Welcome

The International Conference on Scour and Erosion (ICSE) was established in 2002, and has been run by the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Technical Committee on Scour and Erosion TC213 (Chair: Dr. Shinji Sassa). The first conference was held in College Station Texas, USA (2002), followed by Singapore (2004), Amsterdam, Netherlands (2006), Tokyo, Japan (2008), San Francisco, USA (2010), Paris, France (2012), Perth, Australia (2014), Oxford, UK (2016), Taipei (2018), Arlington, USA (2021 – Virtual event), Copenhagen, Denmark (2023) and Chonqing, China (2025). The forthcoming conference will be held in Porto, Portugal, from 31 August to 3 September 2027.
The goal of this conference is to bring together researchers, engineers and managers to share their latest findings on Scour and Erosion. This conference is an excellent platform for presenting your researches, ideas, technology advancements and engineering achievements.

Topics

ICSE 13 focuses on the Advancement of Scour and Erosion for sustainable development.
The following topics are included:

  1. Mechanics of Internal Erosion
  2. Sediment Transport
  3. Effects of Geology on Internal Erosion
  4. Rock Scour
  5. Erosion and Structures
  6. River, Coastal, Estuarine and Marine Scour and Erosion
  7. Numerical Modelling of Scour and Erosion
  8. Physical Modelling of Scour and Erosion
  9. Scour and Erosion Monitoring and Measurement
  10. Watershed Scale Soil Erosion, Restoration, and Conservation
  11. Scour and Erosion Countermeasures and Mitigation
  12. Geo-Hazards Induced by Scour and Internal Erosion
  13. Erosion Risk Assessment
  14. Case Histories, Lessons Learned, and General Practice
  15. Impact and Adaptation

Important Dates

Call for abstracts15.05.2026
Abstract submission deadline15.09.2026
Abstract acceptance notification30.10.2026
Paper submission deadline15.01.2027
Paper acceptance notification30.03.2027
ISSMGE Online library publication (13th ICSE Proceedings)30.06.2027
Early bird registration01.04.2027 — 31.05.2027
Late registration 01.06.2027 — 15.08.2027
ICSE 13 and On-site registration31.08.2027 — 03.09.2027

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ICSE 13

The 13th ICSE — International Conference on Scour and Erosion — will be held in Porto, Portugal, in 2027, at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto.

Location

The conference will take place at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto.

The Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) is the largest of the 14 Faculties that make up the University of Porto, currently one of the most prestigious Higher Education Institutions in Europe.

With almost 10,000 students and more than 600 professors and researchers spread over six departments: Civil and Georesources Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management and Informatics Engineering.

FEUP is located in a true innovation district, where the strong presence of engineering, health sciences and entrepreneurship is highly conducive to the innovation process. It is also home to the University of Porto Science and Technology Park (UPTEC), a fundamental structure for supporting the transfer of knowledge between the university and the market.