Scientific Program
Keynotes & Sessions
Keynotes and sessions, open to all participants, will focus on four main sub-themes: (1) Understanding Ocean Processes and Climate in the Indo-Pacific, (2) Ensuring Marine Biodiversity, Food Safety and Security, (3) Maintenance of Ocean Health; and (4) Enhancing Knowledge of Cross-cutting and Emerging Issues.
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* Super El Nino 2015-2016, La Nina (ENSO), and its impacts on the region (tentative)
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* Dynamics of Western Pacific Subtropical High that Shapes Predictability of Summer Monsoon and Tropical Storms
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* Marine Plastics and Microplastics -Threats to Marine Ecosystems
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* Scientific advances in ocean observations and modelling techniques
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* Science-Policy Nexus in the Governance of Marine Biodiversity
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* The broad science agenda of IOC and WESTPAC: from a healthy Indo-Pacific to global sustainability
Sessions
Sub-theme A: Understanding Ocean Processes and Climate in the Indo-pacific (see more details)
A01: Role of the Indo-Pacific Ocean in Regional Climate Change and Variability
A02: Atmospheric Deposition and Biogeochemical Interaction Processes
A03: Risk and Vulnerability Assessment on Coastal Sea-Level related Hazards
A04: Western Boundary Current: Dynamics, Variability and their Impacts on Climate and Marine Ecosystems
A05: Sediment Source-to-Sink Process in the Western Pacific
A06: Past Climate Variations over the Asian Continental Margin
A07: Asian Marginal Seas: Physics, Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem
Sub-theme B: Ensuring Marine Biodiversity, Food Safety and Security (see more details)
B08: Marine Taxonomy and Biogeography
B09: Status, Trends of Marine Biodiversity and Impacts of Climatic and Anthropogenic Stressors
B10: Research and Conservation of Endangered Species
B11: Sustainable Fisheries and Environmentally Friendly Aquaculture
B12: Toxic Marine Organisms and Seafood Safety
Sub-theme C: Maintenance of Ocean Health (see more details)
C13: Chemical Contaminants and Issues of Emerging Concern
C14: Ocean Acidification and its Impacts on Marine Ecosystems
C15: Harmful Algal Blooms
C16: Remote Sensing in Integrated Coastal and Marine Management
C17: Rehabilitation and Conservation of Marine Ecosystems
Sub-theme D: Enhancing Knowledge of Cross-cutting and Emerging Issues (see more details)
D18: Ocean Observations, data and information management in the Indo-Pacific: Major Advances and Challenges
D19: Ocean and Climate Model Development and Applications
D20: Blue Econo my , Renewable Energy and Science Policy and Governance
D21: Coastal Ecosystem Services and Marine Social-economic Analysis
D22: Marine Scientific Advances and Knowledge Gap in the South China Sea