Events
16-17 March 2013 |
Swansea University
Conference presentations include a variety of marine natural
history and ecology topics from “the role of recreational divers in
nudibranch recording” to “Marine litter” and “Seagrass as a
juvenile habitat”.
Porcupine is an informal society interested in marine natural
history and recording, particularly in the North East Atlantic
region and the Mediterranean Sea. The name “Porcupine” is taken
from the naval survey vessel HMS Porcupine that was engaged on
scientific expeditions in the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean in
1869 and 1870. She made the first ever deep ocean dredge for
living creatures in 1869 resulting in the naming of the Porcupine
Bank off the west coast of Ireland. Members receive two
newsletters a year and proceedings from scientific
meetings. Porcupine MNHS welcomes anyone interested in marine
biology and ecology.
Note: Although sea-change is about transformation,
presentations will not be limited to those about change in the
marine environment. There is still space for another
presentation so potential speakers or anyone wishing to present a
poster should contact Anne Bunker abunker@marineseen.com
Amateurs and professionals welcome. For more information please
click here.
Plymouth celebrates SCOR
26 March 2013 | Plymouth Marine Laboratory
UK
The aim of this meeting is to celebrate Plymouth's contribution
to SCOR (Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research). SCOR is the
leading international non-governmental organization for the
promotion and coordination of international oceanographic
activities. Its focus is on promoting international cooperation in
planning and conducting oceanographic research, and solving
methodological and conceptual problems that hinder research.
Scientists from the thirty-six nations participate in
SCOR working groups and scientific steering committees for the
large-scale ocean
research projects. It also promotes capacity building for
marine scientists in developing countries and countries.
This is a half day meeting based around a series of short
talks from selected scientists. These include PML scientists
speaking on large scale programmes:
There will also be working groups and open discussions followed
by a buffet lunch. The output of the meeting is to advise and
inform colleagues of potential opportunities available through
SCOR.
This meeting is open to all. If you wish to attend, please email
Ms Catherine Wills catw@pml.ac.uk with the subject
"SCOR event" by Tuesday 19 March 2013 giving your name and whether
you intend to stay for the lunch (13.00-14.00). This is important
for catering. Your name badge can be picked up on the day at the
entrance to PML.
Further information is available from the organisers: Peter
Burkill peter.burkill@plymouth.ac.uk
or Phil Nightingale pdn@pml.ac.uk.
08-12 April 2013 | Viña del Mar, Chile
The Fisheries Observer Programs are
essential in the collection of quality biological and fisheries
data to generate a solid knowledge basis to enable States to
undertake conservation management and sustainable development of
fisheries.
The first IFOMC was held in 1998
(Seattle, Washington, USA), organized by the National Marine
Fisheries Service of the U.S. and Fisheries and Oceans from Canada,
taking into consideration that while data analysis methods applied
at the time were appropriate, the data underlying the
investigations was not sufficient in quantity and quality. This
fact in some cases is still in effect, manifesting itself in the
fact that Fisheries Observer Programs carried out by some Research
Agencies, don't have the human capital, organizational, relational
and financial needed to ensure adequate quality of data, a concept
that refers to the usefulness, objectivity and integrity of the
data.
Since then there have been six
conferences, with a progressive increase in the number of countries
and delegates over time, where Monitoring Methods and Programs,
Observers Training and Competences; Data Users; Data Collection,
Management and Quality and Trends are the most analyzed issues.
This demonstrates the importance of this event, consolidated over
the years as a high-level space for the exchange of knowledge and
experience, being a center of Intellectual Capital generation and
Knowledge Management for Fisheries Observer Programs around the
world.
You can submit an abstract,
attend or pass along this information. Your valuable participation
will contribute to the continuous improvement of conservation
management of marine resources and the ecosystems that support
them.
You can register for the conference
here.
23-25 April 2013 |
Berlin, Germany
April 2013 will see the next
International BioGasWorld fair in Berlin. 2013, BioGasWorld, which
welcomes REA - the Renewable Energy Association from London as a
new cooperation partner for the international biogas fair.
The accompanying 3-day International
Anaerobic Digestion Symposium will discuss most recent process
innovations and progress in the efficient application of specific
joining technologies in the process chain of biogas production. The
symposium is divided into three separate modules:
DAY 1: Tuesday, 23 April:
Dry fermentation: The focus is on dry fermentation
of organic wastes, agricultural residues, grass, straw and
manure.
DAY 2: Wednesday, 24
April: Substrate management: The focus is on
the pre-treatment and processing of substrates.
DAY 3: Thursday, 25
April: Digestate treatment: The focus is on
digestate treatment and application regarding to the management of
nutrients and the groundwater protection.
To register for this conference please
click here.
Contact: IBBK Fachgruppe Biogas GmbH Am
Feuersee 6, 74592 Kirchberg/Jagst, Germany
05-08 May 2013 | University of Algarve, Faro,
Portugal
The International Symposium series, "Pollutant Responses in
Marine Organisms" began in 1981 with a small group of NSF-funded
investigators who were addressing questions related to "Chemical
Effects and the Health of the Ocean" at a mechanistic level.
Keynote talks at PRIMO17 include:
- The Interconnections between the Oceans
and Human Health by Lora Fleming (USA);
- Epigenetic Modifications Induced by
Environmental Endocrine Disruptors and Stress by David Crews
(USA);
- Crowdfunding in Science by Mauro Rebelo
(Brazil).
- The one-day course "Creative Writing for
Scientists" by Professor Mauro Rebelo is confirmed for 5th May
2013.
Do not forget to submit your abstract for oral or poster
presentation and to book your accommodation as soon as
possible via the web
site; and for any questions please contact:
primo17@ualg.pt.
Early bird registration ends on 05 February
2013.
To register please click here.
06-08 May 2013 | Darmstadt,
Germany
The primary focus of the IOCS meeting is to
build and strengthen the international ocean colour community by
providing a structure and mechanisms to collectively address common
issues and goals. The aim is to achieve the best quality
ocean colour data that meet scientific, environmental, climate and
operational needs through international collaboration and
scientific and technological innovation. In addition to providing a
forum to develop a strong voice for the community, the meeting will
also offer an opportunity to interact and collaborate with other
ocean colour scientists.
The symposium is convened by the
International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group (IOCCG) in
partnership with, and thanks to the generous sponsorship of NASA
and EUMETSAT. Other meeting sponsors include ESA and CNES which are
gratefully acknowledged.
The program has not yet been finalized but will include talks by
space agency representatives on the status of existing missions,
how and where to get the data, and information on future
missions. In addition there will be splinter sessions, panel
discussions and talks by invited keynote speakers as well as
comprehensive poster sessions to review the progress of scientific
ocean colour research. The meeting will close with a session on
future directions and needs. We are now accepting proposals for
splinter sessions in a number of topical areas.
To submit a proposal for a splinter session please click
here.
Registration for the meeting is free, but
all participants must be registered in order to attend. To register
please click here.
06-08 May 2013 | Bergen, Norway
The Arctic Ocean is rapidly accumulating carbon dioxide owing to
perturbations in the global carbon cycle and particularly to
increases in anthropogenic carbon concentrations. This is resulting
in a decline in seawater pH, so-called ocean acidification.
Increasing ocean acidification and warming of the ocean will
cause changes in the ecological and biogeochemical coupling in the
Arctic Ocean, influencing the Arctic marine ecosystem at all
scales. Ocean acidification is expected to affect marine food
chains and fish stocks and thus the commercial, subsistence, and
recreational fisheries in the Arctic. There is a need for a better
understanding of the nature and scope of these changes and of the
resilience of the ecosystem to the changing carbon chemistry of the
Arctic Ocean.
In addition, given the importance of the Arctic Ocean as a
regulator of global climate, there is a need to understand the
implications of the changing role of the Arctic on the global
carbon cycle.
These, and related issues, will be addressed at the
International Conference on Arctic Ocean Acidification. This
conference will also feature the results of the new published AMAP
Arctic Ocean Acidification Assessment.
For a detailed programme and updated
information please click here.
06-08 May 2013 | Darmstadt, Germany
This is the first of a series of IOCS meetings which are
scheduled to take place every two years.
The primary focus of the IOCS meeting is to build and strengthen
the international ocean colour community by providing a structure
and mechanisms to collectively address common issues and goals. The
aim is to achieve the best quality ocean colour data that meet
scientific, environmental, climate and operational needs through
international collaboration and scientific and technological
innovation.
The meeting will encompass:
- satellite instrument
calibration
- in situ data and protocols for
cal/val
- data infrastructure, formats and
distribution
- algorithms and products
- applications, user services and
tools
- international training
opportunities
The Symposium will highlight each of these components through
invited keynote speeches, splinter sessions, poster sessions and
open floor discussions, with the overarching theme of the IOCS
meeting being “Building of Ocean Colour Climate Data
Records”. In addition to providing a forum to develop a
strong voice for the community, the meeting will also offer an
opportunity to interact and collaborate with other ocean colour
scientists.
The symposium is convened by the International Ocean Colour
Coordinating Group (IOCCG) in partnership with, and thanks
to the generous sponsorship of NASA and EUMETSAT. Other
meeting sponsors include ESA and CNES which are
gratefully acknowledged.
The full program will be finalized in the next few months. At
this time we invite proposals for splinter sessions encompassing
the overarching theme of the meeting. For more information please
see
Splinter Session Proposals.
For more information please click here.
24-28 June 2013 |
Brisbane, Australia
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) was established in 2003
to promote geosciences and its application for the benefit of
humanity, specifically in Asia and Oceania and with an overarching
approach to global issues.
Asia- Oceania region is particularly vulnerable to natural
hazards, accounting for almost 80% human lives lost globally. AOGS
is deeply involved in addressing hazard related issues through
improving our understanding of the genesis of hazards through
scientific, social and technical approaches.
AOGS holds annual conventions providing a unique opportunity of
exchanging scientific knowledge and discussion to address important
geo-scientific issues among academia, research institution and
public.
Recognizing the need of global collaboration, AOGS has developed
good co-operation with other international geo-science societies
and unions such as the European Geosciences Union (EGU), American
Geophysical Union (AGU), International Union of Geodesy and
Geophysics (IUGG), Japan Geo-science Union (JpGU), and Science
Council of Asia (SCA).
To register for AOGS please click here.
30
June - 04 July 2013 | Plymouth
University
Call for Abstracts
The theme of the four-day 12th IEBS Symposium is "An Integrated
Approach to Estuarine Biogeochemistry". We aim to explore what we
know, and what we don't know, about estuarine and coastal
biogeochemistry, and evaluate our ability to predict estuarine
processes at a time of great natural and man-induced environmental
change. Holistic approaches to the biogeochemistry and modelling of
estuarine and coastal processes will be addressed, including the
controls imposed by physical processes and process-oriented
research in biogeochemistry. The Symposium will encompass a wide
spectrum of analytes in the estuarine and coastal setting,
including metals, radionuclides, organic micropollutants, nutrients
and organic carbon, as well as emerging contaminants such as
pharmaceuticals and nanoparticles.
The Symposium will be of interest to estuarine and marine
chemists, geochemists, biologists, ecologists, physicists and
modellers, and regulators, policy makers and environmental
consultants.
Oral or poster presentations will be invited on the
following themes:
• Physical processes and their control on
biogeochemistry
• Sediment-water interactions
• Biogeochemistry of emerging contaminants
• Processes affecting nutrients and organic
carbon
• Biological-chemical interactions in
estuaries
• Integrated modelling of estuarine
processes
• Processes in tropical and mangrove systems
For the conference flyer please click here.
23 August - 02 September
2013
The 6th SOLAS Summer School will take place from 23 Aug - 2
Sept, 2013 in Xiamen University, China.
The purpose of the Summer School is to
expose graduate students and young scientists to recent
developments and methodologies in the study of biogeochemical and
physical feedbacks between the
ocean and atmosphere in a changing
environment.
It is for the first time to be held in
Xiamen, China after 5 continuous successful schools in
Cargese, Corsica, France
The deadline for applications is 01 February,
2013.
03-05 September 2013 | Plymouth University
EMSEA was established to facilitate the exchange of success
stories and good practices in marine education across Europe, to
provide a networking directory for marine educators and organize
conferences to allow educators and scientists to share their vision
for effective and innovative learning in both formal and informal
education.
The inaugural conference in Plymouth will be a mix of plenary
sessions, workshops and fieldtrips with plenty of opportunity for
networking. The aim of the conference is to facilitate the exchange
of ideas for the teaching of marine education in both formal and
informal education, the use of new and innovative teaching
practices, discuss the development of Ocean Literacy across Europe,
developlinks between scientists and educators and increase the
network of marine educators across Europe.
We would like to invite educators and scientists to either
present a paper or submit a poster* in one of the three themes:
Ocean Literacy in a European context - progress and European
experience, Marine Education in Practice and Linking science with
marine education.
Please submit an abstract with a title and the content of your
presentation or poster using the Conference-Papers
management site by 1st March 2013.
You can find more information on the conference
here.
24-26 September 2013 | Huelva
The last 20 years have been an exciting period in the Neogene
research on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. During this time, the
Regional Committee on Atlantic Neogene Stratigraphy (RCANS) has
made intense efforts to organize international meetings and
interim-colloquiums that help to establish bonds of cooperation and
friendship between researchers from both sides of the Atlantic.
This long road has gone through Portugal (1992), France (1994),
Spain (1997), Morocco (2003) and Argentina (2008).
In 2013, RCANS commemorates its 20th anniversary by celebrating the
V RCANS Congress in Huelva, Spain. The main topics include
sea-level and climatic changes, the record of high-energy events
(tsunamis and storms), high-resolution biostratigraphy, climate
change and human population or the Neogene geological
heritage.
Huelva is located in southwestern Spain where the Mediterranean
climate and the Atlantic influence combine in a geological and
geographic space of unique beauty and color. This natural harmony
has its maximum expression in the Doñana National Park, a Biosphere
Reserve to be visited during this event.
To register please click here.
23-27 June 2014 | Bergen, Norway
The next IMBER open science conference will focus on 'Future
Oceans - Research for marine sustainability: multiple stressors,
drivers, challenges and solutions'.
For more information please click
here.