Welcome to MARID VII, the seventh edition of the Marine and River Dune Dynamics conference series. 

MARID VII will be held in Rennes, France, on April 3-5, 2023  and is organised by the Institute of Physics of Rennes and Geosciences Rennes Laboratory (University of Rennes 1) and the French Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Office (SHOM). 

Scientific sessions will take place in the Beaulieu Scientific Campus on 3 and 4 April 2023 including talks from keynote speakers and oral and poster presentations by delegates. On 5 April a field trip is planned to the Mont-Saint-Michel Bay to allow a convivial exchange between participants. 

The aim of this meeting is to encourage effective communication between physicists, geologists, biologists and modellers to improve our understanding of bedform dynamics with particular attention to societal relevance.

Three speakers are already scheduled to give keynote lectures: Nathalie Vriend (Cambridge, UK), Bruno Andreotti (Paris, France), Vera Van Lancker (Royal Belgium Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium). The conference is open to all professionals and stakeholders dealing with bedform dynamics. 

June 15, 2022:  Call for short abstract (see instruction below)

September 30, 2022: Extended Deadline for short abstract submission. 

0ctober 30, 2022: Abstract acceptance

January, 6, 2023: Registration opening

January 30, 2023: Deadline for the extended abstract.

February 13, 2023: Dealine for the early registration

February 28, 2023: Dealine for the late registration

Early Regular Fees (until February 13) for senior scientists: 330 € including lunches, gala dinner and field trip

Early Reduced Fees  (until February 13) for Graduated, PhD students or post-doct: 220 €

Fee exemption: Invited Speakers

-For the registration, please login with the account you created when you submitted your abstract (if you do not have an account, create a new account)

-Once you are logged in, click on the registration tab on the left panel, then proceed with your pre-registration by filling the online form, and submit it

-You will receive a confirmation email that will inform you how to proceed with the payment:

For participant belonging to a french institution, two payment options are possible: online payment via credit card or via purchase order

For participant belonging to a foreign institution, only the online payment via credit card is possible

The conference will be held in the Campus Beaulieu at  the "Pôle Numérique Rennes Beaulieu" (PNRB, 263 Av. Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes). The Campus Beaulieu is located to the East of Rennes and is reachable by public transportation within 20 mn from Rennes Railways station. 2 itineraries are possible:

1) Take Metro line A,  get off at "Republique"  stop (2 stops, 3 mn),  take Bus line C4 or C6 (11 stops, 11mn) and get off at "Les Préales" stop  and 2mn walk to PNRB

2) Take Metro line B,  get off at "Beaulieu-Université" stop (7 stops, 11mn) and 14 mn walk through the Campus  to PNRB  

For accomodation in Rennes during the conference, we suggest you the following list of (three stars) hotels (80-120 euros per night):

1) Hotel Ibis Style Rennes Centre Gare-Nord (Downtown)

2) Hotel Ibis Rennes Centre Gare-Sud (Downtown)

3) Paris-Brest Hotel (Downtown)

4) le Nemours Hotel (Downtown)

5) Hotel Ibis Rennes Beaulieu (10mn walk from the Campus)

There is also the possibility for students (Master and PhD students) to be accomodated at the "Cité International Paul Ricoeur (https://www.crous-rennes.fr/logement/cite-internationale-paul-ricoeur/) near the railway station. 8 studios have been pre-booked  (63 €/night, 25 m² with a small kitchen). If you are interested, please contact directly the reservation office of the studios of the international city  by sending a message to: cite.internationale@crous-rennes.fr . In your message please mention that you want to book one of the pre-booked studios for the MARID congress.

Sunday, April 2:

Welcome drink: 6.30 pm-8.30 pm  Café des Champs libres (10 Cours des Alliés, Rennes) 200m from the Central Train Station

Monday, April 3: 

Conference: 8.30 am- 6.00 pm (PRNB hall, Campus Beaulieu, 263 Av. Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes)

Tuesday, April 4: 

Conference 8.30 am-6.00 pm (PRNB hall, Campus Beaulieu, 263 Av. Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes)

Gala diner: 8.00 pm (Restaurant La Closerie, 34 Pl. des Lices, 35000 Rennes)

Wednesday, April 5: Field excursion to the Mont-Saint-Michel Bay:

Departure: 8.00 am from Campus Beaulieu (PRNB hall, Campus Beaulieu, 263 Av. Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes)

Return: 5.30 pm at Rennes Railway station

The organizing committee is composed of Thierry Garlan (SHOM, Brest), Aurélien Gangloff (SHOM, Brest), Alain Crave (Géosciences, Rennes) and Alexandre Valance (IPR, Rennes) and supported by the admistrative staff from IPR, Céline Thébault, Nathalie Gicquiaux and Amandine Poirier.

For any further information please email directly to "marid7@univ-rennes1.fr"

J. Bass (Bangor, UK), S. Le Bot (Rouen, France), J. Best (Illinois, US), M. Colombini (Genoa, Italy), A. Crave (Rennes, France), A. Gangloff (Brest, France), T. Garlan (Brest, France), S. Hulscher (Twente, Netherlands), M. Kleinhans (Utrecht, Netherlands), V. Van Lancker (Brussels, Belgium), K. Van Landeghem Bangor, UK), A. Lefebvre (Breme, Germany), D. Parson (Hull, UK), M. Roche (Belgium), A. Trenteseaux (Lille, France), A. Valance (Rennes, France), C. Winter (Kiel, Germany).

The conference is supported by several acedemic research institutions (University of Rennes, CNRS, OSUR, Institut de Physique de Rennes, Géoscience Rennes) and by local authorities (Rennes Metropole, Région Bretagne)