YCSEC is a conference for early career researchers and practitioners in the field of coastal sciences and engineering. It provides a welcoming and supportive environment for MRes, MSc, and PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and recently qualified practitioners to present and discuss research, and to share good practice. It is a great opportunity to interact with a small community of researchers, allowing you to expand your knowledge and network.

The interdisciplinary audience and subject areas are designed to promote connections and integration between early career coastal scientists and engineers focusing on both the physical and biological processes within the coastal environment.  In the past, this has included presentations on a diverse selection of topics, such as, but not limited to: marine renewables, coastal ecology, flooding and climate change, coastal erosion and morphological modelling, green engineering, and the effects of pollution.