It gives us great pleasure to invite you to the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity 2014 (http://wcmb2014.csp.escience.cn) to be held at Qingdao, China during the 12th and 16th of Oct. with the theme of 'Life in the Changing Ocean'. 

WCMB-2014 will take the form of keynote lectures, oral presentations, posters and exhibitions. It will cover topics from recent breakthroughs in Marine Biodiversity. WCMB-2014 will continue to provide a platform for marine scientists to debate on the issues affecting the progress of this emerging field and identify the challenges and opportunities facing the development of marine biodiversity. 

We have 6 themes & 12 special sessions:　　 

Theme 1: Marine Biodiversity & Global change 

Theme 2: Marine Ecosystem Structure & Function 　 

Theme 3: Marine Ecosystem Safety 　 

Theme 4: Marine Biological Observation 　　 

Theme 5: Marine Biological Resources 　　 

Theme 6: Deep sea Biodiversity 

Session 1: Effects of multiple stressors on ecosystem process, functioning and services 

(Convenor: Martin Solan, M.Solan@soton.ac.uk ) 

Session 2:  Marine ecological disaster and biodiversity 

(Convenor: Song SUN, sunsong@qdio.ac.cn ) 

Session 3: Valuation of marine biodiversity and ecosystem services 

(Convenor: Shang CHEN, qdcs@163.com ) 

Session 4: The Energetic Basis for Marine Macroecological Patterns 

(Convenor: Craig R. McClain, cmcclain@nescent.org ) 

Session 5: Linking marine biodiversity science and advice 

(Convenor: Henn Ojaveer, henn.ojaveer@ut.ee ) 

Session 6: Ecological and  evolutionary  paradigms in marine  biology  and how meiofauna can be used to address them 

(Convenor: Jeroen Ingels, jein@pml.ac.uk ) 

Session 7: Anthropogenic impacts on deep-sea biodiversity and their consequences 

(Convenor: Telmo Morato, telmo@uac.pt ) 

Sesson 8: Evolution in the Deep Sea: Origins, Adaptation and Diversity 

(Convenor: Adrian Glover, a.glover@nhm.ac.uk ) 

Session 9: From ocean observation to decision making 

(Convenor: Ward Appeltans, w.appeltans@unesco.org ) 

Session 10: Global patterns in marine biodiversity 

(Convenor: Mark Costello, m.costello@auckland.ac.nz ) 

Session 11: Marine Algal Resources & Global Change  

(Convenor: Siew Moi Phang, phang@um.edu.my ) 

Session 12: Microphytobenthos: Advances in  understanding- Ecology, Biodiversity and Function 

(Convenor:  David M. Paterson, Rupert Perkins, dp1@st-andrews.ac.uk ) 

We look forward to your participation in this influential event in Qingdao. If you are interested, more information can be found at http://wcmb2014.csp.escience.cn 

Registration fee information

Important Dates 

• 2014-05-30 Deadline for Early-bird registration and Abstract submission
• 2014-07-01 Notification for the acceptance of Abstracts
• 2014-08-30 Deadline for the regular registration

From The Organizing Committee 

WCMB III Secretariat 

Institute of Oceanology,Chinese Academy of Sciences 

7 Nanhai Road, Qingdao, 266071, China. Website: http://english.qdio.cas.cn/ 

Conference email: wcmb@qdio.ac.cn 

Conference website: http://wcmb2014.csp.escience.cn