Management objectives for aquatic systems are increasingly highlighting the importance of sediment-water interactions in controlling nutrient and pollutant cycling. The 12th International Symposium on the Interactions between Sediments and Water will explore our current knowledge of process interactions from catchment to coast, examining how sediment and water interactions drive, influence and link many of the physical, chemical and biological processes at play within and between terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems.

The following conference themes are proposed to explore the state-of-the-art in sediment-water science, from catchment to coast, and its contribution towards sustainable management of water-sediment systems:

* Nutrient and pollutant fluxes in natural and engineered aquatic systems
* Role of biota in water-sediment interactions of marine and freshwater environments
* New technologies for advancing sediment-water science from micro to catchment scale
* Adaption of sediment-water systems to climate change risks
* Restoration of disturbed aquatic systems