International Organising Committee

  • Dongyan Liu (Chair) – SKLEC, ECNU, China
  • Nina Bednaršek – Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
  • Rowan Trebilco – CSIRO, Australia
  • Derek Armitage – University of Waterloo, Canada
  • GiHoon Hong – lMBeR IPO, China

Responsibilities:

  • Defining the conference theme
  • Inviting keynote speakers on behalf of IMBeR
  • Summarizing conference outcomes
  • Keeping the FO3 in order

Local Committee


Local Host
Shuguang KUAI, Qing HE, Xiuzhen LI, Xiaoyong CHEN

IMBeR Representatives
Jing ZHANG, Jingling REN, Shan JIANG, Fang SHEN, Ying WU

Youth Event Coordination
Shenghui LI, Ning ZHAO, Kai DENG

Responsibilities:

  • Coordinating local fundraising and mobilizing local resources
  • Liaising with the host institution and local marine science community, and fostering regional IMBeR science
  • Encouraging participation from early-career researchers
  • Overseeing local logistics and fostering IMBeR’s academic culture

International Project Office (Coordinator)

  • Fang Zuo (Executive Officer) – Coordinator between Committees and International Sponsors
  • Kai Qin – Coordinator with the Logistics Committee, participants, and Volunteer Team
  • Suhui Qian – Coordinator with local sponsors, exhibiters and media