Awards
The Kevin Stark Award
The Kevin Stark Award is made on the basis of the quality of submitted papers to the biennial Australasian Conference on Coastal and Ocean Engineering. It is issued by the National Committee on Coastal and Ocean Engineering of Engineers Australia. All accepted papers, with their authors, automatically qualify for consideration of the Award unless indicated to the contrary by the authors. The Award is in the form of a personalised bronze medal, suitably engraved in the name of the recipient.
PIANC Young Authors Award
The PIANC Young Authors Award has traditionally been awarded at the Coasts and
Ports Conferences since 1988. The Conference in Wellington continues this tradition. PIANC Australia is the Australian Region of PIANC. PIANC is the International
Navigation Association. Further information of PIANC can be obtained by visiting
www.pianc-aipcn.org
The Conference will award the Young Author's award consisting of free membership of PIANC Australia for 2 years.
The winning paper will be submitted for publication in the PIANC Bulletin. The winning paper can also be entered in the PIANC International De Paepe - Willems Award.
Eligibility criteria are as follows:
| • | The author should be no more than 35 years old at the date of the Conference |
| • | The author should be a citizen of either Australia or New Zealand |
| • | The author should be prepared to present the paper at the Conference |
| • | The paper should be directly related to Ports and Harbours section |
| • | The theme of the paper should be well developed for application |
| • | The paper should preferably be by a single author. Where there is more than one author, the youngest will receive the award. |
The author/s, when submitting their paper, should indicate that they would like to be considered for the award.
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