Conference Agenda

12:15pm - 12:20pm

Biological performance of an eco-engineered armoring unit, the Coastalock

Yaeli Rosenberg, Jorge Gutiérrez Martínez, Andrew Rella, Philippe Leblanc

ECOncrete, Israel

12:20pm - 12:25pm

Design and management of natural and nature based features, case studies in Southwest Florida, USA

Mohamed Dabees

Humiston & Moore Engineers, United States of America

12:25pm - 12:30pm

Build for nature, not only with nature, to engineer coastal ecosystem recovery

M. Tundi Agardy

Baird & Associates, United States of America

12:30pm - 12:35pm

Challenges of implementing Nature-based Solutions in the Mexican Caribbean

Izchel Gomez¹, Debora Lithgow², Valeria Chávez¹, Rodolfo Silva¹

¹Instituto de Ingeniería UNAM; ²Instituto de Ecología, A.C.

12:35pm - 12:40pm

The Ability of Coastal Ecosystems to Reduce Storm Surge and Coastal Erosion in the Context of Climate Change

David A Y Smith, Elisabeth A Mondon, Philip S Warner

SMITH WARNER INTERNATIONAL LTD., Jamaica

12:40pm - 12:45pm

Power and limitations of Nature-Based solutions to enhance coastal resilience

Annette Grilli, Alexa Leone, Thomas Becker, Deborah Crowley, Peter Stempel, John Walsh, Isaac Ginis1, Stepan Grilli, Christopher Damon, Roland Duhaime, Pamela Rubinoff

University of Rhode Island, United States of America

12:45pm - 12:50pm

Nature-based infrastructure modelling in an intertidal environment exposed to storm surges

Delaney M Benoit¹, D Gwyn Lintern², Michelle M Côté², Enda Murphy³, Ryan P Mulligan¹

¹Queen's University, Canada; ²Natural Resources Canada; ³National Research Council Canada

12:50pm - 12:55pm

The impacts of a mangrove patch on wave pressures on the sea dike

Rong Zhang, Jiaxin Lei, Yongping Chen

College of Harbour, Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Hohai University, China

12:55pm - 1:00pm

Numerical simulation of the plastic debris transport in nearshore zone

Claudio Iuppa, Giovanni Passalacqua, Giulia Bonanno, Carla Faraci

University of Messina, Italy