Fish and Fisheries at the Food-Water-Energy Nexus

Organized through the World Council of Fisheries Societies, every four years delegates from around the world meet to exchange ideas and perspectives about new research, emerging issues, scientific breakthroughs, and governance related to fisheries science, industry, conservation, and management. 

Join us in 2024 as we explore the congress theme of Fish and Fisheries at the Food-Water-Energy Nexus. We are preparing a program composed of an opening plenary, general sessions, education workshops, and planned symposia related to sustainability, fish and aquatic ecosystems, fisheries and society, and innovations in fisheries.

As host city, Seattle is an ideal location for an international fish and fisheries conference, with an international airport, a light rail system, and public transportation. Home to several academic, governmental and industry leaders in fish and fisheries sciences, Seattle has a vibrant downtown surrounded by verdant forests, snowcapped mountains, lakes and rivers, Puget Sound, and several National Parks.

Unifying the oceans community to share findings, connect scientists from around the world, and advance the impact of science.

The Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) is the flagship conference for the ocean sciences and the larger ocean-connected community.  The 2024 meeting will be held in New Orleans 18-23 February 2024. 

We welcome a diverse community of scientists, students, journalists, policymakers, educators and organizations who are working toward a world where our global collaborations and partnerships can carry us into a sustainable future.

Connecting Science & Communities for Sustainable Seas

PICES-2023 occurs just a few years into the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and is a chance to assess PICES progress to date and set a path for the rest of the Decade. The meeting will focus on developing and strengthening PICES diverse partnerships, building on existing joint activities and promoting cross-fertilization. Priorities for PICES within the Decade focus on climate change, fisheries and ecosystem-based management, social, ecological and environmental dynamics of marine systems, coastal communities, traditional ecological knowledge and human dimensions. Opportunities to engage new partners, especially around the cross-cutting themes of Early Career Ocean Professionals, diverse communities, and engaging with local and Indigenous communities are especially encouraged.

Monitoring Biodiversity for Action

The Global Conference on Biodiversity and Monitoring is organized by GEO BON and its partners between 10-13 October 2023 in Montreal, Canada.

One year after COP15 of the UN CBD and the landmark agreement of a Global Biodiversity Framework, the GEO BON global conference will focus on the grand challenge of ‘Monitoring Biodiversity for Action’. A central theme will be the development of best practices and new technologies for biodiversity observations and monitoring to support transformative policy and conservation action.

The conference will offer a venue for sharing and exchanging scientific and traditional knowledge related to biodiversity change, from genes to ecosystems; the associated contributions to people, across all sectors of society; and its conservation, sustainable use and shared benefits.

We invite researchers, policy-makers, Indigenous peoples and local communities, conservation organizations, businesses and others in the financial sector to join us in Montreal.

The Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) annual conference in 2023 will be a hybrid meeting, hosted in Hobart, Tasmania.

Situated on the Hobart waterfront, home to the finishers of the annual Sydney to Hobart Regatta, the Hobart Conference Center is the ideal place to interact in person with colleagues about biodiversity data standards, or remotely if you are unable to travel. TDWG 2023 will again be a hybrid conference, encouraging our diverse community to engage and promote the important work of Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG).

ICES ANNUAL SCIENCE CONFERENCE 2023

#ICESASC23

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Join us for the marine science event of the year at Palacio Euskalduna​ in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain!

The ASC 2023 will be a hybrid conference with possibilities to participate both in person and online. Read more about the hybrid format.

2023 Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon

The field of ecology has much to offer in addressing pressing ecological problems at all scales. Ecologists working in the private sector (e.g., as consultants, for industry, or in NGOs) and public sector (for resource management agencies or regulatory bodies) are the professionals most responsible for transferring ecological science to effectively manage, conserve, and restore species and ecosystems. The ESA annual meeting provides a tremendous opportunity to engage private- and public-sector ecologists with academic ecologists who generate the science; however, this opportunity has historically largely been missed due to a lack of programming that would attract non-academics. This year’s theme seeks to help create an ESA for All Ecologists by providing programming and inviting sessions that better engage private- and public-sector ecologists by highlighting projects that are implementing ecological science, collaborating across sectors, educating future scientists and decision makers, and disseminating basic and applied ecology research to those who need it most.

2023 Pathway to Increase Standards and Competency of eDNA Surveys (PISCeS) International Conference!

The University of Guelph is pleased to host a second eDNA conference on June 18-20, 2023. Academia, regulators, industry, NGO’s, and Indigenous partners are invited to join in a discussion on Pathways to Increase Standards and competency of Environmental DNA Surveys. The intent of the conference is to explore and inform public policy, industry strategies and future research on eDNA

Resilience and Recovery in Aquatic Systems

Concepts of resilience and recovery do not only apply to aquatic ecosystems but also to societies when faced with disruptions and crises. Past events have shown that adaptability and decisiveness are important keys to resilience and recovery. Disruptions are opportune moments for setting up strategies for management and recovery. Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, ASLO meetings have adapted by transforming the ASM 2021 Palma meeting to virtual with a positive attitude that in 2023 we will recover and meet in-person. Positivity is also an important factor. We do not dwell on problems, but we try to look for solutions and get united for whatever crisis we face.

We will incorporate the theme of resilience and recovery in aquatic systems into the plenary sessions and encourage submissions that examine these topics and invite you to contribute special sessions on topics relevant to freshwater and marine ecosystems.

For Aquatic Monitoring and Data Management

PNAMP and StreamNet are teaming up once again to bring together monitoring professionals, project managers, field data collectors, data managers, and data consumers for a three-day event focused on emerging technologies in aquatic monitoring. 

This is the perfect event for you if you want to...

• Learn about the latest technologies in aquatic monitoring for data collection, data management, and data visualization.

• Share how you’ve improved your work with technology.

• Network with other monitoring professionals implementing technologies in new ways.

International Seminar on New Paradigm and
Innovation on Natural Science and Its Application

International Seminar on New Paradigm and Innovation on Natural Sciences and its Application (ISNPINSA) is annual conference organized by the Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics (FSM), Diponegoro University (UNDIP), Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. This seminar has been successfully conducted since 2011 and therefore becoming an annual event since then.

 The objectives of ISNPINSA are to facilitate brain storming and state of the art information in field of sciences and mathematics; to increase innovation of technology that can be applied in industries; to contribute in formulating strategy to increase the role of science for community; and to stimulate collaboration between industries, researchers and government to increase community welfare. The theme of 12th ISNPINSA in 2022 is “Contribution of Science and Technology in the Changing World”.

The ICES Annual Conference will be held both online and in-person. Registration is now open. There are limited travel funds for Early Career Scientists from ICES member countries as well as US academic institutions.

Learn more and register!

This workshop will follow the First National Conference on Marine Environmental DNA, held November 29-30, 2018 at the Rockefeller University in New York. The first workshop focused on establishing a long-term vision for eDNA as a powerful, dependable, and efficient tool for ocean observation. This workshop will build on that success by identifying the opportunities for partnerships between researchers and agencies to close science research gaps and transition molecular methods into environmental management.

Learn more and register!