pr. Mohamed MOUHIDDINE
Dr. Fereidoon OWFI
Pr. Orhan USLU
Dr. Chloë WEBSTER
Pr. Kamaruzzaman YUNUS
University of Oujda -MOROCCO
University of Mostaganem- ALGERIA
National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria- EGYPT
University Hassan II, Mohammedia- MOROCCO
IFRO, Tehran- IRAN
INOC, Izmir- TURKEY
MedPAN, Marseille-FRANCE
Faculty of Sciences, IIUM, Kuantan -MALAYSIA
Organizing Committees
Pr. Abdelouahab CHOUIKHI
Pr. Erdeniz ÖZEL
Pr. Gökdeniz NESER
Dr. Harun GÜÇLÜSOY
Dr. Gökhan KABOĞLU
Dr. Remzi KAVCIOGLU
Dr. Idil AKÇALİ
INOC, Izmir- TURKEY
IMST, Izmir- TURKEY
IMST, Izmir- TURKEY
IMST, Izmir- TURKEY
IMST, Izmir- TURKEY
IMST, Izmir- TURKEY
IMST, Izmir- TURKEY
INOC
DEU
IMST
Registration
Please Complete the form (Word file) below and send it by e-mail to the ECPA 2014 Secretariat before 01
May 2014:
Prof. A. CHOUIKHI
INOC, Baku Bulvari no: 100 Inciralti- Izmir- TURKEY
Tel: +90232279 15 22 ; Fax: +90 232 278 50 82
E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract Submission Form
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