It gives us great pleasure to invite you to the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity 2014 to be held at Qingdao, China during the 12th and 16th of Oct. with the theme of 'Life in the Changing Ocean'.  

WCMB-2014 will take the form of keynote lectures, oral presentations, posters and exhibitions. It will cover topics from recent breakthroughs in Marine Biodiversity. WCMB-2014 will continue to provide a platform for marine scientists to debate on the issues affecting the progress of this emerging field and identify the challenges and opportunities facing the development of marine biodiversity.  

We have 6 themes & 12 special sessions:　　  

Theme 1: Marine Biodiversity & Global change  

Theme 2: Marine Ecosystem Structure & Function 　  

Theme 3: Marine Ecosystem Safety 　  

Theme 4: Marine Biological Observation 　　  

Theme 5: Marine Biological Resources 　　  

Theme 6: Deep sea Biodiversity  

Session 1: Effects of multiple stressors on ecosystem process, functioning and services  

(Convenor: Martin Solan, M.Solan@soton.ac.uk )  

Session 2:  Marine ecological disaster and biodiversity  

(Convenor: SUN Song, sunsong@qdio.ac.cn )  

Session 3: Valuation of marine biodiversity and ecosystem services  

(Convenor: CHEN Shang, qdcs@163.com )  

Session 4: The Energetic Basis for Marine Macroecological Patterns  

(Convenor: Craig R. McClain, cmcclain@nescent.org )  

Session 5: Linking marine biodiversity science and advice  

(Convenor: Henn Ojaveer, henn.ojaveer@ut.ee )  

Session 6: Ecological and  evolutionary  paradigms in marine  biology  and how meiofauna can be used to address them  

(Convenor: Jeroen Ingels, jein@pml.ac.uk )  

Session 7: Anthropogenic impacts on deep-sea biodiversity and their consequences  

(Convenor: Telmo Morato, telmo@uac.pt )  

Sesson 8: Evolution in the Deep Sea: Origins, Adaptation and Diversity  

(Convenor: Adrian Glover, a.glover@nhm.ac.uk )  

Session 9: From ocean observation to decision making  

(Convenor: Ward Appeltans, w.appeltans@unesco.org )  

Session 10: Global patterns in marine biodiversity  

(Convenor: Mark Costello, m.costello@auckland.ac.nz )  

Session 11: Marine Algal Resources & Global Change   

(Convenor: Siew Moi Phang, phang@um.edu.my )  

Session 12: Microphytobenthos: Advances in  understanding- Ecology, Biodiversity and Function  

(Convenor:  David M. Paterson, Rupert Perkins, dp1@st-andrews.ac.uk )  

We look forward to your participation in this influential event in Qingdao. If you are interested, more information can be found at http://wcmb2014.csp.escience.cn.

Registration fee information

Important Dates  

• 2014-05-30 Deadline for Early-bird registration and Abstract submission
• 2014-07-01 Notification for the acceptance of Abstracts
• 2014-08-30 Deadline for the regular registration

From The Organizing Committee 

WCMB III Secretariat
Institute of Oceanology,Chinese Academy of Sciences
7 Nanhai Road, Qingdao, 266071, China.
Website: http://english.qdio.cas.cn/
Conference email: wcmb@qdio.ac.cn
Conference website: http://wcmb2014.csp.escience.cn