The cluster Pôle Mer PACA and the non-profit organization Centre Français du Littoral are the initiators of the first Coastal and Maritime Mediterranean Conference CM².

It is a follow-up of the  JOURNEES NATIONALES DE GENIE COTIER – GENIE CIVIL (JNGCGC) but with a stress on corporation activity and intended for both French-speaking and non French-speaking Mediterranean countries. The management of the meeting is conducted  in parallel with the host country.

This three-day Mediterranean Conference comprises two days of conference work including oral presentations and posters separated by one day dedicated to technical visits bearing on  important coastal and maritime engineering projects and round tables or workshops (making-up of web-type contacts, Mediterranean research projects, inter-university and inter-corporation collaborations).

The goals of this Mediterranean Conference are:

-    up-to-date knowledge acquisition as far as coastal and maritime engineering in the   Mediterranean is concerned;

-    allowing exchange of ideas between specialists of concerned subjects;

-    favorising comparison of analyses and experience between  researchers and entrepreneurs ;

-    favorising contacts between decision-makers, corporations and researchers;

-    presenting new material and techniques, together with the available documents (technical stands);

-    diffusing information on pedagogical activities, research and training concerning coastal and maritime engineering around the Mediterranean.