February 2012
Metocean Awareness Course
An essential course providing a greater understanding of metocean and its implications for offshore design and operations.
15-17 February, 2012
Perth, Western Australia
Sixth Global Oceans Conference
20-24 February 2012 (tentative)
Location: TBA
Note: The Sixth Global Oceans Conference will take place prior to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) and will seek to provide input into the Rio+20 process.
World Oceans Summit
The Economist’s World Oceans Summit will examine how the increasing activity in and around the oceans can be managed sustainably and what this means for business and other key stakeholders.
22-24 February 2012
Capella, Singapore
March 2012
Planet Under Pressure: New knowledge towards solutions
26-29 March 2012
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 19 August 2011
London, UK
April 2012
Oceans of Change - 2nd ICES/PICES Conference
for Early Career Scientists
Climate effects on marine ecosystems, Managing marine resources, Old paradigms, new tools, and more ...
24-27 April 2012
Majorca Island, Spain
May 2012
6th World Fisheries Congress
7-11 May 2012
Edinburgh, Scotland
Second International Symposium - Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans
15-19 May 2012
Yeosu, Korea
Abstracts submission open from 1 August 2011 & close 15 December 2011
2012 International Conference on Climate Adaptation
The conference focuses on adaptation to climate variability and change. The conference will bring together researchers, policy makers, and practitioners from developed and developing countries to share insights into the challenges and opportunities that adaptation presents.
Registration & abstracts open: September 5th 2011
Deadline for abstracts: January 30th 2012
Deadline for funding assistance requests: January 30th 2012
Deadline for early discounted registration: March 1st 2012
29 May - 31 May 2012
Tucson, Arizona USA
June 2012
Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
June 4-6, 2012
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Climate Adaptation in Action 2012
‘Sharing knowledge to adapt.’
June 26-28, 2012
Submissions will be open until 31 January 2012 for abstracts up to 300 words that describe the main points of the work to be presented.
Sebel Hotel, Albert Park
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
July 2012
12th International Coral Reef Symposium
9-13 July 2012
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
September 2012
The Ocean in a High-Co2 World: Ocean Acidification, Third Symposium
24-27 September 2012
1 April 2012: Abstract deadline
15 June 2012: Early registration deadline (reduced fee)
Monterey, California USA
December 2011
First International Symposium on Impacts & Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Small Island Developing States
Abstract Submission Deadline: September 12, 2011
Notification of Acceptance: September 30, 2011
Authors Registration: October 3, 2011
12-14 December, 2011
Zanzibar, Tanzania
November 2011
World Congress for Man and Nature - “Global Climate Change & Biodiversity Conservation”
11-13 November, 2011
Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, (Uttarakhand), India
Coastal Management 2011
Innovative coastal planning, Social, environmental and climatic change
15-16 November 2011
Belfast, UK
Handling the Heat: Climate Change Adaptation Research in the Central Coast and Hunter
The greater Newcastle region is one of the fastest growing areas in Australia. Increasing population and development, coupled with the potential risks from climate change, provide a number of challenges and opportunities for this dynamic region.
Lecture Theatre CT202, Computing and Information Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus
10am to 4pm, RSVP
23rd November 2011
Newcastle, NSW Australia
2011 Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of Australia
Ecology in Changing Landscapes
21-25 November 2011
Hobart, Tasmania
October 2011
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration NOAA’s 36th Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop
3-6 October 2011
Texas, USA
Climate Change Adaptation National Congress
What is clear is that adaptation needs to be part of our planning and risk management now.
13-14 Oct 2011
Melbourne, Australia
Seafood Directions Conference 2011
“The Productivity Challenge”
23-25 October, 2011
Gold Coast, Queensland
September 2011
Rio+20 Friends of the Ocean
Global Ocean Forum at Rio+20
Discussion with UN Delegations to Review Rio+20 Ocean Assessments
September 8, 2011, 1:00 to 5:00 PM (lunch)
New York, NY
4th International Oyster Symposium (IOS4)
15-18 September, 2011
Hobart, Tasmania
Climate Change Network Team Conference 2011(CCNT11)
September 9-13, 2011
London, UK
The Western Australian Marine Science Institute (WAMSI) Conference
19-20 September 2011
Fremantle, Western Australia
Geoengineering the Climate? A Southern Hemisphere Perspective
Symposium to develop a southern hemisphere perspective on possible geoengineering interventions.
26-27 September 2011
Canberra, Australia
World Conference on Marine Biodiversity
Themes include: Climate Change, Marine Policy & Law, Biodiversity - Ecoystem Function
26-30 September 2011
Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Coasts & Ports
Tides and storm surges, Climate change and relative sea-level rise, Coastal Planning, Policy and Management, Climate change adaptation, etc.
28 - 30 September 2011
Perth, Western Australia
August 2011
5th International Symposium on GIS/Spatial Analyses in Fishery and Aquatic Sciences
22-26 August 2011
Wellington, New Zealand
Abstracts to be received by 30 May 2011
Seventh International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions
Patterns of invasion and spread at local, regional, and global scales, New tools for identification, monitoring, risk assessment, and management, and more ...
23-25 August 2011
Barcelona, Spain
Abstracts to be received by 15 April 2011
July 2011
Coastal Zone 11 Conference
Winds of Change: global climate change, invasive species and human induced hazards require new approaches to ocean and coastal resource management.
17-21 July 2011
Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Australian Society for Fish Biology (ASFB) Conference 2011
Fisheries and management, Deep water research, Genetics and population dynamics, and more
22-24 July 2011
Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Abstracts to be received by 6 May 2011
June-July 2011
The 48th Australian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA) Conference
Theme: Crossing Boundaries. Includes First Census of Marine Life 2010 – Highlights of a Decade of Discovery;
Studying large marine fauna – techniques for crossing spatial and temporal boundaries;
Integrating remote sensing and GIS into marine science - and more.
3 - 7 July 2011
Fremantle, Western Australia
Earth on the Edge - Science for a Sustainable Planet
IUGG with member associations incl. International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean
28 June - 7 July 2011
Melbourne, Australia
June 2011
Ninth International Temperate Reefs Symposium
26 June - 01 July 2011
Plymouth, UK
Resilient Cities 2011
3-5 June 2011
Bonn, Germany
May 2011
Coastal Sediments 2011
2-6 May 2011
Miami, Florida, USA
IV International Conference on Integrated Management of Coastal Zones
Biodiversity and coastal processes, Impacts of the climate changes in coastal zones, etc
11-13 May 2011
Santiago de Cuba
The 2nd International Marine Conservation Congress
Making Marine Science Matter
Themes include: Climate change and the oceans,
Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, Conservation at the land/sea interface
14-18 May 2011
Victoria, British Colombia, Canada
Climate Change, Agrifood, Fisheries and Ecosystems
Reinventing Research, Innovation, and Policy Agendas for Environmentally- and Socially-Balanced Growth
19-21 May 2011
Agadir, Morocco
ICES/PICES workshop Biological consequences of a decrease in sea ice in Arctic and sub-Arctic Seas
in conjunction with the 2nd ESSAS Open Science Meeting
22-26 May 2011
Seattle, USA
BioNature 2011 - 2nd International Conference on Bioenvironment, Biodiversity and Renewable Energies
Includes: Oceanic biodiversity, ecosystems and environmental change predictions
22-27 May 2011
Venice, Italy
April 2011
Climate Change and Ocean Carbon - Field Observation, Remote Sensing and Modeling
3-4 April 2011
Xiamen, China
GREENHOUSE 2011: The science of climate change
Convention Centre, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
4-8 April 2011
NCCARF 2001 Climate Change Adaptation Conference
in conjunction with Greenhouse 2011
6 April 2011
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
EC Clima - Estuaries in a Changing Climate
5-8 April 2011
Porto, Portugal
March 2011
Resilience 2011 Conference
11-16 March 2011
Tempe, Arizona. USA
Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation in the Western Indian Ocean
21-23 March 2011
Balaclava, Mauritius.
International Symposium on Isotopes in Hydrology, Marine Ecosystems and Climate Change Studies
27 March - 01 April 2011
Monaco
February 2011
Limnology and Oceanography in a Changing World
13-18 February 2011
San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
January 2011
NCSE 11th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment
Themes include: Coastal ocean change and the potential for adaptation; Oceans and living marine ecosystems; Tipping points; Observing and measuring ocean change for improved stewardship.
19-21 January 2011
Washington, D.C., USA
December 2010
First Australian Earth System Outlook Conference
9-10 December, 2010
Shine Dome, Canberra, ACT.
November 2010
ASPAB Australasian Society of Phycology and Aquatic Botany Conference
15-18 November 2010
Rottnest Island, Western Australia
Environment and Resources of the South Pacific
III International Aquaculture Congress
22-26 November 2010
Viña del Mar, Chile.
October 2010
Coral Reefs in a Changing Environment
7-8 October 2010
Shine Dome, Canberra, Australia
Social dimensions of environmental change and governance
8-9 October 2010
Berlin, Germany
Australia - New Zealand Climate Forum 2010
Southern Hemisphere Climate: features · findings · futures
13-15 October 2010
Hobart, Australia
Coastal Zone Asia Pacific (CZAP) 2010
A Matter of Scale: Challenges in Coastal Governance
17-22 October
Bangkok, Thailand
Climate Change and Impact Assessment
25-26 October 2010
Aalborg, Denmark.
September 2010
Nordic Marine Sciences Conference
13-16 September, 2010, Strömstad, Sweden
Strengthening Institutions to Address Climate Change and Advance a Green Economy - 2nd UNITAR/Yale 2010 Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy
17-19 September 2010
Yale University, New Haven, USA
August 2010
Fifth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
2-5 August 2010
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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