Committees
The conference planning, programme and implementation is coordinated by the planning and scientific committees
Planning Committee
The Planning Committee will:
- Agree on the topics (sessions) of the conference
- Provide scope descriptions for each of the sessions
- Agree on the format(s) of the conference (presentations, flash presentations, posters, side events,…)
- Identify target audiences of the sessions
- Identify communication channels to spread information on conference
- Publish the calls for abstracts
- Agree on the report/publication of conference outcomes
- Collaborate with the Scientific Committee
The planning committee is composed of the following members (tentative list):
- Taco de Bruin
- Paula Sierra (INVEMAR)
- Lotta Fyrberg
- Katherine Tattersall
- Dan Lear
- Pier Luigi Buttigieg
- Tata Vs Udaya Bhaskar
- Louis Demargne (DCU)
- Peter Burger
- Ibukun Adewumi (IOC Africa)
- Lorna Inniss (IOCARIBE)
- Toru Suzuki
- Julian Barbiere
- Zulfikar Begg
- Ward Appeltans (IODE secretariat)
- Lucy Scott (IODE secretariat)
- Ana Carolina Mazzuco (IODE secretariat)
- Sofie de Baenst (IODE Secretariat)
- Peter Pissierssens (IODE Secretariat)
Scientific Committee
The scientific committee will:
- Review submitted abstracts and decide on accepted abstracts as oral presentations or information packages to share.
- Select keynote speakers and moderators for each Q&A session.
- Provide summary on status of implementation on the recommendations from IODC-II, as well as formulate new and forward looking recommendations as part of IODC-III.