Conference themes include: Port and Coastal Infrastructure Engineering; Desalination; Port, Harbour and Marina Planning and Management; Coastal Stabilization and Waterfront Development; Coastal protection; Tidal inlets; Coastal Sediments and Hydrodynamics; Sedimentation and Morphodynamic Processes; Coastal Zone Management; Environmental impact assessment; Coastal Risk analysis and management; Extreme wave events and analysis; Marine Data Acquisition and Management; Marine surveys and Instrumentation; and Remote Sensing.