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One Ocean Week is an annual event created to raise awareness and share knowledge about the ocean's role in sustainable development from a global perspective. The event takes place in Bergen and brings together stakeholders from research, education, business, public (...) Read more.
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Aligned with the European Union’s Ocean Pact and the Startup and Scale-up Strategy, the Blue Tech Europe 2026 Conference will showcase cutting-edge technological developments emerging from the academic sector and key EU research infrastructures. The event will focus on strengthening collaboration (...) Read more.
Member of the European Parliament Rasmus Nordqvist and Aarhus University Department of Ecoscience are delighted to invite you to "Arctic Horizons: Blue Food and Sustainable Futures for the EU”. This event will address how the EU can seize opportunities for sustainable Blue (...) Read more.
The workshop explores how the EU seafood market has adapted to three major shocks over the past five years: COVID-19, Brexit, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. COVID-19 disrupted demand and logistics, Brexit introduced structural trade frictions and fisheries management adjustments, (...) Read more.
The upcoming Marine Shield Cluster webinar “From Monitoring to Remediation”, will bring together EU-funded projects working on innovative solutions to tackle marine pollution. The webinar will take place on 23 April 2026 11:00 CEST. The European Marine Board, as partner of the RHE-MEDiation project, will (...) Read more.
This first online training session will introduce the NECCTON project and and its innovative outcomes from marine ecosystem modelling, which are expected to be integrated into the Copernicus Marine Service catalogue in the coming years. Through a series of expert presentations and live demonstrations on NECCTON's Ocean Viewer, participants (...) Read more.
Organised in the context of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union, this conference will bring together leaders from ocean science, policy, industry, finance, and innovation to explore how Europe can accelerate the transition from ocean research and innovation to policy impact and market deployment. The (...) Read more.
The European Global Ocean Observing System (EuroGOOS) conference offers an opportunity to discuss how well our Ocean monitoring and forecasting are supporting societal and policy needs. The event facilitates dialogue among a broad range of Ocean observing and forecasting stakeholders, towards a fit-for-purpose Ocean information delivery. (...) Read more.
The EMD 2026 is organised by the European Commission, the Shipping Deputy Ministry of Cyprus and the Limassol Municipality. This event's programme will showcase plenary sessions with keynote speeches on the latest developments of European maritime policies, workshops organised by maritime stakeholders, an exhibition, etc. In (...) Read more.
Save the date! The Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership will host a workshop at European Maritime Day 2026 on how the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework can support a truly “blue” transition. The session will look at:embedding ocean priorities in National (...) Read more.
The OCEANOISE Conference Series brings together international experts working on ocean noise to exchange knowledge and discuss recent developments in science, technology, and regulation. The conference will take place in Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona), Spain, from 25 to 29 May (...) Read more.
The Waves of Change: AI for the ocean and coastal territories Forum will explore AI as one of the tools used to better understand, protect, and support marine and coastal ecosystems and accelerate solutions. Join this Forum for collective intelligence (...) Read more.
Mark your calendars for the European Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) Week, taking place 1–5 June 2026 in Brussels. Organised by the European MSP Platform in collaboration with the European Commission, this year’s event will bring together policymakers, experts, and practitioners to advance sustainable maritime (...) Read more.
This summer school, organised by OGS, will focus on "Building Capacities for an Innovative and Resilient Sustainable Blue Economy," and includes two unique Interreg Italy-Croatia Programmes that will complement one another within the framework of the Blue Skills initiative: The Interreg MareSkill (...) Read more.
Seagriculture EU 2026 will gather top speakers, who will share their know-how within seaweed for feed, food, offshore cultivation, biorefinery of seaweed, and much more. The Seagriculture conference has built up a solid reputation as the leading conference for the (...) Read more.
The next edition of ISOBAY will be held from 16 to 18 June 2026, hosted by AZTI. This international symposium brings together researchers and professionals to exchange knowledge and advances in the oceanography of the Bay of Biscay and surrounding regions. The (...) Read more.
The EU Macro‑Regional & Sea Basin Strategies Days 2026 will take place on 1–2 July 2026 in Brussels. This event is co‑organised by DG MARE and EU in my Region. The event will explore shared challenges and opportunities across Europe’s macro‑regional and (...) Read more.
The European Marine Biology Symposium, which has been held biennially since 1966, brings together marine biologists, ecologists, oceanographers, blue biotechnologists, and environmental scientists from Europe and beyond to exchange ideas, present cutting-edge research, and discuss emerging challenges and opportunities in marine science. (...) Read more.
You are invited to participate in ECSA 61 and contribute your recent findings in all aspects of coastal and estuarine sciences. Building on the results of several Horizon Europe projects it is a unique opportunity to show the most recent advances (...) Read more.
The next CommOCEAN conference will take place 2-3 September 2026 in the beautiful coastal city of Bergen on the west coast of Norway. The University of Bergen will host the conference on behalf of the Norwegian Marine University Consortium. More information will be up soon on the CommOCEAN webpage.
The International Conference on Ocean Energy Ocean Energy Europe (ICOE OEE 2026) is the place to showcase your recent technical developments, lessons learnt, achievements and important discussions. Joining the most important events in the sector, it is a unique opportunity to (...) Read more.
This international meeting focuses on showcasing the latest breakthroughs and innovations driving the blue economy and brings together researchers, industry leaders, technology developers, public authorities, and investors. Exhibitors benefit from unique visibility among a high-level audience combining business to business opportunities with scientific excellence. Participants attend to explore, connect, and engage with the technologies, services, and research shaping the sustainable ocean of tomorrow. Booth booking are now open. Find out more here.
The 9th International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals (9th ISDSC) will take place from 2-5 November 2026, in Barcelona, Spain. This will be the first time the ISDSC is hosted in the Mediterranean Sea. Registration and abstract submission are now open! Early (...) Read more.
The seventh edition of the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity (WCMB 2026) will be held in Bruges, Belgium, hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). The conference has been endorsed as a UN Ocean Decade Event. Taking place midway through the Decade, it will provide a (...) Read more.
The 7th edition of the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity will be organized in Bruges between November 17th and 20th 2026. Find out more about the venue here. The WCMB 2026 will fly the UN Ocean Decade flag, as it has been endorsed (...) Read more.
AlgaEurope is a unique opportunity to learn and understand all about algae production and commercialization and interact with over 400 key players from more than 45 countries. One of the key success factors of AlgaEurope is the close cooperation between EABA (...) Read more.
Co-organized by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, Brazil’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), and the City of Rio de Janeiro, the 2027 Ocean Decade Conference will build on the outcomes of the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona, Spain, (...) Read more.
The global symposium on Ecosystem Approaches to Fisheries that substantially launched ecosystem-oriented fisheries management approaches was held in Reykjavik in 2001. It is now time to evaluate over two decades of fisheries work in an ecosystem context, given the multiple (...) Read more.