Following the success of the renowned Estuarine Coastal and Shelf science conference conferences and workshops, the 50th ECSA Conference: Today's science for tomorrow's Management will bring together researchers, environmental managers, policy makers and graduate students to present research results, explore collaborations and to spark new ideas, with the aim of learning about marine, coastal and transitional systems worldwide, catching up on leading-edge techniques and, lastly, appreciating the constraints of the science and the management.