INTERNATIONAL MARID CONFERENCES
The next (eighth) international conference, MARIDVIII, will be organised by the University of Twente in 2026 in the Netherlands.
MARID HISTORY
Under the aegis of the North Sea Hydrographic Commission, a workshop on marine sand wave dynamics was organised by the French Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Office (SHOM) and the University of Lille 1 (France) back in 2000. This workshop was succeeded by conferences covering marine and river dune dynamics:
– MARID II in 2004 at the University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands
– MARID III in 2008 at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom
– MARID IV in 2013 at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium
– MARID V in 2016 at Bangor University, North Wales, United Kingdom
– MARID VI in 2019 at MARUM, University of Bremen, Germany
– MARID VII in 2023 in Rennes, France
These conferences provide state-of-the-art overviews in fundamental and applied knowledge of marine and river dunes. The conference traditionally takes place over 3 days: 2 days are dedicated to plenary scientific sessions, including talks from keynote speakers and oral and poster presentations by delegates. A field excursion takes place on the third day to allow a convivial exchange between participants while discovering the geologically-interesting surroundings of the organising university.