Coastal Futures 2027 wants to hear from people working on our coasts and seas. If you have a project, a result or an approach that others could learn from, we would like you to present it or show it as a poster. The conference takes place on 27–28 January 2027 at the Royal Geographical Society, London and online.

This year's programme looks at what a changing climate means for our coasts, seas and the work we do on them, across five sessions. We want practical examples of what is working on the ground as well as new evidence. We welcome proposals from industry, developers, ports, fishing and community organisations as much as from science, government and NGOs. Read about the sessions.

Deadline: 18:00 BST, Friday 23 October 2026
This applies to both presentations and posters.

Submitting your proposal
Please complete the form in one go and click Done to submit. We suggest drafting your 250-word summary in advance and pasting it in. If you have more than one proposal, submit each one separately using the same link.

If you have any trouble with the form or any questions, contact us at conference@coastms.co.uk

Your proposal
Each proposal is for one presenter.

*1.Would you like to give a presentation or display a poster?(Required.)

Either

Presentation

Poster

*2.Which session does your proposal fit? Select all that apply. Read about the sessions.(Required.)

Change, growth and space: planning for rising seas, clean energy and jobs on a crowded coast

Source to sea: joining up land, rivers, coast and sea

Nature recovery: protecting and recovering marine and coastal biodiversity

Sustainable fisheries: evidence from scientists, managers and fishing communities

Coastal community voice: who decides, and how, as coasts change

Does your proposal fit better somewhere else? Tell us here.

*3.Title of your proposal(Required.)

*4.Your proposal (maximum 250 words). Tell us what you would present and why it matters to people working on the coast and at sea. If selected, this text will appear in the delegate notes as submitted.(Required.)

5.Anything else we should know? (optional) For example acknowledgements or partner organisations, links to your project, or funders you need to credit.

About you

*6.Your name(Required.)

First name:

Surname:

*7.Organisation(Required.)

*8.Which of these best describes your organisation?(Required.)

Government / public body

NGO / charity

Academia / research

Student

Consultancy

Industry / developer

Other (please specify)

*9.Email address(Required.)

Equality monitoring (optional)
To help us understand who submits to Coastal Futures, here are three optional questions. We use the answers only in summary form, and they play no part in selecting proposals.

10.How old are you?

Under 18

18-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65+

Prefer not to say

11.What is your ethnicity?

Asian/Asian British

Black/Black British - African

Black/Black British - Caribbean

Black/Black British - Other

Latin American

Mixed - White/Asian

Mixed - White/Black African

Mixed - White/Black Caribbean

Mixed - Other

White

Prefer not to say

Other (please specify)

12.Do you consider yourself to come from a working class background?

Yes

No

Prefer not to disclose

What happens next

Presentations will be short, usually no more than 10 minutes, and may be followed by a panel discussion or Q&A. Posters will be displayed at the venue throughout the event.

Selected presenters receive a free ticket for the day they present and a discounted ticket for the other day. Poster presenters need to book a ticket to attend.

The OCF team will contact everyone who has submitted a proposal in November 2026.

Early-bird tickets for Coastal Futures 2027 are available now: book your place.

Thank you for your interest in Coastal Futures 2027. Click Done to submit your proposal.

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