The group is expected to continue to facilitate intersessional consultations on the review of the Commission’s Rules of Procedure and the draft guidelines for reporting in-kind contributions, in addition to its usual remit with regard to programming and budgeting matters.

The group will mainly work by correspondence after the issuance of IOC Circular Letter 2915 under the lead of Prof. Karim Hilmi (Morocco). The group is composed of members from the following Member States: [to be updated by 21/01/2023] Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Japan, Kuwait, Norway, Turkey, UK, and USA.

The work of the IOC Intersessional Financial Advisory Group is carried forward by the sessional Financial Committee established when the Assembly meets in plenary session in June 2023.

IMPAC5 is where we will come together and take a stand to protect the ocean.

Join us in Vancouver, Canada for the 5th International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5), a global forum that brings together ocean conservation professionals and high-level officials to inform, inspire and act on marine protected areas.

3-9 February 2023
Vancouver, Canada

#ProtectBlueNature

The Northern Lights Business & Cultural Showcase is designed to profile Eastern Arctic & North business, industry, history, and culture. With thousands of attendees and hundreds of exhibitors, the conference is an excellent venue to learn more about what makes Canada’s North unique and grow your northern network. No matter what you’re interested in experiencing at the event, our host of options has something for everyone. Business and industry interests can be explored at the conference, on the tradeshow floor, and during workshops. For those looking to experience the culture and history of Eastern Arctic & North regions, our Arts & Cultural Pavilion will be busy throughout the event with demonstrations and displays from up and coming and established artists, craftspeople, and performers.

Canada’s North, specifically the regions of Nunavut, Nunavik, and Labrador/Nunatsiavut, is truly a land of opportunity. The conference sessions aim to provide event participants with information pertaining to major developments and key partnership opportunities across numerous industries. Sessions typically include such topics as:

• Mining and mineral exploration
• Energy (oil & gas and alternative sources)
• Transportation
• Indigenous relations and reconciliation
• Economic development
• Infrastructure development
• Tourism
• Arts and culture
• Economic reconciliation
• Northern sovereignty
• Arctic science and research
• Human resources
• Youth development

Northern Lights also includes a series of luncheon and breakfast keynote addresses, typically featuring Premiers and/or Ministers from the profiled provinces and territories, Federal Government Ministers, Aboriginal leaders, and corporate CEOs.

If you have any questions about the showcase, please contact Registration Manager Darian Bird at (709) 896-8787 or officemgr@chamberlabrador.com.

On Wednesday 8 February 2023, BlueBio is kicking off the 7 projects funded from the BlueBio 2nd Additional Call. The 2nd Additional Call was launched in 2021 and is the last conventional call in the Blue Bioeconomy ERA-Net.

Harry Barton is the Chief Executive of Devon Wildlife Trust.

In this presentation, Harry will discuss how we can all take action to restore the marine wildlife in the ocean around Plymouth and the rest of Devon. Case studies from other places can help give us ideas about what is possible.

Harry has been Chief Executive of Devon Wildlife Trust since 2011. During that time the organisation has grown considerably, taking on substantial new nature reserves including the Exeter Valley Parks and pioneering the reintroduction of the beaver in England. Harry has formerly worked at the Earth Trust in Oxfordshire, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He served as a trustee of The Wildlife Trusts, the national movement of 47 local Wildlife Trusts covering all parts of the UK, and is Deputy Chair of the Devon Local Nature Partnership. Harry has a BSc in Geography from Durham University and an MSc in Environmental Policy from Wye College, University of London. Harry’s other interest include international development, disability and special needs, music, running, cycling and martial arts.

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NOAA Science Seminar Series

Title: Temporal dynamics of fish migration

Presenter(s): Stphane Gauthier Ph.D., Research Scientist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, DFO

Sponsor(s): NOAA/NMFS.NWFSC’s Virtual Monster Jam; https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/nwfsc-monster-seminar-jam

Seminar Contact(s): Vicky.Krikelas@noaa.gov

Remote Access:
JOIN VIA WEBINAR
Join WebEx meeting Meeting number (access code): 2761 153 2344
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Abstract: TBD

Bio(s): TBD

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Microplastics pose a huge threat to marine ecosystems and human health. Alongside the Big Microplastic Survey, we’re collecting vital data on microplastic pollution in the UK. Join us to find out more about how you can get involved by surveying the microplastics at your local beach.

This is an online event which will be conducted by Zoom, the link will be provided on registration.

Accessibility: We want to ensure this event is as accessible as possible. Please contact us if you have any access needs and we will do our best to support your participation. Please contact amy.pilsbury@mcsuk.org.

In the first Turing Lecture for families, wildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill reveals how a close encounter with a humpback whale inspired him to find out whether we could ever talk to these ocean giants.

We invite you to submerge yourself in Tom’s underwater world, hear about the amazing advances scientists are making in decoding animal communication, and be rumbled by the voices of our deep-sea orca-stra!

About the event

In 2015, wildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill was almost crushed by a humpback whale while kayaking in California. Fascinated by these otherworldly creatures, he began to investigate how researchers are using AI, undersea robots, and animal spying devices to do something incredible: decipher whale song.

Tom will break down what it will take to speak to a whale, in a whistlestop tour covering the biology and lives of whales, new discoveries about their communications, what AI is and how it can help, and updates from the latest research expeditions.

The event will feature videos from the backs of whales, recordings from the deep sea, pieces of real whales and dolphins, and the chance to feel the vibrations of the biggest voices on the planet through your entire body.

It’ll be an afternoon whale-spent for the whole family!

This lecture is in collaboration with The Alan Turing Institute.

An access fund is available for anyone who would otherwise be unable to attend. Please contact events@turing.ac.uk to enquire.

This is a theatre event, where the speaker and audience in our theatre are joined by an online audience. For Theatre attendees, the address is 21 Albemarle Street, London, W1S 4BS.

By booking to attend events at the Royal Institution, you confirm that you have read and accept the Ri’s event terms and conditions. You also agree to abide by our code of conduct, and help to create a great experience for yourself and your fellow participants.

Welcome to our speaker series! The Ocean Allies speaker series aims to connect you with experts in equity, diversity, and inclusion topics to support you and Canada’s ocean sector!

What we’ll do: The first half of the session will begin with Anya opening the session with a presentation (topic TBD), followed by an open Q&A session! The second half of the session will give you an opportunity to network with Anya, and people within Canada’s ocean sector.

About the Speaker: Dr. Anya Waite is Associate Vice-President Research (Ocean) of Dalhousie University & Scientific Director & CEO of the Ocean Frontier Institute. Previously, she served as Section Head of Polar Biological Oceanography at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven & as Professor of Oceanography in the Department of Biology at the University of Bremen.

From her many years of experience working in Canada’s dynamic ocean economy, Anya brings forward unique insights & lessons learned that she is excited to share in her talk, Navigating the Ocean Leadership Seascape.

Join the conversation via zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87065740621

About Ocean Allies: Ocean Allies is bringing together diverse talent and Canada’s ocean innovation ecosystem. If you are interested in staying informed on the Ocean Allies project, please sign up for our newsletter here.

The Ocean Allies speaker series is brought to you by Canada’s Ocean Supercluster.

16-17 February – Wind Propulsion Conference 2023 – The International Windship Association is delighted to be teaming up again with RINA to deliver the 3rd Wind Propulsion Conference on 16-17 February 2023. This will be held at the IMO headquarters in London this time.

This conference has a technical paper foundation as you might expect, but we will also have discussions on the key aspects of wind propulsion and the huge potential for decarbonising the fleet. This announcement serves as both a call for papers and a ‘save the date’ marker.

We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts and welcoming you on these information packed and impactful days too. Call for Abstracts

In its resolution 72/249 of 24 December 2017, the General Assembly decided to convene an Intergovernmental Conference, under the auspices of the United Nations, to consider the recommendations of the Preparatory Committee established by resolution 69/292 of 19 June 2015 on the elements and to elaborate the text of an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, with a view to developing the instrument as soon as possible.

In accordance with resolution 72/249, the Conference held a three-day organizational meeting in New York, from 16 to 18 April 2018, to discuss organizational matters, including the process for the preparation of the zero draft of the instrument.

The first session was convened from 4 to 17 September 2018, the second session from 25 March to 5 April 2019 and the third session from 19 to 30 August 2019. The fourth session, which was postponed by decisions 74/543 and 75/570 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, was convened from 7 to 18 March 2022. A fifth session of the Conference was convened from 15 to 26 August 2022 pursuant to General Assembly decision 76/564 (available as A/76/L.46). On the last day of that session, the Conference, in considering the way forward, decided to suspend the fifth session and resume it at a later date to be determined. In this connection, in its resolution 77/248  on “Oceans and the law of the sea” (draft resolution is contained in document A/77/L.36), the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to convene the resumed fifth session of the Conference at United Nations Headquarters from 20 February to 3 March 2023.

The world’s water supplies are under threat, and the effects of overfishing and plastic pollution on our oceans and rivers are unmistakable. Glaciers are melting and droughts and floods are becoming an increasingly frequent aspect of life on earth. The water crisis requires urgent collective action and sustainable solutions.

The second session in our Four Elements series looks squarely at the situation and brings together a panel of expert writers and thinkers. Join us as they discuss a range of pressing concerns, from the challenges and losses posed by droughts and dried-up rivers, to the wonders of marine life between the tides and the measures needed to preserve them. Don’t miss this vital conversation about water and its fundamental role in life on earth.

Speakers

Alok Jha is a science correspondent for The Economist, writing on everything from cosmology to particle physics and stem cells to climate change. Before that, he was science correspondent for ITN and The Guardian, covering daily news and current affairs for more than a decade. He has also written and presented multiple TV and radio documentary series for the BBC. In 2018, he spent a year as a Wellcome fellow, developing new storytelling formats for complex topics. He has reported from all over the world, including live from Antarctica, and is also the author of three popular science books, including The Water Book (Headline, 2015).

Tobias Jones worked at the London Review of Books for several years before moving to Italy, where he was lecturer in English literature at Parma University. Tobias has written and presented television programmes for the Italian stations RAI 3, Ricchi d’Italia and Cervelli d’Italia which have received a great deal of praise both from the Italian press and the viewing public. He has also made documentaries for BBC Four and BBC Radio 3 and 4. He writes for various UK newspapers as well as the Italian political magazine Internazionale. He was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, and he is the author of numerous successful books, including The Dark Heart of Italy, Utopian Dreams, A Place of Refuge and Ultra. His new book, The Po: An Elegy for Italy’s Longest River, was published by Head of Zeus in July 2022.

Adam Nicolson is the prize-winning author of many books on history, landscape, and great literature, including The Smell of Summer Grass and The Seabird’s Cry: The Lives and Loves of Puffins, Gannets and Other Ocean Voyagers. He is the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, the W. H. Heinemann Award, the Ondaatje Prize, the Wainwright Prize for nature writing and the Jeffries Prize. His latest is Life Between the Tides: In Search of Rockpools and Other Adventures Along the Shore, a ‘remarkable and powerful book’ (Edmund de Waal). He lives on a farm in Sussex.

Fourth speaker to be announced

Chaired by Rosie Boycott, Crossbench Peer, Food Campaigner, and co-founder of 5×15.

The Earth Convention

This is a critical time in the world’s response to climate change and the environment. The realities can no longer be ignored – from the Arctic to Australia, and our own changing weather patterns. If we are to tackle the issue every sector of society will have to play its part: energy, food, fashion, transport, finance. Why is it so hard for people to take steps towards solutions? Where does responsibility lie – with us, businesses or governments? What are the most effective things that we can do? And can we turn the pandemic into a defining moment in the fight against climate change?

To explore the issues 5×15 and Rathbones have teamed up to launch the Earth Convention – a series of online events bringing together world experts for online conversations, focusing on both the problems as well as the opportunities and the actions that we can all take. The Four Elements is the second series of Earth Convention panels. You can watch the previous series, from 2020-2021, with speakers including Christiana Figueres, Mike Berners Lee, Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta, Dieter Helm and Lucy Siegle, online. The next events in our Four Elements series are Air and Fire.

About Rathbones

Responsible investing at Rathbone Investment Management. We see it as our responsibility to invest for everyone’s tomorrow. That means doing the right thing for our clients and for others too. Keeping the future in mind when we make decisions today. Looking beyond the short term for the most sustainable outcome. This is how we build enduring value for our clients, make a wider contribution to society and create a lasting legacy.

With thanks for your generous support for 5×15’s online series.

Ocean Innovation Africa is a platform that showcases African ocean-impact initiatives and brings together international changemakers working to support sustainable, equitable growth of the African ocean economy.

The annual summit highlights opportunities for innovators and investors interested in development of ocean-impact solutions and convenes key stakeholders capable of assessing and enabling sustainable growth of the ocean economy in Africa.

The 2023 event will take place in person in Cape Town as the official summit of The Ocean Race Cape Town Stopover. Conference sessions run from the 21st to the 24th of February, just in time to catch the race restart over the weekend.

The summit showcases African ocean-impact startups through exhibitions, pitch sessions, and demos. Plenary discussions draw on the insights of innovators, investors, decision makers, and thought leaders to provide informed perspective on the challenges and opportunities within each sector.

Join us in Cape Town to meet, connect, learn, and share! People are rising faster than the sea level – #JoinTheMovement!

Website: www.ocean-innovation.africa

Registration: www.ocean-innovation.africa/registration

Subsea Expo is the world’s leading annual subsea exhibition and conference, held annually at P&J Live in Aberdeen, and also includes the industry’s prestigious awards ceremony, the Subsea Expo Awards.

The exhibition and conference are completely free to attend.

The exhibition is a quality-focused event showcasing the capabilities, innovations and cutting-edge technologies of the underwater sectors, with over 185 exhibitors and 6,500 delegates attending the latest show.

The conference runs multiple parallel sessions and attracts a broad range of experts to discuss the challenges facing the industry, new and transformational technologies, digitalisation, clean energy and the path to net zero, among other topics.

The Subsea Expo Awards dinner is an opportunity to join friends, colleagues and peers in celebrating the accomplishments of the industry’s standout individuals and companies and is held at P&J Live in Aberdeen.

Subsea Expo is organised by the Global Underwater Hub.

NOAA Science Seminar Series

Title: Assessing the largest with the least: Case study of Pacific sleeper shark stock assessment and management in Alaskan fisheries

Presenter(s): Cindy Tribuzio Ph.D., Research Biologist, AFSC, Auke Bay Laboratories

Sponsor(s): NOAA/NMFS.NWFSC’s Virtual Monster Jam; https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/nwfsc-monster-seminar-jam

Seminar Contact(s): Vicky.Krikelas@noaa.gov

Remote Access:
JOIN VIA WEBINAR
Join WebEx meeting Meeting number (access code): 2761 153 2344
Meeting password: PEujfwth654
JOIN BY PHONE: +1-415-527-5035 US Toll Global call-in numbersJOIN FROM A VIDEO SYSTEM OR APPLICATION
Dial 27611532344@noaanmfs-meets.webex.com
You can also dial 207.182.190.20 and enter your meeting number. CAN’T JOIN? CONTACT SUPPORT
https://collaborationhelp.cisco.com/article/WBX000029055Seminars are public meetings, and these may be recorded if the speaker has agreed to do so. If you missed a current seminar and would like to check if a recording is available, please contact Vicky.Krikelas@noaa.gov

Abstract: TBD

Bio(s): TBD

NOAA Science Seminar Series weekly email: Send an email to OneNOAAscienceseminars-request@list.woc.noaa.gov with the word ‘subscribe’ in the subject or body. Visit the NOAA Science Seminar Series website for more information. We welcome your comments and ideas!

Join the ocean conversation

ShipTech Forum is a conference that is intended to showcase emerging technologies, address a range of marine and shipbuilding issues as well as ship repair and the advantages they provide for growth and export.

This event facilitates meaningful dialogue between industry, government and military so as to provide stakeholders with the knowledge and share lessons learned from a technological perspective with the aim to showcase successful investments in cutting-edge technologies.

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Join us to dive into the latest information on Deep Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal practices.

The Foundation for Climate Restoration is raising awareness and supporting advocacy for solutions that can restore a safe and healthy climate. Our Solution Series offers a diverse portfolio of natural and technological approaches that can remove CO2 from our atmosphere and return us to safe, preindustrial levels of carbon. This panel explores Deep Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal practices through a climate restoration lens. We discuss its ability to achieve scalable, financeable, permanent, and equitable outcomes and then provide ways for readers to advocate for its safe and thoughtful implementation.

The panel will take place following the release of a white paper, blog post, and explainer video.