17 September 2018, Monday
| Time | Event | Presentation |
| 08:30-09:00 | Registration | |
| 09:00-09:30 | Opening SessionWelcome Speech (Xiuzhen Li)Remarks by East China Normal University Delegates (Subin Wang)Remarks by CJK IMBeR Symposium Organizing Committee Delegates (Sinjae Yoo, Hiroaki Saito) | Sinjae Yoo |
| 09:30-09:40 | Progress of IMBeR Project John Claydon | John Claydon |
| 09:40-09:50 | CJK IMBeR Symposium: past, present, and future Ying Wu | Ying Wu |
| 09:50-10:20 | Group Photo & Morning tea | |
| Session 1: Advances in observation and modelling of physical and biogeochemical processes in the West Pacific regionConveners: Hui Wu, Gi Hoon Hong | ||
| Keynote speech | ||
| 10:20-10:50 | BGC-Argo observations and physical-biogeochemical modeling in Northwest Pacific | Fei Chai | Fei Chai |
| 10:50-11:20 | The history of Kuroshio studies, the progress and emerging issues | Hiroaki Saito | N/A |
| Paper presentation | ||
| 11:20-11:35 | Seasonal variations in nutrients and biogenic particles in the upper and lower layers of East China Sea Shelf and their export to adjacent seas | Xinyu Guo | N/A |
| 11:35-11:50 | Variability and mechanisms of seasonal hypoxia off the Changjiang Estuary, China | Feng Zhou | Feng Zhou |
| 11:50-12:05 | Physical control on the biogeochemical processes in the Changjiang River estuary | Zhaoru Zhang | Zhaoru Zhang |
| 12:05-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-14:15 | Variability of particle export in the northwestern Pacific | Peng Xiu* | N/A |
| 14:15-14:30 | Transport and transformation of nitrate in the Changjiang Estuary | Shan Jiang | Shan Jiang |
| 14:30-14:45 | Nutrient supply to the euphotic layer in the Kuroshio and Kuroshio Extension | Yingying Hu | N/A |
| 14:45-15:00 | The impact of cyclonic- and anticyclonic- mesoscale eddies on biogeochemistry of dissolved and particulate organic matter in the northern slope of South China Sea | Miao Zhang | N/A |
| 15:00-15:15 | Tracing external sources of nutrients in the East China Sea and evaluating their contributions to primary production | Jing Zhang | N/A |
| 15:15-15:35 | Afternoon tea | |
| 15:35-15:50 | Characterizing photochemical and optical properties of terrigenous dissolved organic matter in Otsuchi Bay, Japan | Chia-Jung Lu | N/A |
| 15:50-16:05 | Transient hypoxia extent off Changjiang River Estuary due to mobile Changjiang diluted water | Wenxia Zhang | Wenxia Zhang |
| 16:05-16:20 | Isotopic constraints on biogeochemical cycling of selenium in the East China Sea | Yan Chang | N/A |
| 16:20-16:35 | Atmospheric deposition of 7Be, 210Pb and 210Po during typhoons and thunderstorm in Shanghai, China and global data synthesis | Juan Du | Juan Du |
| 16:35-16:50 | Recent surface cooling in the Yellow and East China Seas in association with the North Pacific climate regime shift in 1997/98 | Chan Joo Jang | Chan Joo Jang |
| 17:00-19:00 | Poster Session (Snacks and Drinks) |
18 September 2018, Tuesday
| Time | Event | Presentation |
| Session 2: The response of marine ecosystems to natural and anthropogenic forcing: past, present and futureConveners: Ying Wu, Thamasak Yeemin | ||
| Keynote speech | ||
| 08:30-09:00 | A critical re-assessment of the primary productivity of the Yellow Sea, East China Sea and Sea of Japan/East Sea Large Marine Ecosystems | Sinjae Yoo | Sinjae Yoo |
| 09:00-09:30 | Ocean acidification from below in the tropical Pacific | Masao Ishii | N/A |
| Paper presentation | ||
| 09:30-09:45 | Potential impact of typhoon on the planktonic ecosystem in the Yellow Sea | Jung-Hoon Kang | N/A |
| 09:45-10:00 | Evaluation and prediction of the influences of ocean acidification to the subarctic coast | Masahiko Fujii | Masahiko Fujii |
| 10:00-10:15 | Effect of seasonal acidification on CaCO3 cycling in the Yellow Sea | Weidong Zhai | Weidong Zhai |
| 10:15-10:30 | Comparative study on the chronology in the sediment of estuary by multi-radionuclides | Jinzhou Du | Jinzhou Du |
| 10:30-10:50 | Morning tea | |
| 10:50-11:05 | Decadal changes in East China Sea and Southern Yellow Sea ecosystem | Christina Eunjin Kong | N/A |
| 11:05-11:20 | Interannual variability in the chlorophyll concentrations on the Mid-Atlantic Bight along northeast United States | Yi Xu | Yi Xu |
| 11:20-11:35 | High net growth of phytoplankton under the serious nitrogen limitation in subtropical North Pacific Ocean | Siyu Jiang | Siyu Jiang |
| 11:35-11:50 | Vertical distribution of planktonic ciliates in the oceanic and slope areas of the western Pacific Ocean | Wuchang Zhang | Wuchang Zhang |
| 11:50-12:05 | Impact of river discharge on the primary productivity and its contribution to the biological productivity in the Indus delta creeks and shelf area | Samina Kidwai | Samina Kidwai |
| 12:05-12:20 | Implementation of ecosystem based coastal resilience management program for minimize the hazards impacts to the coastal communities in Sri Lanka | Anil Premaratne [moved from Session 3] | Anil Premaratne |
| 12:20-14:00 | Lunch | |
| Session 2: The response of marine ecosystems to natural and anthropogenic forcing: past, present and futureConveners: Sinjae Yoo, Masao Ishii | ||
| 14:00-14:30 | Managing ecotourism on coral reefs and underwater pinnacles in the Western Gulf of Thailand | Thamasak Yeemin | Thamasak Yeemin |
| Paper presentation | ||
| 14:30-14:45 | Black coral as a new environmental recorder: the iron profiles in coral skeleton from Sanya Bay over the past century | Dan Wu | N/A |
| 14:45-15:00 | Lagrangian study of cross-slope transport and its role on phytoplankton bloom in the Northern South China Sea | Ziyuan Hu | Ziyuan Hu |
| 15:00-15:15 | Spatial and temporal variations of nutrients and chlorophyll a in River Indus, Indus Delta, and adjacent Arabian Sea | Waqar Ahmed | N/A |
| 15:15-15:35 | Afternoon tea | |
| 15:35-15:50 | Organic matter input from rivers into coastal waters of Sarawak and related GHG emissions: an overview of ongoing work | Moritz Müeller | Moritz Müeller |
| 15:50-16:05 | Origin and fate of particulate organic matter in a small tropical river – Zuari River, India with special reference to amino acids | Dearlyn Fernandes | N/A |
| 16:05-16:20 | Diel observation for amino acids enantiomers in the South China Sea slope | Zhuoyi Zhu | N/A |
| 16:20-16:35 | Trophic interactions of mesopelagic fishes in the South China Sea from the perspective of stable isotopes and fatty acids | Fuqiang Wang | N/A |
| 16:35-17:00 | Meet the Editors | Acta Oceanologica Sinica | Jing Zhou |
| 19:00 | IMBeR Dinner |
19 September 2018, Wednesday
| Time | Event | Presentation |
| Session 3: Responses of Society to global change in marine systems: ways forwardConveners: Yinji Li, Richard Bellerby | ||
| Keynote speech | ||
| 08:30-09:00 | Why Human Dimensions today? The meaning of integration of natural science and social science | Mitsutaku Makino | Mitsutaku Makino |
| 09:00-09:30 | Towards a common framework for marginal social-ecological system research | Richard Bellerby | Richard Bellerby |
| Paper presentation | ||
| 09:30-09:45 | The future of fishes and fisheries in the Western Pacific Biosphere under the changing ocean | Vicky Wing Yee Lam | N/A |
| 09:45-10:00 | Potentiality of IMBeR-ADApT framework for coastal governance in Northeast Asia Seas | Yinji Li | N/A |
| 10:00-10:15 | Joint management of local fishery in Japan and its performance evaluation: a case study of the Sarufutsu Village in Hokkaido | Yao Wei | Yao Wei |
| 10:15-10:35 | Morning tea | |
| 10:35-10:50 | The development of coastal governance in Japan | Xiang Gao | N/A |
| 10:50-11:05 | Factors influencingthe resilience of small-scale fishers in the Gulf of Thailand | Suvaluck Satumanatpan | Suvaluck Satumanatpan |
| 11:05-11:20 | Meet the Editors | Anthropocene Coasts | Wenjing Xie |
| Discussions & Session 3 Wrap up | ||
| 11:20-11:40 | Converners:Mitsutaku Makino, Yinji Li, Richard Bellerby | |
| 11:40-11:55 | 8th CJK IMBeR Symposium – Closing Address | |
| 12:20-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-17:30 | The IMBeR Human Dimensions Training Course:Responses of society to global changes in marine systemYinji Li, Mitsutaku Makino, Ling Cao, Gi Hoon Hong |
* Presentation cancelled due to speaker’s personal reasons