Colombia 2018: International Conference on Marine Science. Towards a sustainable ocean
November 19th – 23rd, 2018
Universidad Nacional de Colombia – Medellín Campus
AUDITORIUM ALEJANDRO LÓPEZ
CAMPUS ROBLEDO – M3 BLOCK, SECOND FLOOR
Cra. 80 # 65-223, Medellín Antioquia
The ‘Colombia 2018: International Conference on Marine Science’ brings together researchers, practitioners and educators to exchange and share their experiences in answering fundamental environmental and socio-economical questions related to marine ecosystems in Latin America. It provides an interdisciplinary forum for discussing environmental change and its impact on ecosystems and society, the sustainable use of marine and coastal ecosystems, as well as technological advances.
The conference will be open to students and professionals from all areas of marine science and is jointly organized by the CEMarin and the Interinstitutional Doctorate in Marine Sciences – DICM. The event will focus on five research themes:
- Marine environmental change: From species responses to environmental modeling
- Marine resources: Sustainable use in a changing world
- Ocean and society: The social dimension of ecosystem services
- Oceanography: Understanding the physical processes of atmosphere-ocean interactions
- Water waves: How the ocean affects life
Assistants will be actively involved in:
- Eight plenaries led by leading scientist
- 51 talks from experts and professionals
- Chatting with the keynote speakers
- Networking activities and group discussions
- Poster session
- Study visits to local research groups
- Award for the best talk
- The conference will be followed by the LatWaves2018: 3rd Latin American Symposium on Water Waves
Program
Program ICMS_COL2018 by Corporación CEMarin on Scribd
Oral presentations
The talks will be conducted in English and will have a duration of 15 minutes (~12-13 minutes talk plus 2-3 minutes of questions by the public).
Posters
Vertical posters must not exceed the dimensions of 70 x 110 cm in width and height.
The speed talks for the poster session will be in English and will have a duration of 5 minutes.
Registration fee: $60.000 COP — US$ 20.00
Registration is now closed
The organizers will grant:
- Six domestic and six international travel grants for participants with an oral presentation (apply through the submission form)
Scientific committee:
- Andrés Osorio (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia)
- Andrés Franco (Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Colombia)
- Diego Valderrama (George Mason University, USA)
- Jenny Leal (Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia)
- Fernando Zapata (Universidad del Valle, Colombia)
- Thomas Wilke (Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany)
Keynote speakers
Some of our keynote speakers will be:
Patricia Miloslavich
Marine Biodiversity
Universidad Simón Bolivar, Venezuela
Javier López Lara
Engineering and Marine Technology
Universidad de Cantabria – IHCantabria, Spain
Takuji Waseda
Oceanography and Marine Technology
The University of Tokyo, Japan
Maren Ziegler
Biological and Enviromental Science
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology – KAUST, Saudi Arabia and Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany
Nelson Violante-Carvalho
Physical Oceanography
Universidad Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alec Torres Freyermuth
Oceanography
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
More information: info@cemarin.org
Organized jointly by CEMARIN and DICM
Sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service – DAAD
The book of abstracts of the ICMS 2018 has been published. It contains 74 abstracts of oral presentations and posters of the participants. Please download the document here.
