OCB-relevant sessions at large conferences (OSM, EGU, AGU, CERF...)
2026
*OCB-led activity
**OCB co-sponsored activity
July 12-17: Goldschmidt Conference, Montreal, Canada
June 15-19: IAEA Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre is hosting a second Training Course on Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement – Assessing the Impact on Marine Organisms. Apply by April 30
June 17: The ICOS OTC pCO2 instrument intercomparison webinar, 10:00-11:00 CEST.Tobias Steinhoff (GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel) will present the ICOS Ocean Thematic Centre pCO2 instrument intercomparison, a major study comparing 27 instruments used for surface ocean pCO2 measurements. If you are working in ocean acidification, marine carbon monitoring, or sensor tech, you will not want to miss this upcoming webinar.
August 2-7: Organic Geochemistry Gordon Research Conference Integrating Molecular-Level and Global-Scale Processes, Holderness, New Hampshire
August 17-21: Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Array (GO-BGC) Argo Float Data Workshop, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. Registration is open until the end of April.
August 26-28: 2026 OOIFB Community Workshop: Global Arrays, University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI. Apply by May 12
September 1-4: A new view of plankton in the global ocean: celebrating 10 years of Tara Oceans, a European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) conference. EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual. Abstracts due April 21. Registration deadline July 21
September 8-10: 2026 SCOR Annual Meeting! House of Science and Letters (Tieteiden talo), Helsinki, Finland with option for virtual participation
September 8-11: Deep Ocean Collective Solution Accelerator, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA
September 13-18: Ocean Optics XXVII Conference, Ghent, Belgium
October 11: Small Plastics in the Ocean’s Interior: coherent Analysis and Synthesis for better Scrutiny (SPASS) SCOR Working Group Workshop on Ocean Interior Microplastic Measurement. Join us to discuss methods harmonization for sampling, measurement, and data reporting. Cádiz, Spain. Register by 31.08.2026
October 12-15: 7th DMS(P) Symposium: Sulfur - Carbon Nexus in the SOLAS Sphere, A joint workshop with SCOR, SOLAS, and Schmidt Sciences: Climate, Boothbay Harbor, ME
October 13-16: The Ocean in a High CO₂ World– 6th International Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand
November 5-7: The Southern Geobiology Symposium, University of Texas Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas, TX. Fill out the interest form and follow us on instagram @southerngeobio to stay up to date on symposium updates and events!
December 7-11: 2026 Fall American Geophysical Union (AGU) Meeting, San Francisco, CA
2027
January 12-15: 8th Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences (XMAS 2027) Transformative Science and Technology for a Resilient and Sustainable Ocean, Xiamen, China. Session 23: Observation-based Approaches for Quantifying and Verifying mCDR, Session 58: Carbon Dynamics in Coastal Ocean: Benthic-Pelagic Coupling and Interfacial Fluxes Abstract deadline June 30
The cycling of carbon between organic and inorganic phases is a fundamental driver of coastal and marine biogeochemistry. While much attention is given to lateral transport, a comprehensive understanding of the coastal carbon cycle inherently relies on deciphering the complex vertical fluxes and phase transformations across critical interfaces. Our session aims to bring together scientists focused on the mechanistic pathways of carbon cycling, highlighting the integration of:
• Seawater inorganic carbon chemistry
• Marine organic carbon dynamics
• Sediment early diagenesis
• Air-sea CO2 exchange
We particularly welcome contributions that bridge traditional boundaries—from the sediment-water interface to the air-sea interface—with a strong emphasis on benthic-pelagic coupling, fine-scale interfacial observations, and diagenetic/interfacial
modeling. Dedication: This session is dedicated to the memory of Dr. James Cloern and Dr. Frank Millero, two pioneering leaders in aquatic sciences who passed away in 2025. In honor of their lasting contributions to estuarine ecology and marine physical chemistry, we especially encourage submissions that build upon the rigorous mechanistic research themes advanced by these scholars.
March 2-4: 5th Ocean Visions Biennial Summit, Cartagena, Colombia
June 21-25: 12th International Carbon Dioxide Conference, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
