Dates: 17th-20th November 2026

Location: Bruges, Belgium

This event will be hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) and has been endorsed as a UN Ocean Decade Event.

This year, the main theme will be “The marine biodiversity insights we need, for the ocean we want“.

Deadline for submission: 31st March 2025

For more information, see: https://www.lifewatch.eu/events/world-conference-on-marine-biodiversity/