AMSAwa Marine Snapchat

All WA marine scientists are invited to share their work and find out what’s happening in Marine Science in WA. The Snapchat format allows speakers the opportunity to present in an informal setting. With a high level of audience engagement, these evenings have always been a great success in the past.

The proposed venue (Kim Beasley Lecture Theatre, Murdoch University) has a large capacity so social distancing can be achieved with ease – fingers crossed that COVID restrictions don’t change in the next few weeks.

We hope to enjoy the company of real people at a live event!

Please see the flyer below for more details.

 

 

In 2017 the United Nations declared 2021-2030 The Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development with a vision to deliver the Science We Need for the Ocean We Want.

The Ocean Decade provides a platform for Australia’s Ocean Stakeholders to unify in ways that move beyond business as usual.

We invite you to register for this first Stakeholder meeting to find out more about the Decade, and the ambition that some of our Australian stakeholders have for 2030.

Aquatic Sciences for a Sustainable Future:  Nurturing Cooperation

Following the pressing needs of the society to ensure a sustainable future, amidst human-influenced environmental changes, the theme of the meeting is Aquatic Sciences for a Sustainable Future: Nurturing Cooperation. Underdeveloped and developed societies face different levels of sustainability problems in aquatic resources and have contrasting capacities to address and adapt to upcoming changes and threats, which makes cooperation paramount for an efficient and increasing exchange of information to find long-term sustainable solutions. Dialogue among scientists, as well as transfer of knowledge for the benefit of the society, are very important in addressing sustainability challenges. To provide a venue for this exchange, we will incorporate the theme into the plenary sessions: The future of seafood resources and the role of cooperation; Restoration of aquatic ecosystems, in line with the United Nations Decade of Restoration; Carbon dynamics in lakes and rivers; Past and future of ocean circulation and its role for the climate system; Linking the health of the oceans to humans; Remote sensing and large scale detection; Integrated management of aquatic resources.

Initially this meeting was scheduled to be held in Palma, but due to COVID-19, it is necessary to hold the ASLO 2021 Aquatic Sciences Meeting virtually.  However, we plan to meet in Palma in 2023.  We will embrace dialogue in the virtual realm, concentrating on cooperation in an electronic environment.

Join in an afternoon of talks by a selection of speakers presenting different perspectives on bodies of water in particular, the ocean.

About this Event

Speakers will discuss the ocean from the views of art, science, conservation, indigenous cosmology and environmentalism. Speakers include; Paul Gamblin (Director, Protect Ningaloo), Gary A. Kendrick (Head of School, UWA Oceans Institute), Marji Puotinen (Spatial/Ecological Data Scientist, UWA Oceans Institute), Angela Rossen (Artist/UWA Oceans Institute) and Vanessa Russ (art historian).

25th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals

In a major win for Western Australia, the world’s largest marine mammal conference will converge in Perth in 2023, bringing thousands of marine experts from around the world and injecting A$10m (US$7.2m) into the local economy.

Business Events Perth chief executive Gareth Martin said he was delighted that the bureau had delivered the successful bid to bring the 25th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals to the city in November 2024 (11th - 15th).

As the largest conference of its kind, it is expected to attract more than 2,000 members of the Society for Marine Mammals (SMM) to Western Australia over eight days, including pre and post touring to the regions.

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