IODC-III
March 10, 2025 - March 11, 2025
The Third International Oceanographic Data Conference (IODC-III) will be held at INVEMAR in Santa Marta, Colombia on 10-11 March, 2025, preceding the 28th Session of the IODE Committee.
The conference will be in a hybrid format, so both in-person and online presentations will be accepted.
Session Themes
You are kindly invited to submit abstracts contributing to the following four themes:
- Ocean Biodiversity (and how we can collectively contribute to the needs of BBNJ and GBF)
- Capacity development facilitating data, information, and knowledge exchange
- Working towards a federated Global Ocean Data Ecosystem – ongoing initiatives, partnerships and ambitions towards the Ocean Decade Vision 2030 outcomes.
- Application of ocean data for Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) and SOPM
Details on these sessions and the workshop may be found at: https://oceandataconference.org/iodc-iii-programme/
The conference will be concluded with workshop on the Ocean Data and Information System (ODIS), aimed at NODCs and ADUs and other participants in IODC-III to familiarize themselves with ODIS.
Limited funds are avialable for speakers from developing countries with accepted papers. Please indicate if you require support when submitting your abstract.
The web page on guidelines for submission of abstracts, and to register for the conference will be opened soon. For further information please contact p.pissierssens@unesco.org
Deadline for abstract submissions is Monday, 20 January at 5 AM UTC.