List of conferences relevant to MPAs and/or marine ecosystem-based management

Last updated: January 13, 2010


January 12-15, 2010 "ICRI General Meeting" Monaco General Meeting of the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) Secretariat; will include a full day dedicated to the Caribbean region Web: icriforum.org/GM24/index.html
February 18-22, 2010 "Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)" San Diego, California, U.S. Theme is "Bridging Science and Society" Web: www.aaas.org/meetings/2010
February 22-26, 2010 "2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting" Portland, Oregon, U.S. Includes a session on marine spatial planning Web: www.agu.org/meetings/os10/
March 6-10, 2010 "International Conference on Coastal Zone Management of River Deltas and Low Land Coastlines" Alexandria, Egypt Themes include coastal change processes and human influence on coasts; coastal modeling and risk management; coastal and beach ecosystems; and more E-mail: nicoastmarine@gmail.com
April 11-17, 2010 "International Conference on Coastal Conservation and Management in the Atlantic and Mediterranean (ICCCM10)" Cascais, Portugal Conference themes include strategic environmental assessment in coastal areas; integrated coastal zone management; living with erosion; and tourism and coastal conservation Web: icccm.dcea.fct.unl.pt/
April 12-13, 2010 "International Symposium on Coastal Zones and Climate Change: Assessing the Impacts and Developing Adaptation Strategies" Churchill, Victoria, Australia Assessing the impacts of climate change in coastal zones (including sea level rise), and examining strategies and policies for adaptation Web: www.monash.edu.au/cemo/czcc2010/
April 19-21, 2010 "Islands 2010: First International Conference on Island Sustainabilityt" Brac Island, Croatia Topics will include climate change, natural resources and economics, tourism strategies, and more  Web: www.wessex.ac.uk/10-conferences/islands-2010.html
June 1-4, 2010 "MPA Workshop: Design of Marine Protected Areas for Chemosynthetic Ecosystems" Dinard, France Formulating a general approach for the design of MPA networks around hydrothermal vents and seeps Web: www.interridge.org/en/node/5951
June 7-11, 2010 "12th Deep-sea Biology Symposium" Reykjavik, Iceland Themes include diversity, reproduction, human impact in the deep sea, and outcomes of the Census projects Web: 12dsbs.hi.is/
June 13-16, 2010 "The Coastal Society's 22nd International Conference" Wilmington, North Carolina, US Providing information and solutions relevant to solving contemporary coastal problems Web: www.thecoastalsociety.org/conference/tcs22/abstract.html
June 15-17, 2010 "Sustainable Ocean Summit" Belfast, UK Held by the World Ocean Council; it is the first international,
cross-sectoral ocean sustainability conference for the private sector
Web: www.oceancouncil.org
June 15-18, 2010 "The Third International Symposium on Research and Management of Eutrophication in Coastal Ecosystems (EUTRO 2010)" Nyborg, Denmark Presenting most recent results and experience in the research and management of coastal eutrophication Web: www.eutro2010.dhi.dk/
June 19-23, 2010 "12th International Symposium on the Interactions between Sediment and Water" Dartington, Devon, U.K. Exploring the state-of-the-art in sediment-water science from catchment to coast, and its contribution toward sustainable management of water-sediment systems Web: www.geog.plymouth.ac.uk/IASWS2011/
July 3-7, 2010 "24th International Congress for Conservation Biology" Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Presenting new developments in conservation science and practice  Web: www.conbio.org/Activities/Meetings/2010/
July 13-16, 2010 "IIFET 2010 (Conference of the International Institute for Fisheries Economics and Trade)" Montpellier, France Theme is "Economics of fish resources and aquatic ecosystems: balancing uses, balancing costs" Web: www.colloque.ird.fr/iifet-2010/
July 23-30, 2010 "The Fisheries Society of the British Isles Annual Conference: Fish and Climate Change" Belfast, UK Bringing together fish biologists of all disciplines and backgrounds who are interested in climate change Web: www.fsbi.org.uk/2010/
July 24-29, 2010 "Coastal Zone Canada 2010" Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada Theme is "Healthy Oceans - Strong Coastal Communities" E-mail: kdcantelo@gov.pe.ca
September 7-10, 2010 "California and the World Ocean (CWO) 2010" San Francisco, California, US Conference theme is "Our Changing Ocean: A Vision for the 21st Century" Web: www.cce.csus.edu/conferences/cnra/cwo2010/index.htm
September 20-24, 2010 "VIII World Sponge Conference" Girona, Spain Including discussion of sponge conservation issues Web: www.spongeconference2010.org
October 25-29, 2010 "6th International Conference on Marine Waste Water Discharges and Coastal Environment (MWWD 2010)" Langkawi, Malaysia Themes include: Environmental Impact Assessment of near-shore and offshore discharges; Environmental aspects of water discharges; Eutrophication and discharge’s impacts on marine biology;bio-indicators of pollution; and more Web: www.mwwd.org/site/page.asp?dsy_id=3331
November 1-3, 2010 "2nd International Conference on Coastal Zones and Engineering (Arabian Coast 2010)" Muscat, Oman Discussing coastal zone management, coastal dynamics and monitoring, waterfront development, risk management, coastal legislation, and more Web: www.arabiancoast2010.org/login.aspx
November 8-11, 2010 "Ecosystems 2010: Global Progress on Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management" Anchorage, Alaska, US Reviewing regional case studies, developing new analytical tools, and discussing practical approaches toward future progress Web: seagrant.uaf.edu/conferences/2010/wakefield-ecosystems/index.php

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