Marine EcoSystems and Sustainability Conference

Dates and location

Conference theme

Conference programme and abstract book

Registration form

Maps and directions

ECOSUMMER project

Accommodation

Dates: 9-11 December 2009

Location, Linklater rooms, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, U.K.

Conference theme

The general theme of the conference will be the sustainable management of living marine resources. The conference will be the culmination of the 4 year ECOSUMMER Marie Curie training site project. The conference theme is in line with the overall ECOSUMMER project theme, and there will be a special issue of Hydrobiologia linked to the conference.

We are pleased to also welcome registration and presentations by postgraduate students associated with Scottish Marine Group.

Programme and Abstracts

The conference programme and abstract book are now available for download. Please note, abstract books will NOT be provided on paper so please download your copy!

There will be a social event on the evening of the 10th December, comprising a 3-course Christmas meal and live Cuban music.

Registration

Deadline for registration: 15 November 2009.

The registration fee covers the cost of lunches and coffee breaks for the event. This will be £54 for the 3 full days (or £18 per day), which will be payable in cash either on the first day of the conference during registration or upon arrival at King's Hall accommodation if you are staying there.

Please complete the registration form and send it to Karen Hall.

Offers of talks and posters are still welcomed but please note that we already have quite full programme of talks and late submissions will almost certainly have to be presented as posters.

Maps and directions:

The conference will be held in the of the University of Aberdeen. A map and directions are available here. Please refer to the following two websites for information on travelling from the airport to the university and the city centre. The buses run quite regularly from the airport but there is no direct link to the university, the journey would involve a bus into the city centre (around 15-20 mins) and then another bus from the city center to the university (5mins).

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/maps/travel.php

http://www.aberdeenairport.com page on travel to and from the airport

ECOSUMMER Project Overview

• The Marine EcoSystems and Sustainability (MESS) conference is related to a Marie Curie training project for early stage researchers. The overall theme of this project is the ECOsystem approach to SUstainable Management of the Marine Environment and its living Resources (ECOSUMMER).

• The project partners are a consortium of eight universities and marine science institutes within the UK, Spain and Greece, including the University of Aberdeen, Marine Scotland (formerly Fisheries Research Services) Marine Laboratory (UK), Scottish Association for Marine Science (UK), Institute of Marine Biological Resources (Greece), Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo (Instituto Español de Oceanografia, Spain), University of Vigo (Spain), University of the Aegean (Greece) and Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (CSIC, Spain).

• The project has been running for 4 years and has been funded by the EU as part of the Framework 6 programme.

• The project has trained over 20 postgraduates, mostly registered for PhDs. Their individual projects cover a wide range of research topics directly or indirectly related to the theme of sustainable management of marine ecosystems, including life history biology, population, community and ecosystem ecology, immunology, physiology, molecular genetics, stock assessment, fishery and coastal zone management, fisheries economics, physical oceanography and marine GIS.

Accommodation

Accommodation will be at Jury´s Inn in the town centre. Please contact Karen to book rather than booking directly since otherwise you will not get the agreed reduced rates! We will be running buses between the centre and the conference venue.

Some information about other accommodation options elsewhere in the city is provided here.

Information for presenters

Guidelines for presenters of talks.

A prize will be offered for the best student presentation.

Hydrobiologia Special Issue

There will be a special issue of Hydrobiologia linked to the Marine EcoSystems and Sustainability (MESS) conference, for work presented at the conference. The date for submission of papers to the specil issue is 31 January 2010. Further details will follow. For general information about publishing in Hydrobiologia please refer to the journal website.

Things to do in Aberdeen

Please refer to the following links, which will give you an idea of just some of the things Aberdeen and the surrounding area have to offer.

Karen Hall
School of Biological Sciences (Zoology), University of Aberdeen
Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen, AB24 2TZ, UK
Tel: 01224 272880 / 272648
Email: k.hall@abdn.ac.uk

Prof. Graham Pierce
Oceanlab, University of Aberdeen, Main Street, Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, AB41 6AA, UK
Tel +44 (0)1224 272459 (fax 274402)
e-mail: g.j.pierce@abdn.ac.uk or graham.pierce@vi.ieo.es