CERF 2015 will be held in Portland, Oregon on 8-12 November 2015. The theme of the conference will be “Grand Challenges in Estuarine and Coastal Science: Securing our Future.”

Possible topics include:

• Managing and mitigating the risks of climate change
• Synergistic effects of ocean acidification with hypoxia, eutrophication or other conditions
• Polar estuaries and coasts
• Making data work
• Cities by the sea
• Estuaries under threat and
• Multiple uses of coastal resources.

CERF 2015 sessions will include oral, poster and combined oral/poster formats. Thank you to all who submitted proposals for scientific sessions and workshops. Those who made submissions should be prepared to either act as a convener or chair of the session/workshop they proposed, or identify an appropriate chair.

For more information, please contact one of the Scientific Program Committee co-chairs, Leila Hamdan, John Rybczyk, or Catherine Corbett.