Scientific Committee

Mark Costello (University of Auckland, New Zealand and Nord University, Norway) (Chair);

Marti Anderson (Massey University, New Zealand);

Philippe Archambault (Laval University, Quebec, Canada);

Scott Baker (Oregon State University, USA);

Amanda E Bates (Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada);

Angelika Brandt (Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Germany);

Barbara Breen (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand);

Roberto Danovaro (Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy);

Michael Donoghue (Te Tiaki Moana Associates, New Zealand);

Graham Edgar (University of Tasmania, Australia);

Nathan Fedrizzi (The Pew Charitable Trusts, USA);

Olive Andrews (Conservation International, New Zealand);

Lucy Jacob (WWF New Zealand);

Emma Johnston (UNSW Sydney, Australia);

Alison MacDiarmid (NIWA, New Zealand);

Tina N. Molodtsova (P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS, Moscow, Russia);

David Paterson (University of St Andrews, Scotland);

Siew Moi Phang (University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Robert Poulin (University of Otago, New Zealand);

James Reimer (University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan);

Suchana (Apple) Chavanich (Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand);

David Schiel (Canterbury University, New Zealand);

Nick Shears (NZMSS, New Zealand);

Yoshihisa Shirayama (JAMSTEC, Japan);

Martin Solan (University of Southampton, UK);

Moriaki Yasuhara (University of Hong Kong, China)

 

Early Career Committee

Emilee Benjamin (University of Auckland, New Zealand)

Ariadna Celina Nocera (UNPSJB and CESIMAR – CCT CENPAT – CONICET,            Argentina)

Mariana Rocha de Souza (Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, USA)

Priscila Salloum (University of Auckland, New Zealand)

Georgia Sarafidou (Hellenic Centre For Marine Research, Greece)

Erin Satterthwaite (California Sea Grant & Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, USA)

Jasmin Schuster (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)

Elin Thomas (Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland)

Trevyn Toone (University of Auckland, New Zealand)

WCMB 2020 Virtual Conference | 13-15 December 2020

Key Dates

Revised talks submitted to conference platform: 1 November 2020
E-posters submitted to conference platform: 22 November 2020
Early-bird Registration closes: 22 November 2020
Conference commences and abstracts and e-posters visible to participants(only): 14 December 2020
Presentations visible to participants until: 31 January 2021
Submissions to the WCMB (proceedings) Collection in PeerJ Life & Environment journal deadline: 31 March 2021

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