About the event

The conference theme, ‘Reviving our seas through innovation for a sustainable future’ is motivated by the need to ‘Bring Nature Back’ supported by the growing acknowledgement of the intrinsic link between the marine environment and life on land. In our changing climate, the need to support both sustainable development and biodiversity of our seas in Northern Ireland is paramount. 

Over the two days, talks, posters and keynotes will highlight the latest developments in science and promote the most pressing issues facing our coasts. 

A detailed programme and guest speakers will be published as soon as the abstract submissions have been received and reviewed.  

Abstract submission 

We are accepting abstracts for submission to give an oral presentation and/or poster presentation. Abstracts should be submitted via email to marine@ulsterwildlife.org ensuring to follow the below guidelines. 

Presentations are not limited to Northern Ireland-focused research however they should be relevant to the NI’s marine environment and should fall under one of the conference themes: 

• Restoration and conservation of marine habitats 

• Marine Spatial Planning 

• Innovation in Marine Science 

The deadline for submitting abstracts is Friday 15th of November at 11:59PM GMT 

Abstracts should be submitted by the presenting author in English. As the number of oral presentations is limited, conference organisers may not accept all abstracts submitted for consideration as oral presentations and may suggest to the author(s) a poster presentation instead. 

Please follow the guidelines below for the submission of your abstract in Word document form via email to marine@ulsterwildlife.org  

• Title (max. 20 words) 

• Authors (Given name, Initial, Surname) 

• Affiliations (including address) 

• Presenting author 

• Presenting author email 

• Indication of the most relevant theme: ‘Restoration and conservation of marine habitats’, ‘Marine Spatial Planning’ or ‘Innovation in Marine Science’ 

• Abstract text (max. 250 words) 

• Indication of preference for Oral presentation, Poster, or both 

This conference is supported by the DAERA Environment Fund.