Call for Late-Breaking Abstracts  

The CERF 2015 Scientific Program Committee invites you to submit a late-breaking abstract for poster presentation at our conference in November.  The Federation is committed to bringing scientists and students from around the world together to exchange information and ideas about the science and management of coastal ecosystems. CERF conferences provide outstanding opportunities for professionals at all stages in their career for continuing education and development.

Session Information

There are more than 85 sessions at CERF 2015! During the abstract submission process, you will be asked to select a first and second session choice. Please review the titles of available sessions and then explore the Session Search for descriptions of the sessions. 

Policies and Procedures for Submitting Abstracts to CERF 2015

Submittal guidelines and procedures must be followed exactly. If the guidelines are not followed, your abstract will not be accepted.

TITLE: There is a limit of 15 words for the title. The title should be entered in sentence case (i.e., only the first word and proper nouns are capitalized).

ABSTRACT: All abstracts must be in English and metric units are preferred. There is a limit of 2000 characters for the text of your abstract. The character count includes spaces.

SESSION: Choose your first and second choice of sessions.

KEYWORDS: Select up to five key words for your submission.

STUDENT AWARD: If you are a student, you can have your presentation judged for the Student Award.

RELEASE of ABSTRACT: You must agree to the publication of your abstract in conference related materials and on the website where it will be publically available.

AUTHOR INFORMATION: Please enter all authors in the order they should appear in the heading of the abstract. Please provide Institutional affiliations and contact information. There is a limit of 12 authors per abstract.

COMPLETING YOUR SUBMISSION: When all required information is entered, select the "Submit & Review Changes". After ensuring that all the information is correct, select the “Finalize” button.

ABSTRACT FEE:  All submittals must be accompanied by the abstract fee of $65 USD for submission. Abstracts will not be accepted into the scientific program without payment. Secure online payment through Paypal is available at the end of the submission process.  Abstract submission fees are used to cover the cost of processing abstracts and providing presentation opportunities at the conference.  Abstract submission fees are non-refundable.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION: All accepted oral and poster presenters must register to attend CERF 2015.  Presenters are highly encouraged to register online for CERF 2015 in advance.

ONE ABSTRACT SUBMITTAL PER PERSON: Please note that CERF has a one presentation per person policy. This means that each participant is permitted to be the lead author or presenter on only one poster OR oral presentation. You may be co-author on other presentations. This policy was adopted to ensure that conference sessions contain contributions from as many people as possible.

NOTIFICATION: Notifications of acceptance for abstracts and presentation assignments will be emailed no later than October 5, 2015.