The European Marine Board is looking for two new artists for the 2023 – 2024 edition of our ‘EMBracing the Ocean’ artist-in-residence programme.
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From 30 November to 1 December 2022, the 5th International Conference on Marine Science Communication (CommOCEAN 2022) will take place in Sète (France) and online. The conference is organized by the European Marine Board Communication Panel, in partnership with the University of Montpellier, GéoSciences Montpellier, UMR MARBEC, Ifremer and Universités Marines.
On October 23-24th, representatives of the EMB member organizations gathered around our two campfires Sheila Heymans and Gilles Lericolais, to set the foundations of the 6th edition of the Navigating the Future publication (NFVI). As its predecessors, this publication is expected to have important impacts on marine research and policies, at national, European and international scale.
On 18 and 19 October 2022, the EMB Working Group on Ocean Oxygen met for the second time in a hybrid meeting that was held in person at the new InnovOcean site in Ostende (Belgium) and online. The meeting was chaired by the Working Group Chairs Marilaure Grégoire (University of Liège, Belgium) and Andreas Oschlies (GEOMAR, Germany).
On 14 October 2022, the EMB Young Ambassadors hosted a workshop on 'Connecting to the Ocean: Learning to consider varying perspectives in conservation research' at the YOUMARES Conference in Berlin.
On 12 September 2022, the EMB Secretariat moved to their new offices within the purpose-built InnovOcean building in Ostend.
Lera Litvinova will open her exhibition “Renaissance” on August 26 at 17:00 at the Museum of Outstanding Figures of Ukrainian Culture (Lesya Ukrainka, Mykola Lysenko, Mykhailo Starytskyi, Panas Saksaganskyi) in Kyiv. At the exhibition, viewers will be able to see art objects related to Lera Litvinova's series of works ‘Under the Surface’, created as part of the EMBracing the Ocean residency. The exhibition is dedicated to the study of the impact of Russia's actions on the territory of Ukraine on the Black Sea.
On 23-24 August 2022, the EMB Young Ambassadors attended a training workshop in Ostend, Belgium and Online.
In cooperation with EMB and other international partners, today the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) launches a new training video to promote Respect at Sea. The video is being made available for all maritime institutions to use as part of their onboard training.
On 21 and 22 June 2022, the new EMB Working Group on Ocean Oxygen met for the first time during the kick-off meeting held at the InnovOcean site in Ostende (Belgium) and online. The meeting was chaired by Sheila Heymans (EMB Executive Director) and the Working Group Chairs: Marilaure Grégoire (University of Liège, Belgium) and Andreas Oschlies (GEOMAR, Germany).