To foster knowledge and ideasexchangewithin the marine environmental science community and, in particular, to promote interdisciplinary studies, the State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science (MEL, http://mel.xmu.edu.cn/en) of Xiamen University initiated the Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences (XMAS), with the overarching theme of The Changing Ocean Environment: From a Multidisciplinary Perspective. The first two symposia (http://mel.xmu.edu.cn/conference/1xmas, http://mel.xmu.edu.cn/conference/2xmas) were held in Jan 2014 and Jan 2015, attracting over 800 participants from more than 100 institutions across 14 countries.
MEL is now pleased to announce that the third iteration, XMAS-III, will be held in Xiamen from January 9th to 11th, 2017. 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.
Xiamen welcomes you from all over the world.
