Dear Researcher,
It gives us great pleasure to invite you to the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity 2014 (http://wcmb2014.csp.escience.cn) to be held at Qingdao, China during the 12th and 16th of Oct. with the theme of 'Life in the Changing Ocean'.
WCMB-2014 will take the form of keynote lectures, oral presentations, posters and exhibitions. It will cover topics from recent breakthroughs in Marine Biodiversity. WCMB-2014 will continue to provide a platform for marine scientists to debate on the issues affecting the progress of this emerging field and identify the challenges and opportunities facing the development of marine biodiversity.
We have 6 themes & 12 special sessions:
Theme 1: Marine Biodiversity & Global change
Theme 2: Marine Ecosystem Structure & Function
Theme 3: Marine Ecosystem Safety
Theme 4: Marine Biological Observation
Theme 5: Marine Biological Resources
Theme 6: Deep sea Biodiversity
Session 1: Effects of multiple stressors on ecosystem process, functioning and services
(Convenor: Martin Solan, M.Solan@soton.ac.uk )
Session 2: Marine ecological disaster and biodiversity
(Convenor: Song SUN, sunsong@qdio.ac.cn )
Session 3: Valuation of marine biodiversity and ecosystem services
(Convenor: Shang CHEN, qdcs@163.com )
Session 4: The Energetic Basis for Marine Macroecological Patterns
(Convenor: Craig R. McClain, cmcclain@nescent.org )
Session 5: Linking marine biodiversity science and advice
(Convenor: Henn Ojaveer, henn.ojaveer@ut.ee )
Session 6: Ecological and evolutionary paradigms in marine biology and how meiofauna can be used to address them
(Convenor: Jeroen Ingels, jein@pml.ac.uk )
Session 7: Anthropogenic impacts on deep-sea biodiversity and their consequences
(Convenor: Telmo Morato, telmo@uac.pt )
Sesson 8: Evolution in the Deep Sea: Origins, Adaptation and Diversity
(Convenor: Adrian Glover, a.glover@nhm.ac.uk )
Session 9: From ocean observation to decision making
(Convenor: Ward Appeltans, w.appeltans@unesco.org )
Session 10: Global patterns in marine biodiversity
(Convenor: Mark Costello, m.costello@auckland.ac.nz )
Session 11: Marine Algal Resources & Global Change
(Convenor: Siew Moi Phang, phang@um.edu.my )
Session 12: Microphytobenthos: Advances in understanding- Ecology, Biodiversity and Function
(Convenor: David M. Paterson, Rupert Perkins, dp1@st-andrews.ac.uk )
We look forward to your participation in this influential event in Qingdao. If you are interested, more information can be found at http://wcmb2014.csp.escience.cn
Registration fee information | Registrant categories | Early Registration Fee (before 30 May, 2014) | Regular Registration Fee (after 30 May, 2014) |
| | RMB 3000 (~480 USD) | RMB 4000 (~645 USD) |
Student, Entourage, Retired | RMB 2000 (~320 USD) | RMB 3000 (~480 USD) |
Important Dates
- 2014-05-30 Deadline for Early-bird registration and Abstract submission
- 2014-07-01 Notification for the acceptance of Abstracts
- 2014-08-30 Deadline for the regular registration
From The Organizing Committee
WCMB III Secretariat
Institute of Oceanology,Chinese Academy of Sciences
7 Nanhai Road, Qingdao, 266071, China. Website: http://english.qdio.cas.cn/
Conference email: wcmb@qdio.ac.cn
Conference website: http://wcmb2014.csp.escience.cn
