The PICES-2026 Annual Meeting will be held from 24-30 October 2026 in Nanaimo, Canada, under the theme “Actionable Science for a Changing Ocean.”
If you are participating in PICES-2026 through an IMBeR-related activity (e.g., as a session/workshop convenor, speaker, poster presenter, or committee member), please share your engagement with the IMBeR International Project Office (IPO). This list will be updated regularly.
Two IMBeR members will serve as IMBeR observers at the meeting. They will present an IMBeR poster and provide an update on IMBeR activities during the Science Board meetings. We encourage participants to connect with the IMBeR observers throughout the meeting.
Peng Lian (in-person observer)
🔹 Co-Leader, IMBeR CLIOTOP (CLimate Impacts on TOp Predators) Task Team
🔹 Member, PICES Advisory Panel on Early Career Ocean Professionals
🔹 Affiliation: Fishery Resource and Environment Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Beijing, China
Focus: Representing IMBeR CLIOTOP on oceanic top predator and climate change research, and supporting early-career ocean professionals.
Pavel Semkin (observer, tentatively online, to be confirmed)
🔹 IMBeR National Contact for Russia
🔹 Affiliation: V.I. Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Focus: Changing ecosystem structure under global climate change
Engaging the Russian marine science community with IMBeR initiatives at PICES.