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It's Island Time - Galveston, Texas

Created in 2000, the Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute (COPRI) is a semi-autonomous institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the country’s oldest national engineering society.

COPRI’s services are designed to complement ASCE’s traditional civil engineering base and to attract non-engineering allied professionals who seek to enhance their professional and technical development.

ICCE 2026 Major Objectives:

  • Increasing global coastal knowledge sharing and learning
  • Showcasing innovative coastal research and practice
  • Promoting STEM and developing the next generation of coastal researchers and engineers
  • Advocating for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for under-represented groups, including women, in coastal engineering
  • Placing the spotlight on unique coastal systems facing some of the most intense natural and human-induced impacts worldwide
  • Promoting ingenuity, diversity, and opportunity in the face of increasing coastal challenges.
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