NEW OCB-relevant meeting session list
2024
*OCB-led activity
**OCB co-sponsored activity
March 13: 10 am ET 2025-2035 Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences for the National Science Foundation Public Interim Report Webinar. This report focuses on science priorities that can only be answered with scientific ocean drilling and the infrastructure needed to progress those priorities. The findings and conclusions included in this report will be used to inform the recommendations to NSF in the final report on the 2025-2035 Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences, due out in early 2025. The webinar is intended to provide the public with an opportunity to learn about the report's findings and conclusions and submit questions to members of the authoring committee. Please register to attend.
March 19, 26 and April 9: The White House National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Fast-Track Action Committee (MCDR–FTAC) invites all interested parties to a series of listening sessions to inform the development of an implementation plan regarding marine carbon dioxide removal (MCDR) research. The listening sessions will give an introduction to the MCDR-FTAC and provide an opportunity for interested parties to provide input. The sessions will be organized around three themes: 1) Permitting, regulatory, and other standards and policies, 2) Developing a comprehensive federal MCDR research program, and 3) Mechanisms to enable public awareness and engagement. You may attend as many sessions as you wish. The sessions are as follows:
Theme 1: Permitting, regulatory, and other standards and policies. The FTAC seeks feedback on how the U.S. government intends to apply relevant domestic and international frameworks to regulating MCDR research, including field tests in the ocean.
March 19th, 12:30 – 2:30 EST Registration: https://pitc.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIsdeyopjkqHWVAQLMcMg0Yej0K6Jyednk
Theme 2: Comprehensive Federal MCDR research program. The FTAC seeks feedback on a Federal research program that will accelerate the development of the knowledge needed to understand the effectiveness and safety of MCDR approaches.
March 26th, 12:30 – 2:30 EST Registration: https://pitc.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItf-6orzgpGHu6D2PnoHlx00k8wjg5Hvk
Theme 3: Mechanisms to enable public awareness and public-private cooperation. The FTAC seeks feedback on how to enable public engagement in MCDR research and how to promote cooperation between the Federal government and non-Federal parties on MCDR research, including field tests.
April 9th, 12:30 – 2:30 EST Registration: https://pitc.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIscu2oqj8sH9ir171uayKrJ75F4H6VdUM
If you plan to attend, please register using the links above. Zoom room information will be provided to those that RSVP. Please note that, depending on session attendance, public comments may be limited to 3 minutes per person (subject to further notice). For more information regarding the MCDR and the scope of the MCDR-FTAC, please see the Federal Register Notice here. In addition to attending the listening sessions, you may also submit input there.
March 12-14: Socio-oceanography 2024 (National Oceanography Centre, Southampton)
March 13-15: US CLIVAR Confronting Earth System Model Trends with Observations (abstract submission open)
March 17-22: ICES-PICES Zooplankton Production Symposium (Hobart, Australia)
March 18-20: US CLIVAR Blocking and Extreme Weather in a Changing Climate (abstract submission opening soon)
March 21 1600 UTC: JETZON open call with 2 talks: Spatial and seasonal pattern of the oceanic carbonate pump: combining particulate inorganic carbon flux and remote sensing observation - Jordan Toullec (U.Gent, Belgium) and Field metabolic rates of mesopelagic fishes quantified using a new stable-isotope based respiratory proxy - Clive Trueman (U.Southampton, UK). If you would like to attend this (or any subsequent) call please join the JETZON email list. You only need to join the email list once. You will then automatically be emailed the Zoom link the day before each call. You can contact us to be removed from the email list at any time. The recordings of the two excellent talks in February and other previous calls are available here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd-85xguXhYhnt47ai1UzluP0I914tidc
*April 2-4: OCB Benthic Ecosystem & Carbon Synthesis (BEC) Working Group Meeting (Dedham, MA)
April 10-12: 2024 Ocean Decade Conference (Barcelona, Spain)
*April 23-25: Joint OCB/US CLIVAR Workshop: Pathways Connecting Climate Changes to the Deep Ocean (Lewes, DE)
May 27-30: 8th WMO Workshop on the Impact of Various Observing Systems on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) and Earth System Prediction (ESP) that will be organized by WMO and hosted by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) in Sweden, at the SMHI main office in Norrköping. This upcoming 8th Workshop will focus on assessing the impacts of various observing systems in all Earth system domains on NWP. However, the scope will be extended to also encompass the impact assessment of the various observing systems, to other Earth system applications. We strongly encourage our community to look through the identified science questions relevant to marine biogeochemistry, especially S1.12-16 related to surface-based observing systems, and S2.9 related to space-based observing systems, and consider submitting an abstract. The abstract submission is open until 15 December 2023. The Workshop will be held in a hybrid format (in-person and remote participation will be enabled) and will be conducted in English. Participation in the workshop is free of charge. There is no workshop fee. For more information, please visit the WMO website.
May 27-31: 55th International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics "Ocean Extremes", Liège, Belgium. Call for abstracts open. Deadline January 26
*June 10-13: OCB Summer Workshop (Woods Hole, MA)
June 10-15: International Underwater Glider Conference at Reveljen in Gothenburg, Sweden. This will be the 9th EGO meeting, supported by the OceanGliders and the EuroGOOS Glider Task Team. The call for abstracts will open in September 2023. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact louise.biddle@voiceoftheocean.org or vturpin@ocean-ops.org
June 17-21: 9th International Symposium on Metallomics, Bush House, London, UK
July 29 – August 2: 11th International Carbon Dioxide Conference, Manaus, Brazil. Abstracts due March 15.
August 18-23: Goldschmidt Conference, Chicago. Abstract submission deadline March 29. Session 8e: Biogeochemical cycling in river deltas: mechanisms of carbon, nutrient, and trace element cycling that modulate the global carbon cycle
September 10-12: Pioneer MAB Array Community Workshop, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. Application to participate. Application Deadline: March 26, 2024
September 23-26: IMBER IMBIZO7: Transitioning towards sustainable ocean governance by 2030: Commitments and challenges, Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II (IAV) in Rabat, Morocco. Workshop 1: Science based adaptive management and policy responses to the causes and consequences of eutrophication abstracts due 17 March
October 6-11: Ocean Optics XXVI, The Leading International Conference on the Optics of Inland, Coastal and Ocean Waters, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
October 19-24: 9th Dissertations Symposium in Chemical Oceanography (DISCO XXIX), Lihue, Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi. This symposium is for recent graduates or soon to graduate, chemical oceanography related PhD-level scientists interested in pursuing a career in academia or research laboratories. Apply by April 26. For more information, please contact Dr. Chris Sabine at DISCO@soest.hawaii.edu
October 19-24: 13th Physical Oceanography Dissertation Symposium (PODS), Lihue, Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi. This symposium is for recent graduates or soon to graduate, physical oceanography related PhD-level scientists interested in pursuing a career in academia or research laboratories. Apply by April 26. For more information, please contact Dr. Glenn Carter at PODS@soest.hawaii.edu
November 10-14: SOLAS Open Science Conference (Goa, India)
November 17-22: Chemical, Biogeochemical, and Physical Drivers of the Coupled Polar Atmosphere an Climate: An International Polar Year 2032-33 Planning Workshop (Hybrid). The international initiatives CATCH, PACES, BEPSII, ASPeCt and QUiesCENT will hold a joint workshop at the Centre Paul Langevin, Aussois, France.
November 18-22: OceanPredict Symposium – OP ’24, Maison de l’UNESCO in Paris, France. REGISTRATION opening and more information coming soon!