The Beaches Conference

November 8, 2018

Friday, June 10, 2022 – Berwick Academy, South Berwick, Maine

Thank you to all the speakers, sponsors, event organizers, attendees and everyone else who made the 2022 Beaches Conferences such a successful and special day!

The Beaches Conference is designed to inspire learning, appreciation and awareness, and promote informed decision-making and actions on our changing beaches and coasts. The event fosters the exchange of scientific, cultural, and experiential knowledge from diverse interests. Please join us in building and celebrating the partnerships needed to support long-term beach and coastal monitoring, management, and stewardship.

Conference Themes

Beach, coastal, and ecological modeling – what’s next?
Coastal management and policy for the 21st century
Coastal tourism today and tomorrow
Community engagement in coastal science
Examining the past to chart the future
Harvesting from the sea
I Speak for the Seas – sustaining coastal ecosystems
Innovation and bold ideas for the coast
Our changing coastline – what’s happening, why, and what to do
What does community resilience look like as waters warm, seas rise, and storms intensify?

Wave Sponsors

Kennebunk Savings

Steering Committee Members

Nik Charov, Laudholm Trust
Anne Cox, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve Coastal Training Program
Nathalie DiGeronimo, New Hampshire Coastal Program
Alyson Eberhardt, New Hampshire Sea Grant
Bob Foley, Save Our Shores and Town of Wells
Luke Frankel, FB Environmental
Kristen Grant, Maine Sea Grant UMaine Cooperative Extension
Allison Knab, Great Bay Stewards
John Lillibridge, NOAA (retired) and beach profiler
Abigail Lyon, Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership
Denise Pouliot, Indigenous New Hampshire Collaborative Collective
Kim Reed, Town of Rye
Marybeth Richardson, Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Hannah Robbins, Maine Sea Grant
Meagan Sims, Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Pete Slovinsky, Maine Geological Survey
Lareen Smith, Southern Maine Community College
Roger Stephenson, Union of Concerned Scientists
Lynn Vaccaro, Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Larry Ward, University of New Hampshire

Communications Committee Members

Alexa Brickett, New Hampshire Sea Grant
Allison Knab, Great Bay Stewards
Abigail Lyon, Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership
Diane DeVries, New Hampshire Sea Grant
Hannah Robbins, Maine Sea Grant

Program Committee

Kristen Grant, Maine Sea Grant UMaine Extension
Alyson Eberhardt, New Hampshire Sea Grant
Roger Stephenson, Union of Concerned Scientists
Meagan Sims, Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Planning Committee Members

Nik Charov, Budget and Fundraising Co-chair, Laudholm Trust
Annie Cox, Logistics Chair, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve Coastal Training Program
Kristen Grant, Program Chair, Maine Sea Grant, UM Cooperative Extension
Allison Knab, Budget and Fundraising Co-chair, Great Bay Stewards
Abigail Lyon, Communications Co-chair, Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership
Hannah Robbins, Communications Co-chair, Maine Sea Grant

View the State-of-the-Beaches webinar and a Q&A from the webinar chat.

Maine Sea Grant