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IMBeR and IPO Host Announcements

• IMECaN December Newsletter

• Deadline extended: Submit you manuscript by 30 June 2023 to the FACETS collection on "Climate Change and the Canadian marine conservation framework"
• Interesting read: PhD training in trouble – fundamental reform needed to meet society’s expectations
• Interesting read: Ocean geoengineering trial showed that alkaline-enriched seawater drew down carbon and reduced acidified
• Interesting read: Pathways to integrate Indigenous and local knowledge in ocean governance processes: Lessons from the Algoa Bay Project, South Africa
• Interesting read: Should we go or should we stay (on Twitter)
• Interesting read: Freezing and storing Great Barrier Reef coral larvae for potential future rewilding of reefs threatened by climate change
• Call for two artists: EMBracing the Ocean programme 2023-2024. Apply by 20 February 
• State of the ocean report 2022: pilot edition

• Most Clicked from the last IMBeR e-news!
• Crucial COP15 agreement reached with biodiversity targets set to protect 30% of all land and sea by 2030
• Open Community Review: OOI Biogeochemical Sensor Data Best Practices and User Guide 
• Call for transnational access to European mesocosm facilities in 2023. Apply by 31 January 2023
• A practical guide to help ECRs prepare for their first research expedition at sea

IMBeR and IPO Host Announcements

Save the dates for two exciting IMBeR events in 2023!

• ClimEco8 Summer School: Sustaining the ocean we need for the future we want!, 29 May – 3 June 2023 in Koper, Slovenia
• IMBIZO7 conference: Transitioning towards sustainable ocean governance by 2030: commitments and challenges, 19-24 November 2023 in Rabat, Morocco

• Free ‘science of happiness’ class given by Laurie Santos, Cognitive scientist at Yale University. Sign up now
• Short course: Introduction to design thinking for climate change, dates in February and March, 2023. Apply now
• Webinar Panel discussion: BioGeoSCAPES Organizing Intercalibration Efforts. 25 January
• Workshop: Socio-oceanography, 7-9 March, NOC, Winchester, UK. Deadline for EoI submission: 7 February 
• Hybrid International Ocean Hackathon® Grand Finale, online or in Brest, France. 9 February
• Call for abstracts: Australian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA) Science in Sea Country conference, Gold Coast, Australia. Abstract submission deadline: 10 February 
• Webinar: Observing Mesoscale and Sub-Mesoscale Processes with BGC Argo, 15 February. Register now.
• Call for abstracts: ICES Annual Scientific Conference 2023, 10-14th September, Bilbao, Spain. Abstract submission deadline: 21 March
• Ocean Visions Biennial Summit 2023: Innovating Solutions at the Ocean-Climate Nexus, 4-6 April 2023, Atlanta, GA, USA . Register now
• Save the date: Hybrid 2023 ESSAS Annual Science Meeting, Bergen, Norway. 20-22 June
• Save the Date: ICTP/CLIVAR Summer School: Marine Heatwaves: Global Phenomena with Regional Impacts, Trieste, Italy. 24-29 July

• Online literacy course: The ocean, source of life and livelihoods, IOI Ocean Academy, Singapore, 12-24 January 2023. Apply now
• Training course: Mesopelagic Respiration, 21-28 May 2023, Canary Islands, Spain. Apply by 23 January
• Open call for ECR CliC grants: CliC. Apply by 1 March 2023
• ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, 4-9 June 2023, Palma, Spain. Registration opens in January
• Call for papers: MARE Conference People & the Sea Xll, 26 to 30 June 2023, Amsterdam University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

IPO Host Announcements

• From IPO-China: 2023 Graduate Programs at SKLEC, ECNU. Apply by 15 June