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Harmful Algae Conferences, Symposia, Workshops, and Courses
FUTURE CONFERENCES AND COURSES
Training Workshop on Food Security: 26 to 30 September, 2005, Hiroshima, Japan. The UNITAR Hiroshima Office for Asia and the Pacific (HOAP) Series on Sea and Human Security (2004-2006) aims at studying multiple dimensions of human security pertaining to seas, so as to support national policy making and institutional capacity building in the management and protection of seas and oceans. The 2005 workshop will focus on food security as a key component of Human Security. It will consider a broader definition of food security, both in terms of sustainable food production and supply, as well as safety issues of the food itself.
This will include:· Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) - an emerging threat to food security.
International Symposium on Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms (ISOCHAB): 6-10 September, 2005, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA. Purpose: to provide the general public with up-to-date information about the increasing threat of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms to human health and ecosystem sustainability; help meet the mandates of the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act (HABHRCA); and evaluate the state of the science on the risk posed by cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms to human health and ecosystem sustainability.
119th AOAC Annual Meeting & Exposition: 11-15 September, 2005, Orlando, Florida, USA. There is a call for poster submissions for the symposium, "Marine and Freshwater Toxins Analysis: Quality Methods for Public Health and International Trade". There will also be Marine and Freshwater Toxins Task Force overview, toxin subgroup meetings and progress report, later in the week during the AOAC meeting. Both toxin researchers and industry and government stakeholders, including those who are not yet members, are invited. Please RSVP to James Hungerford. Abstract deadline is 24 June, 2005.
PICES 14th Annual Meeting: 29 September - 9 October, 2005, Vladivostok, Russia. One session will be "Review of Selected Harmful Algae in the PICES Region: I. Pseudo-nitzschia & Alexandrium". Co-Convenors: Tatiana Orlova (Russia) and Mark Wells (USA).
Third Symposium on Harmful Algae in the U.S.: 2-7 October, 2005, at the Asilomar conference grounds near Monterey, California. The Steering Committee has extended the deadline for abstract submission to May 20, 2005. Please submit your abstracts to Mary Arnold.
GEOHAB Open Science Meeting 4: HABs and Stratification; 5-8 December, 2005, UNESCO Headquarters Paris, France. Conference Topics: • Physical processes relevant to stratification • Maintenance of HAB populations in thin layers • Selection of assemblages by different turbulent regimes • Changes in small scale physical properties caused by the phytoplankton community • Implications for sampling, monitoring and operational oceanography • Detection systems Invitation. Deadline Early Registration: 1 November, 2005. Deadline for submission of abstracts is 1 October 2005.
Pacifichem 2005: 15-20 December, 2005, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Includes two symposia: "Marine Toxins: Structure, Toxicology, and Detection", and "Chemistry, Toxins, Food Safety, and the Public: Education, Outreach, and Medical Aspects". Contact James Hungerford.
Special
HAB Session: 20-24 February, 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii. Abstracts are
requested for a special session on Harmful Algal Blooms: From Research to
Management at the Ocean Sciences Meeting, convened by Gina
Perovich and Quay
Dortch. Submit abstracts by 20 October, 2005.
12th International Conference on Harmful Algae: 4-8 September 2006, Copenhagen, Denmark. This is sponsored by ISSHA, and the local host is a joint Danish-Southern Sweden Organizing Committee.
10th Canadian Workshop on Harmful Marine Algae (CWHMA): Mont-Joli, Quebec,
Canada, 2007. Contact: Michel Starr.
13th International Conference on Harmful Algae: Hong Kong, 2008
PAST CONFERENCES
9th Canadian Workshop on Harmful Marine Algae (CWHMA): 6-8 July, 2005, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. This will coincide with the end of the July meeting of the Aquaculture Association of Canada, at the Delta Hotel. Convenor: Cynthia McKenzie.
ASLO Summer Meeting: 19-24 June, 2005, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. A special session on "Eutrophication and Harmful Algal Blooms", organized by Edna Granéli and Patricia M. Glibert. ISSHA is an official sponsor of this ASLO Meeting.
Mycotoxin and Phycotoxin Gordon Research Conference: 19-24 June, 2005, Colby College, Waterville, Maine, USA. An international forum for the presentation and discussion of leading edge research on the biology, chemistry, risk assessment and toxicology of fungal, algal, and cyanobacterial toxins that are known food or water contaminants. A satellite workshop on Applications of Emerging Technologies to Mycotoxin and Phycotoxin Research will be held 17-18 June, 2005, in Salisbury Cove, Maine. Bus transportation to the Gordon Conference will be provided. Contact Dr. Kathleen F. Rein.
International Ocean Research Conference: 6-10 June, 2005, Paris, France. A special plenary session on "Harmful Algal Blooms" will be during this conference, sponsored by The Oceanography Society and UNESCO's IOC.
 | HABs in different hydrodynamic regimes |
| Interactions between physics and population dynamics |
| HAB adaptive strategies |
| Impacts of HABs on ecosystem structure |
| Modelling of HABs - Observing and operational systems |
These topics represent essential topics for GEOHAB and the meeting is the occasion to advertise the efforts of our GEOHAB community to a wider audience in order to promote collaborations on research projects. The deadline for abstract submission is 31 January, 2005, but negotiations are underway for a delay to the 15 February, 2005. Contact Don Anderson and Patrick Gentien.
8th Advanced Phytoplankton Course - Taxonomy and Systematics: 2-23 April 2005, Stazione Zoologica "A. Dohrn", Napoli, Italy. Sponsored by the EU Framework 6 Network of Excellence in Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning (MARBEF) and Stazione Zoologica “Anton Dohrn”, Naples, Italy.
1st Joint Symposium and AOAC Task Force on Marine and Freshwater Toxins Analysis: 11-14 April 2005, University of Vigo, Spain
IOC Training Course on Qualitative and Quantitative Determination of Algal Toxins: 22 February to 3 March, 2005, Wattenmeerstation Sylt, Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany
GEOHAB Open Science Meeting on HABs and Eutrophication: 7-10 March 2005, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
11th International Conference on Harmful Algae: November 14-19, 2004, Cape Town, South Africa
PICES 13th Annual Meeting: HAB Section Meeting: Developing a North Pacific HAB Data Resource. October 16, 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. Co-Convenors: Henrik Enevoldsen (IOC Secretariat), Hak-Gyoon Kim (Korea) and Vera Trainer (U.S.A.).
HAB Schedule (PDF file); HAB Abstracts (PDF file).Management of Recreational Waters in Relationship with Harmful Microalgae Blooms (HAB) in the Mediterranean Sea: 25-26 October 2004, Calvià, Mallorca (Spain); contact: Sílvia Anglès
Sixth International Conference on Toxic Cyanobacteria: June 21-27, 2004, Bergen, Norway. The aim of the conference is to present the scientific frontier in cyanobacterial physiology, ecology, molecular biology, toxicology, risk assessment and detection methods for toxins.
Workshop on the analysis of Marine Biotoxins: National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, June 19, 2004 (pdf file)
5th International Conference on Molluscan Shellfish Safety: National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, from June 14-18, 2004. The conference aims to bring together HAB researchers, food safety regulators and members of the shellfish industry.
XI International IUPAC Symposium on Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins: May 17-21, 2004 Natcher Conference Center, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Contact: hnjapau@cfsan.fda.gov
2nd Symposium on Harmful Marine Algae in the U.S.: December 9-13, 2003, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA. Download Symposium abstracts as PDF files.
HABTech 2003: A workshop on technologies for monitoring of marine biotoxins and HABs; November 26-30, 2003, Nelson, New Zealand. Proceedings available for NZ$100; free CD-ROM also available; order at their website.
PICES Workshop on Harmful Algal Blooms - Harmonization of Data: October 11, 2003, Seoul, Korea (Session W3)
HABs in Upwelling Systems: November 17-20, 2003, GEOHAB Core Research Project. Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e das Pescas, INIAP-IPIMAR, Lisbon, Portugal
Habwatch Workshop: Real-time coastal observing systems for ecosystem dynamics and harmful algal blooms, June 11-21, 2003, Observatoire Océanologique and Citadelle, of Villefranche-sur-Mer, France. Proceedings are available on this website, including recorded oral PowerPoint presentations, posters and tutorials. (pdf file of the ICES Workshop Report)
Gordon Conference on Mycotoxins & Phycotoxins: June 15-20, 2003, Colby College, Waterville, Maine, USA
Gordon Conference Satellite Workshop on Toxin Detection Methods: Field Portable and Confirmatory Assay Technologies for Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins, June 13-14, 2003, Mt. Desert Biological Laboratory, Salsbury Cove, Maine, USA
8th Canadian Workshop on Harmful Marine Algae: May 28-30, 2003, Gulf Fisheries Centre, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada; PDF file of the Proceedings.
10th International Conference on Harmful Algae: October 21-25, 2002, St. Pete Beach, Florida, USA
17th International Diatom Symposium: August 25-31, 2002, International Society for Diatom Research and the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (there were papers on Pseudo-nitzschia)
4th International Conference on Molluscan Shellfish Safety: June 4-8, 2002, Santiago de Compostela (Galicia), Spain. Program. Abstracts (Word file).
Molecular Probe Technology for the detection of Harmful Algae: May 20-24, 2002, A workshop on harmful algal bloom monitoring, Martin Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway
Third Irish Marine Biotoxin Science Workshop: PDF file of the Proceedings (2.7 MB); 14 November 14 2002, Galway, Ireland
2nd International Conference on Harmful Algae Mitigation and Mitigation (HAMM): November 12-16, 2001, Qingdao, China
LIFEHAB: October 24-27, 2001. Life history of microalgal species causing harmful blooms, Calvia, Mallorca, Spain
2001 Gordon Research Conference on Mycotoxins & Phycotoxins: June 24-29, 2001 Williams College Williamstown, MA, USA
7th Canadian Workshop on Harmful Marine Algae: May 23-25, 2001, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC, Canada (pdf file of the proceedings; 3.7 MB)
Aquaculture Canada 2001: May 8, 2001 Session on Harmful Algal Blooms & Aquaculture, Halifax, NS, Canada
Symposium on Harmful Marine Algae in the U.S.: December 5-9, 2000. Woods Hole, MA, USA
9th International Conference on Algal Blooms: February 7-11, 2000, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Meeting report by Don Anderson in Protist, Vol. 151, 97–102, August 2000 (no longer downloadable as a pdf file)
HABTech 2000: A Workshop on Harmful Algal Bloom & Marine Biotoxin Monitoring, February 3-5, 2000, Nelson, New Zealand
West Coast Harmful Algal Blooms Public Online Workshop: "To HAB and HAB Not", November 20 - December 17, 1999, WWW "virtual campus" of the TCOE
1999 Gordon Research Conference on Mycotoxins & Phycotoxins: June 20-25, 1999, Plymouth State College, NH, USA
1999 Harmful Algae Management and Mitigation (HAMM) Conference: May 10-14, 1999, Subic Bay, Philippines
Updated: 20 July, 2005
Contact: Stephen S. Bates