FPIK, SEMARANG – Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science (FPIK) UNDIP held the 5th ICTCRED (International Conference on Tropical and Coastal Region Eco Development) on 17-18 September 2019 at Hotel Gumaya, Semarang. The international seminar is an annual event that aims to promote and disseminate research results in the scope of tropical and Coastal Region Eco Development.

This year’s ICTRED theme is Integrated Coastal Management for Sustainable Development. Chairman of the committee Aris Ismanto said, through this seminar, FPIK Diponegoro University encourages academics, researchers, and students to publish research results in reputable international journals and proceedings.

Dean of FPIK Prof. Tri Winarni said that the seminar was also a collaboration from the legal, social, economic and maritime fields.

“As it is known that Undip actually has a basic scientific pattern regarding the development of coastal areas, which is then used as the basis for holding the conference,” he said as quoted from the official website of Undip.

The Dean hopes that this activity can become a forum for researchers at Undip and other stakeholders who are wrestling / engaged in research related to tropical and coastal areas.

Present at the event was the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation Prof. Ambariyanto, Dean of the Faculty of Law Undip Prof. Retno Saraswati, academics from various maritime and military fields, as well as the academic community.

Some of the key speakers who contributed to ICTCRED 2019, including Budi P. Resosudarmo from the Australian National University, Australia, Erik de Ruijter van Steveninck from IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Netherlands, and Hiroki Saeki from Hokaido University, Japan.

In addition, Eddy Pratomo from Diponegoro University and Tony Hadibarata from Curtin University, Malaysia.

The research results presented at ICTCRED 2019 are scheduled to be published in the proceedings of the Institute of Physics (IOP), Biodiversity, WRA (World Researchers Associations), and AACL (Aquaculture, Aquarium, Conservation & Legislation) Bioflux. (Nug)

Author: Nugroho, semaranginside.com