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The article discusses the highlights of the 14th International Biennial Conference on Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas (PECS 2008) which was held in Liverpool, England from August 15-29. The conference is chaired by Charitha Pattiaratchi and adopted the theme on process studies in the pre-operational era. The sponsors of the conference, including the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, the UK Environment Agency and the Explorocean Ltd., are mentioned.

This article reflects on the 12th International Biennial Conference on Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas (PECS) held in Mérida, México from October 19 to 22, 2004. PECS philosophy has been to stimulate the cooperation between the coastal engineers and coastal oceanographers. The topic of PECS 2004 was Hydrodynamics and Morphodynamics in Estuaries and Coastal Seas, including estuarine hydrodynamics, coastal hydrodynamics, coastal transport and morphodynamics.