International Rock Coast 2025
A state of the art
The International Rock Coast Conference
The IRC2025 Conference will take place on 25-26 June, 2025, in Trieste (Italy), following postponement from 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This meeting, organized by IAG Working Group on Rocky Coasts serves as a platform to discuss advances in the study of rock coasts and will include a range of presentations relevant to Rock Coast Geomorphology. The organizing committee, part of the IAG Working Group on Rocky Coasts, will review proposed presentation and/or poster titles and abstracts, and, if successful the author(s) will be invited to present their work at the Conference.
The IRC2025 Conference will be of interest and direct benefit to those who research, investigate, manage, and protect the rocky coastal zone, not only on a local or state scale, but also at an international level. Specifically, this event will be useful to coastal scientists and researchers, coastal planners/managers, coastal/marine conservation organizations, environmental consultancies/engineers, government environment agencies, and local authorities.
A key focus of the Conference will be an organized two-day (27-28 June) field trip from the Gulf of Trieste (Italy and Slovenia) to the Premantura Cape (Istrian peninsula, Croatia) in order to visit some of the classical rock coast study site locations in the NE Adriatic Sea.
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Welcome
Almost 25 years ago a number of researchers from all over the world met in Brighton (UK) at the EUROPEAN ROCK COASTS 2001 CONFERENCE. This meeting was the first international symposium devoted to rock coasts geomorphology under the support of the EU-funded research project ESPED (European Shore Platform Erosion Dynamics). International links among researchers from different countries and disciplines were established on collaborative research topics.
Since then, there has been a considerable range of research projects actively investigating erosion processes operating in rock coast environments. Gone are the times when papers about rocky coasts used the “neglected coastal feature” terminology, now the most relevant journals devoted to Geomorphology and Marine Ecology frequently publish papers on rock coast processes and landform evolution. It should be noted that during the last decade the rocky coasts community has increased significantly resulting in a consolidated Working Group at the International Association of Geomorphologists. A seminal book representing the discipline has since been published by the Geological Society of London: the “ROCK COAST GEOMORPHOLOGY: A GLOBAL SYNTHESIS”.
However, coastal protection agencies and engineering contractors charged with managing rock coasts require further data from the rock coast scientific community to improve the effectiveness of current and future coastal management practices.
Against this background, and following the post-Covid re-openings, the International Rock Coast 2025 Conference in Trieste, is aimed at providing rock coast researchers with a timely opportunity to take stock of what they have achieved to-date, and to identify future research needs and directions as well as foster collaborative partnership.
IRC2025
International Rock Coast Conference
Trieste, Italy
25-28 June, 2025
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Stefano FURLANI, University of Trieste
Lluis GOMEZ-PUJOL, University of the Balearic Islands
Marta PAPPALARDO, University of Pisa
Matt STRZELECKI, University of Wroclaw
Stefano DEVOTO, University of Trieste
CONTACTS:
irctrieste2025@gmail.com
VENUE
The IRC2025 Conference will take place on 25-26 June 2025 at the Aula, via Baciocchi 4, Trieste, and 27-28 June 2025 is devoted to the field-trip.
The conference will be held in Trieste (NE Italy). Trieste is a town located about 30 minutes drive away from the Trieste Airport, which is connected to several domestic and international airports.
The railway station of Trieste is connected to the main Italian cities by high-speed trains (Eurostar).
The conference activities will be held at about 15 min from the Railway Station.
The climatic setting of the city is Mediterranean.
On average, humidity levels are pleasantly low (~65%).
The maximum average temperature in June is 27°C while minimum average temperature is 20°C. The average water temperature at the end of June is 20°C.
The climate can be severely affected by the Bora, a very dry and usually cool northeast katabatic wind that in winter can last for several days.
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TRIESTE
ITALY
How to get there: from the train station it takes roughly 15 minutes by bus (line #8, tickets are €1.70 each and last 1 hour) or 25 minutes by walking.
Conference venue: activities will be held in Aula Baciocchi, via Elisa Baciocchi, 4, Trieste (Italy)
Please visit the Trieste's official website