The Islands Coastal Conference
The Islands Coastal Conference alternates each year between Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket islands. The free conference attracts coastal managers, environmental organizations, town officials and staff, conservation commissions, planning boards, consultants, researchers, experts and partners from across the region to discuss a range of critical issues such as sea level rise, ocean acidification, storm flooding and erosion.
Contacts
Shelly McComb, WHOI Sea Grant / Cape Cod Cooperative Extension
Shannon Hulst, WHOI Sea Grant / Cape Cod Cooperative Extension
Steve McKenna, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
This Year's Conference
2024 Martha's Vineyard
October 1, 2024 - Martha's Vineyard Film Center, Vineyard Haven, Mass.
Past Conferences
2023 Nantucket
June 12, 2023 - Nantucket Atheneum
2022 Martha's Vineyard
October 24, 2022 - Martha's Vineyard Film Center, Vineyard Haven, Mass.
2019 Nantucket
June 26, 2019 - Nantucket Atheneum
2018 Martha's Vineyard
June 6, 2018 - Harbor View Hotel, Edgartown, Mass.
2017 Nantucket
June 6, 2017 - Nantucket Atheneum Great Hall, Nantucket, Mass.
2016 Martha's Vineyard
June 6, 2016 – Harbor View Hotel –Edgartown, Mass.
2013 Martha's Vineyard
June 20, 2013 - Harbor View Hotel, Edgartown, Mass.