Chile – The organizers of the III Latin American Congress on Estuarine and Coastal Physics (LAPECO 2025) have confirmed the participation of three renowned researchers who will kick off each day with a keynote lecture.
The first is Dr. Richard Pawlowicz from the Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Dr. Pawlowicz has focused his research and interest on understanding how oceans and fjords work, and the processes that occur within them—such as currents and tides—and how these impact the communities and activities that take place in these environments.
Next, Dr. Marcus Sobarzo, Dean of the Faculty of Environmental and Oceanographic Sciences at the University of Concepción in Chile, will lead the session dedicated to productive activities such as aquaculture, navigation, port engineering, and others that rely on coastal and fjord areas and are influenced by the physics of the water bodies in which they are located. Dr. Sobarzo holds a PhD in Oceanography from the University of Concepción and is a well-known researcher in the field of coastal physical oceanography. His research focuses on upwelling areas, circulation dynamics on the continental shelf, and river-sea interactions. He currently serves as an associate researcher at the Coastal Oceanographic Research Center in the Southeastern Pacific (COPAS Coastal) and the Interdisciplinary Center for Aquaculture Research (INCAR).
Finally, Dr. Arnoldo Valle-Levinson, Professor in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida, United States, will close the keynote lecture series at LAPECO 2025. Dr. Valle-Levinson has dedicated his research to estuarine and coastal hydrodynamic processes, estuary-ocean exchange, buoyancy versus mixing competition, interannual sea level variations, and links to climate change.
At the same time, the organization announced that due to the large number of abstracts received, the early bird registration deadline has been extended to September 30.
LAPECO 2025 in Chile
From November 24 to 28, the Wyndham Pettra Hotel in the city of Puerto Varas will be the epicenter of discussions on scientific advances and challenges related to oceanographic processes in estuarine systems and coastal zones of Latin America and the Caribbean. The event will feature keynote lectures, oral presentations, and poster sessions. LAPECO 2025 is jointly organized by the I-Mar Center of the University of Los Lagos, the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), and the Salmon Technological Institute (Intesal).
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“We are very pleased with the success of the call for research and studies on the topics addressed by the Congress, as we received more than 120 submissions from 13 countries around the world,” announced researcher Iván Pérez Santos from the I-Mar Center at the University of Los Lagos.
This edition is sponsored by Nortek, RBR, Rockland Scientific, Casco Antiguo, NAZCA, INNOVEX, Southern Tech, the Department of Oceanography at the University of Concepción, COPAS Coastal Center, Oceanographic Instrumentation Center (CIO), Teledyne, SOMET, and ASL Environmental Sciences Inc.
For more information and registration, please visit the website https://lapeco.sciencesconf.org/ or email lapeco.congress@gmail.com.
Editor at the digital magazine AquaHoy. He holds a degree in Aquaculture Biology from the National University of Santa (UNS) and a Master’s degree in Science and Innovation Management from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, with postgraduate diplomas in Business Innovation and Innovation Management. He possesses extensive experience in the aquaculture and fisheries sector, having led the Fisheries Innovation Unit of the National Program for Innovation in Fisheries and Aquaculture (PNIPA). He has served as a senior consultant in technology watch, an innovation project formulator and advisor, and a lecturer at UNS. He is a member of the Peruvian College of Biologists and was recognized by the World Aquaculture Society (WAS) in 2016 for his contribution to aquaculture.
