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The Fifth Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences

January 11th-14th, 2021Xiamen, China

Call for Session/Mini Workshop Proposals

BackgroundTo promote interdisciplinary studies in marine environmental science and to foster the next generation of ocean scientists, the State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science (MEL), Xiamen University initiated the Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences (XMAS) in 2014, with the overarching theme The Changing Ocean Environment: From a Multidisciplinary Perspective. XMAS has grown to be one of Asia’s largest conferences in marine sciences and acts as a hot spot to exchange research interests in global and regional oceans.

Its fifth iteration, XMAS-V will be held in Xiamen from January 11th to 14th, 2021. XMAS-V will focus on how Multidisciplinary Sciences Can Serve a Sustainable and Healthy Ocean. It will be one of the important hallmarks of Xiamen University’s centenary celebrations. The symposium will consist of different, interconnected sessions covering physical oceanography, marine biogeochemistry, biological oceanography, and marine ecotoxicology along with workshops for emerging topics in marine environmental sciences such as how to achieve the goals outlined in the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).

MEL was established in 2005 under sponsorship from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (MOST). It has been awarded The Excellent State Key Laboratory twice in two recent official reviews by MOST. MEL is dedicated to interdisciplinary cutting-edge research in marine environmental sciences, with particular strengths in marine biogeochemistry and ecosystem studies.

Originally known as Amoy, Xiamen is an island renowned for rich cultural relics, a pleasant climate, and beautiful natural scenery. It is located on the southeast coast of China and has a long history of international commerce. It has a monsoonal humid subtropical climate characterized by mild and dry winters (average January temperature around 15 °C /59 °F).

Important DatesFebruary 1, 2020: Call for Session/Workshop Proposals Begins

May 15, 2020 : Call for Session/Workshop Proposals Ends

May 20, 2020: Session/Mini Workshop Proposal Acceptance Notification

June 1, 2020: Abstract Submission Begins

August 31, 2020: Abstract Submission Closes

September 30, 2020: Authors Notified of Acceptation

October 1-31, 2020: Registration

November 15, 2020: Scientific Program Posted

January 11-14, 2021: Conference

Information Required in the Proposals

◇ Relevance to the theme of XMAS-V ◇ Session/Mini-workshop Title◇ Session/Mini-workshop Description – maximum 400 words, including focus, scope and objectives ◇ Name, affiliation and email of each co-convener◇ Name, affiliation and email of invited and proposed speakers (if any)◇ Name of speakers and/or the conveners for financial support and the budget

How to Submit Session Proposals

Please submit your proposal to the LOC via email (xmas@xmu.edu.cn) by April 30, 2020.If you have any questions, please contact the LOC via email.

Local Organizing Committee

Chair: Yawei LuoMember: Zhimian Cao, Yongxiang Huang, Xing Jian, Xin Lin, Jian Ma, Dalin Shi, Shanlin Wang, Siqi Wu and Wei Zhuang

Confirmed Keynote Speakers (To be updated)

Claudia Benitez-Nelson, University of South Carolina, U.S.A.Karen Evans, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Tasmania, Australia, AustraliaGuibin Jiang, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, ChinaZunli Lu, Syracuse University, U.S.A.Alessandro Tagliabue, University of Liverpool, U.K.

Organizers and Sponsors

State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen UniversityDepartment of Earth Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China

Co-sponsors

China-ASEAN College of Marine SciencesChinese Society of Oceanography College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware, U.S.A.College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Tasmania, AustraliaFrontiers Science Center for Ocean Carbon Sink and Climate Change, Xiamen UniversityHokkaido University, JapanHong Kong University of Science and TechnologyInstitute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Malaya, Malaysia IOC Sub-Commission for the Western PacificProgram in Ocean Science and Engineering, Georgia Tech, U.S.A.School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University, U.S.A.School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, U.S.A.SCOR ChinaState Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution, City University of Hong KongState Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment DynamicsSurface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere StudySwire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong Taiwan Ocean University

Theme of XMAS-VMultidisciplinary Sciences Serving a Sustainable and Healthy Ocean

Proposal Submission Timeline

◇May 15, 2020, Call for Session/Workshop Proposals Ends

◇May 20, 2020, Session/Mini Workshop Proposal Acceptance Notification

◇ June 01, 2020 Abstract Submission Opens

Financial Support

◇ Limited financial support will be available for each session to subsidize travel and accommodation expenses of two to three conveners and/or invited speakers.

◇ Application for financial support should be submitted along with session proposals.

Important Guidelines

◇ Session proposals with broader themes and larger scales are preferred. Session proposals with strong overlaps will likely be merged, to minimize repetition and to build a program with sessions that are fewer but larger and stronger.

◇ If a session has less than 10 accepted abstracts, the SAC/LOC reserves the right to merge it with another session.

◇Mini workshop should focus on hot topics or emerging research areas. At least 3 speakers must be included in a proposal.

◇ Co-conveners are preferably from different institutions.

◇ Co-conveners are encouraged to submit abstracts to their own sessions as well as other sessions.

◇ The SAC/LOC may request revisions to some proposals.

◇ Session/mini-workshop conveners' scheduling requests will be considered by SAC/LOC but cannot be guaranteed. The actual time allocation will vary according to the number of accepted abstracts. Sessions/mini-workshops can be scheduled from Monday (Jan 11) evening to Tuesday (Jan 14) afternoon.

Denise Breitburg Nianzhi JiaoBo QiuWenxi Zhu

Eric AchterbergRobert ChenKitack LeeHiroaki Saito

Robert AllerJianping GanYa-Wei LuoBenoit Thibodeau

Chris BowlerZhengtang GuoLisa MillerFabrice Veron

Annalisa BraccoEileen HofmannLim Phaik EemMark Wells

Scientific Advisory Committee

Chair: Minhan DaiMember:

Fei Chai Paul LamCarol Robinson

Contact

Ms. Ying HuangEmail: xmas@xmu.edu.cnTel: +86-592-2181571

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