The high-level 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference, dedicated to advancing Sustainable Development Goal 14—the conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas, and marine resources—will be co-hosted by France and Costa Rica in Nice, France, from June 9–13, 2025.
IMBeR members will be actively engaged in the conference, driving transformative actions for a sustainable ocean.
Explore the list below to see where our community members will be contributing to the discussions.
This page is regularly updated to provide the latest information.
(Listed Alphabetically by Last Name)
- Juliano Palacios Abrantes – IMECaN Co-Chair
- Peter Croot – IMBeR National Contact for Ireland
- Maryam Ghaemi – IMBeR National Contact for Iran
- Ignacio Gianelli – Member of IMECaN Organising Committee
- Dongyan Liu – IMBeR SSC Chair
- Celeste López-Abbate – IMBeR National Contact for Argentina, Member of the Global ONCE Executive Committee
- Mia Strand – Member of IMECaN Organising Committee, ISC ocean expert group
UNOC 2025 Special Events
One Ocean Science Congress 4-6 June 2025, Nice, France
3 June | 14:00–15:30 (CEST) | Room 5
T2-3: Ocean-based renewable energy such as offshore wind, solar, wave, thermal and tidal energy
IMECaN Co-Chair Shenghui Li is a co-author of the oral presentation OOS2025-1021.
4 June | 14:00–17:30 (CEST) | Room 2
T2-5: Carbon dioxide removal approaches: effectiveness, durability, risks, as well as monitoring, reporting and verification.
Oral presentation OOS2025-809: Assessment framework to predict sensitivity of marine calcifiers to ocean alkalinity enhancement: identification of biological thresholds and importance of precautionary principle
Nina Bednarsek, Hanna Van de Mortel, Greg Pelletier, Marisol García-Reyes, Richard A Feely, and Andrew Dickson
5 June | 08:30–10:00 (CEST) | Room 1
T3-10: Protection and restoration of marine and coastal ecosystems to ensure sustainable and equitable management: Open Session
Oral presentation OOS2025-1400: Ocean sustainability in the context of global change: Lessons learned from a large-scale ocean research project.
Derek Armitage, Nina Bednarsek, Dongyan Liu, Rowan Trebilco, Gi Hoon Hong, and Fang Zuo
3–5 June | 18:00–20:00 (CEST) | “La Baleine” | Poster Board P128
T2-5: Carbon dioxide removal approaches: effectiveness, durability, risks, as well as monitoring, reporting and verification
IMECaN Co-Chair Shenghui Li is the first author and presenter of the poster OOS2025-1349.
Virtual Poster OOS2025-1058: A call for internationally coordinated scientific research for marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR) activities.
Gi Hoon Hong and Fang Zuo
UNOC 2025 Side Events
This event brings together early-career researchers (ECRs) and ocean professionals in marine sciences to reflect on the future of ocean-related early-career networks beyond the UN Ocean Decade. IMECaN is now looking ahead to the future of scientific collaboration, networking, and capacity building for early-career ocean professionals. The event will feature a futuring session focused on the role of ECRs in achieving SDG14. Participants will be invited to explore what support, opportunities, challenges, and networks lie ahead in the pursuit of “the ocean we want.” As the backbone of ocean sustainability, ECRs are inherently tied to the success of SDG14. We are the next generation of ocean leaders, making it essential to collectively envision the future we want.
12 June | 11:00–12:00 (CEST) | Beyond Borders Pavillion – La Baleine (Green Zone)
Early career ocean professionals’ event: Right Right Right! Widening ocean literacy to best support ocean sustainability transition. IMBeR IMECaN joins the panel.
IOC Events at the Port of Nice
Blue Zone Accredited
Morning coffee and soft launch event with the ocean carbon community: Integrated Ocean Carbon Research: A vision primed for implementation, Co-organized by IMBeR
Event Posters
Header image – Intern Weicheng Xue
Last updated: 31 May 2025