2026 North Carolina Coastal Conference
About this event
North Carolina Sea Grant is hosting its Coastal Conference again this year, with a wide range of presentations for anyone interested in North Carolina’s coastal communities and environment. Discussions will cover scientific research and STEM outreach as well as approaches that bridge fields and disciplines.
Sessions will address chronic erosion, emerging contaminants, educating for resilience, shoreline restoration, stormwater and flood mitigation, risk communication, flood warning networks and risk mapping, cyanobacteria dynamics, wetlands, financing nature-based solutions, juvenile fisheries and habitat, food web interactions, coastal hazard planning, marsh health, wastewater management, and connecting coastal science to communities. Networking events give participants the chance to teach, engage and learn alongside potential collaborators.
What to expect
- Two days of presentations on coastal science, communities and policy
- Sessions on erosion, flooding, shoreline restoration, contaminants and nature-based solutions
- Fisheries, food web, wetland and marsh health research
- Networking events
- Professional development credits available
Date and time
17 to 18 November 2026. Times not specified.
Location and format
In person, Friday Center, 100 Friday Center Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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