We are pleased to announce that the Fourth Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences (XMAS-IV) is open for abstract submissions. XMAS is a biannual international symposium series held in Xiamen, China, with the overarching theme of “The Changing Ocean Environment: From a Multidisciplinary Perspective”. The symposium consists of different, interconnected sessions covering physical oceanography, marine biogeochemistry, biological oceanography, geological oceanography, and marine ecotoxicology along with workshops for emerging topics in marine environmental sciences.
The fourth iteration, XMAS-IV, will be held from Jan 6th to 9th, 2019 in Xiamen, China. We are now calling for abstract submissions for the 27 sessions.
Early-career participants who are interested in joining Xiamen University as faculty or postdoc research associate are invited to apply for the recruitment-oriented special reception (http://mel.xmu.edu.cn/conference/4xmas-specialreception/) held on Jan 10th, 2019. Travel funds will be awarded to those accepted applicants. The applicant should have obtained his/her Ph.D. degree within the last 10 years and/or expected to obtain his/her Ph.D. degree within one year.
Please submit your XMAS-IV abstract and the Special Reception application through:
http://mel.xmu.edu.cn/conference/4xmas
Submission Deadline: August 31st, 2018
Confirmed Keynote Speakers (To be updated)
Eileen Hofmann, Old Dominion University, USA
Ken Johnson, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, USA
Jack Middelburg, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Christopher M. Reddy, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
Ellen Thomas, Yale University, USA
Important Dates
Jun 15, 2018: Abstract Submission and Special Reception Applications Open
Aug 31, 2018: Abstract Submission and Special Reception Applications Closed
Sep 30, 2018: Abstract Acceptance Notification
Oct 1-31,2018: Registration
Nov 15, 2018: Scientific Program Announced
Jan 6-9, 2019: Conference
Jan 10, 2019: Special Reception
Symposium Venue
XMU Science and Art Center, Siming Campus, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
Scientific Advisory Committee
Chair: Minhan Dai
Members: Robert Aller, Sophie Bonnet, Chris Bowler, Bojie Fu, Ken Furuya, Jianping Gan, Nianzhi Jiao, Paul Lam, Cindy Lee, Kitack Lee, Zhiyu Liu, Lisa Miller, David Mohrig, Mark Moline, Bo Qiu, Tom Rippeth, Robin Robertson, Walker Smith, Curtis Suttle, Gray Williams
Local Organizing Committee
Chair: Zhiyu Liu
Members: Zhimian Cao, Xiaolin Li, Yawei Luo, Jian Ma, Dalin Shi, Bingbing Wang and Fengling Yu
Organizers and Sponsors
State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science (Xiamen University)
Department of Earth Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China
Co-sponsors
Bangor University, UK
China-ASEAN College of Marine Sciences
College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware, USA
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Tasmania, Australia
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
SCOR China
State Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong
Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS)
University of Malaya, Malaysia
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, USA
Contact
Ying Huang xmas@xmu.edu.cn +86-592-2181571 (XMAS-IV)
Suwei Weng wengsuwei@xmu.edu.cn +86-592-2183033 (Special Reception)
