SEAmesterII: first South African floating University

This is SEAmester!! First South African floating University!
I just got back on land after two weeks well spent at sea together with some of the top-experts in the country, teaching Ocean Science to 48 students from South African Universities and Institutions. Find out more about this unique initiative!

SEAmester 2017 invited 48 marine science students from 14 different institutes across South Africa to board the SA Agulhas II for 12 days at sea. The students embarked on a life changing adventure where they leant from lecturers from a broad range of marine disciplines, made lasting friendships, and were exposed to life at sea.

Conferences and meetings in 2016: chose yours now!

Are you looking for a conference to attend next year?! This post will be very useful for you!

Depending on your research field, you can chose among a wide variety of interesting national and international meetings that will be held next year. Lets start!

Are you working in the Southern Ocean and you are a biologist or a physical oceanographer?! Let’s attend SCAR! The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) develops and coordinates high quality international scientific research in the Antarctic region and on the role of this area in the Earth system. One of SCAR’s main object is also to provide advice on Antarctica and the Southern Ocean conservation and management. In 2016 the SCAR conference will be in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from the 20 to the 30 of August. More info here http://www.scar2016.com/index.php

Are you a marine ecologist working on temperate reef?! The 11th international temperate reef symposium (ITRS) will be the best conference for you! This conference brings together the top marine ecologists from all over the world and it’s also an awesome opportunity for young researchers, graduate and undergraduate students to communicate their most novel and exciting findings and to interact with experts in the field. Next year it will be held in Pisa from the 26th to the 30th of June. More info here : http://www.itrs11.org/

If you are working on estuaries or nearby coastal systems, the Estuarine coastal and shelf science (ECSA) 56 event is for you. This year the topic for ECSA is“Coastal systems in transition: from a 'natural' to an 'anthropogenically-modified' state “. ECSA brings together a global multi-disciplinary community of researchers and professionals to discuss and address issues in the science and management of estuaries and coastal areas in light of global change. In 2016 it will be held in Bremen, Germany, from the 4 to the 7 of September. More info here: http://www.estuarinecoastalconference.com/

Are you a physic oceanographer?! Attend the next Ocean Science Meeting, which will be in New Orleans, USA, from the 21 to the 26 of February. This very big conference puts together physical researchers from several fields: from the ocean to the atmosphere. More info here: http://osm.agu.org/2016/welcome/

Many other conferences and workshops will be held next year all around the world. Follow this link from Elsevier on global scientific meetings to be updated on the next event available! http://www.globaleventslist.elsevier.com/

 Choose your conference carefully: think what will be the most interesting and useful event to engage with other researchers and share ideas with people working in your field!!