IMBeR West Pacific Symposium Submission Deadline Extended: October 10th, 2021

In response to many requests of submission deadline extension, we have decided to postpone the due date to October 10th, 2021. We sincerely appreciate all of you who have submitted by the first deadline.  And we are very pleased to be able to announce our confirmed keynote speakers so far, they are: Peter J. Mumby, University of Queensland Makoto Tsuchiya, University of the Ryukyus Shakuntala Thilsted, WorldFish Center Fan Wang, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Michelle La Rue, University of Canterbury Jie Yin, East China Normal University

Welcome to join us wherever you are! Please note, there is no charge for this online event.

Register and/or submit an abstract here

Session 1: Coastal Blue Carbon: Measurements, Modeling, and Assessment Moderator: Jianwu Tang, East China Normal University Download the session flyer

Session 2: Strengthening Coral Reef Resilience to Climate Change and Human Impacts Co-moderators: Thamasak Yeemin, Ramkhamhaeng University Takashi Nakamura, University of the Ryukyus Download the session flyer

Session 3: Dried Small Fish: Ecology, Value Chains and Nutrition Co-moderators: Nireka Weeratunge, International Centre for Ethnic Studies Derek Johnson, University of Manitoba Download the session flyer

Session 4: Ecosystem-Social Interactions in the Coastal Sea Co-moderators: Su Mei Liu, Ocean University of China Suvaluck Satumanatpan, Mahidol University Download the session flyer

Session 5: Towards the Sustainable Indo-Pacific Region (IPR): Marine Biogeochemistry and Biodiversity Co-moderators: Shan Jiang, East China Normal University Aazani binti Mujahid, University Malaysia Sarawak Deo Florence L. Onda, University of the Philippines Romanus Edy Prabowo, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman Jing Zhang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University / East China Normal University Download the session flyer

Session 6: Marine Extreme Events: Impacts, Forecasting, and Risk Management Moderator: Alistair Hobday, CSIRO Download the session flyer

Session 7: Connectivity of the West Pacific and Southern Ocean: The Importance of Oceanic Top Predators Co-moderators: Jaimie Cleeland, University of Tasmania / Australian Antarctic Division Luis A. Huckstadt, University of California Santa Cruz / University of North Carolina Wilmington Download the session flyer

Session 8: Ecosystem, Biogeochemistry, and Interventions in the Western Pacific and its Marginal Seas: Beyond the Disciplinary Borders Co-moderators: Hiroaki Saito, The University of Tokyo Ying Wu, East China Normal University Download the session flyer

Expected output

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography Editors-in-Chief: Javier Arístegui, Kenneth Drinkwater, Walker Smith and Jing Zhang Accepted authors will be invited to submit a full paper for a special issue in Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography following the instructions that will be communicated later on.

Other options for special issues from the symposium will be considered, as the process is still ongoing.

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