Registration deadline: October 10, 2014!
The Mares Conference on Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation will take place in Olhão, Portugal, from 17 to 21 November 2014. Registration closes next Friday (10 October 2014).
This international and open conference will bring together scientists from different levels and disciplines to discuss and address main issues about marine ecosystems health and conservation. Six themes will be developed through the conference, and for each one a keynote speaker has been invited. Ocean acidification will be addressed within the framework of a special session on future oceans on 18 November. The invited keynote speaker will be Dr Frank Melzner from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel who will deliver a 15-minute introductory presentation, followed by several short interventions from participants.
The detailed scientific programme has been updated and abstracts are now available for reading. Moreover, the scientific and organizing committees are delighted to announce that selected papers from the conference will be published in a special issue of Marine Environmental Research. Authors whose papers are accepted for presentation (oral and poster) are encouraged to submit full length research papers.
For more information about venue, social programme, etc. please visit the Mares conference website at www.maresconference.eu.
