Call for In-Person Late-Breaking Poster and Virtual-Only Abstracts

The deadline to submit was 27 August 2023. Thank you for your submissions!

The CERF Scientific Program Committee (SPC) offers two additional opportunities to present at CERF 2023. The following are calls for in-person late-breaking posters and virtual-only presentation abstracts.

The CERF 2023 theme is “Resilience and Recovery” in consideration of what we’ve all been through over the past few years. The conference theme reflects not only the resilience and recovery of ecosystems, but also the resilience and recovery of our own scientific society and community. The CERF 2023 Scientific Program Committee (SPC) invites you to submit an in-person late-breaking poster abstract, or an abstract for a virtual-only oral or poster presentation in one of the range of sessions that examine new findings across CERF’s traditional scientific, management, and education disciplines.

View List of CERF 2023 Sessions & Descriptions

Late-Breaking Poster Abstracts

The SPC invites you to submit an abstract for an in-person poster presentation for CERF 2023 during our “late-breaking” poster submission period that ends on 27 August. The Federation is committed to bringing scientists and students from around the world together to exchange information and ideas about the science and management of coastal ecosystems. Our conferences provide outstanding opportunities for professionals at all stages in their career for continuing education and development. Posters are an essential part of the scientific program. Our goal is to provide high-quality poster sessions that are equal to oral sessions in their ability to provide exposure, participation, and feedback.

Posters will be displayed in the exhibit hall, with poster sessions on Monday and Wednesday from 4:30–7:00 PM PT to allow plenty of time for interaction. Poster presenters are expected to attend their assigned poster session to meet with attendees and discuss their posters.

Virtual-Only Presentation Abstracts

After a successful virtual conference in 2021, we will be meeting in-person as a CERF community for the first time in four years. However, to increase the accessibility of the CERF conference and to maximize the impact of presentations, we are providing a virtual registration and presentation option. After the conference, virtual and in-person attendees will be able to view select recorded events, view recorded talks and posters, and have their own research as a poster or recorded oral presentation included in the archival library. Presentations by virtual attendees will NOT be shown live at the conference; they will only be available as recordings in the archival library for six months after the conference.

The archival library will allow virtual attendees, as well as in-person attendees who missed presentations, to view presentations after the conference. Based on CERF 2021 and the 2022 Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, we have found that there are hundreds of post-conference views of archived presentations, providing your research with greater visibility and reach. All presenters will be required to record and upload their oral presentation or provide an electronic version of their poster by the conclusion of the conference.

One Presentation Policy and Special Topic Sessions

To ensure that conference sessions contain contributions from as many people as possible, the Federation has a one presentation per person policy. This means that each participant is permitted to be the lead author or presenter on only one poster OR oral presentation. You may be a co-author on other presentations. The only exception to this limit is for a second abstract submitted to an education, coastal heritage/coastal humanities; or diversity, equity, and inclusion session. If you intend to submit a second abstract in any of these categories, please submit your other abstract first. You will receive a confirmation email that provides instructions on how to submit an additional abstract and the fee for this second abstract will be waived.

Education Sessions
The goal of the education sessions is to highlight the role that many attendees play as educators. Presenters can be professionals at any level, including K-12, university, and informal science education. Education sessions are:

Artistic pathways to scientific understanding
Analysis and communication strategies for coastal ecosystem health report cards
High-impact practices in coastal and estuarine science education

Cultural Heritage and Coastal Humanities (CH/CH) Sessions

We encourage abstracts that highlight cultural stewardship and human dimensions of coastal ecosystems and communities, including working with indigenous and other subsistence coastal communities; efforts to understand climate change impacts on coastal communities; and mitigation and adaptation strategies to address coastal hazards. The CH/CH sessions are:

Not just checking a box: inclusive communication as a tool to engage in resiliency,
Weaving traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and coastal science for management applications

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Sessions

Diversity, equity, and inclusion sessions highlight projects that build on or leverage inclusive culture practices or showcase the multifaceted relevance of incorporating DEI into science. Abstracts for these sessions may also highlight projects that strive toward deliberate collaboration with historically marginalized or minoritized groups, thereby strengthening coastal and estuarine research and management. The DEI sessions are:

Building resilience in communities, programs, and the workforce through inclusion
Stories from the braided river: nonlinear, enriching workforce pathways and narratives in coastal science and management
Case studies on inclusive opportunities
Growing a diverse estuarine research and management workforce

Policies and Procedures for Submitting Abstracts to CERF 2023

The abstract submission deadline was 27 August 2023, at 11:59 PM PDT (6:59 PM GMT). Thank you for your submissions!

Abstracts must be submitted through the abstract submission portal. Any abstracts received after the deadline may not be eligible for inclusion in the conference program. Please review the following guidelines before submitting your abstract. If the guidelines are not followed, your abstract may not be accepted.

SESSION: Select the session that best aligns with the subject of your abstract.
TITLE: There is a limit of 15 words for the title. The title should be entered in sentence case (i.e., only the first word and proper nouns are capitalized).
PRESENTATION TYPES: This call is only for in-person posters, virtual traditional oral (15-minute talk) presentations, virtual lightning (5-minute talk) presentations, and virtual poster presentations.
RELEASE OF ABSTRACT: You must agree to the publication of your abstract in conference-related materials where it will be publicly available.
AUTHOR INFORMATION: Enter authors in the order they should appear in the abstract. Provide institutional affiliations and contact information. There is a 12 author limit per abstract.
KEYWORDS: Select up to five keywords for your submission from the drop-down menu.
ABSTRACT: All abstracts must be in English and metric units are preferred. There is a limit of 400 words for the text of your abstract.
ABSTRACT FEE: Abstracts will not be accepted into the scientific program without payment. The CERF 2023 fee is $70 USD. Secure online payment is available at the end of the submission process. Please note that abstract fees are non-refundable. If the abstract fee presents a barrier that prevents you from submitting an abstract, please contact [email protected] to inquire about a waiver.
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF PRESENTATIONS: You must agree to upload a recording of your oral presentation or electronic version of your poster presentation by the end of the conference. These will not be shown during the conference but will be available via the conference archive for six months following the conference. Details on uploading presentations will be provided after abstracts are accepted.

Presenter Confirmation/Cancellation Policy

The presenting author of accepted abstracts must confirm their participation and register for the conference by 29 September 2023. For details, please see the Conference Presenter Cancellation policy.

Thank you in advance for your submission.

Questions/Support

Technical questions or concerns should be directed to Todd Fake at [email protected]. Questions or concerns related to the scientific program should be directed to CERF at [email protected].

Scientific Program Co-Chairs

Treda Grayson, US Environmental Protection Agency, [email protected]

Drew Talley, University of San Diego, [email protected]

Christine Whitcraft, California State University Long Beach, [email protected]

Conference Co-Chairs

John Callaway, University of San Francisco, [email protected]

John Rybczyk, Western Washington University, [email protected]