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3rd International Symposium on “Effects of climate change on the world’s oceans”
Twelve scientific sessions and six workshops will takeplace at the 3rd International Symposium on the “Effects ofclimate change on the world’s oceans”, to be held March
23–27, 2015 in Santos, Brazil. This meeting continues aseries of climate change focused meetings (2008: Gijón,Spain; 2012: Yeosu, Korea) coordinated by theInternational Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES),
the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES)
and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission ofUNESCO (IOC-UNESCO). Deadline for early registration
rates and abstract submission is October 31, 2014.
Details about themeeting are available atwww.pices.int/climatechange2015.aspx. Selected papers(oral and poster) from the symposium will be included in a
special issue of the ICES Journal of Marine Science(www.ices.dk/products/icesjournal.asp) scheduled for
publication in 2016. In addition, it is anticipated that
selected sessions and workshops will develop their own
proposals for special volumes.
Below, two of thesymposium convenors have expressed the importance of
this meeting and why you should attend:

climate change impacts on the oceans is a personal interest.
These impacts have been evident in my own research, fromwarming trends in sea surface temperature time series tochanges in fish community composition. Along the Pacificcoast of Canada, these observed changes have had major
consequences for the coastal communities and stakeholders
that utilize marine ecosystem services: both as lost resources
and as opportunities for new resources. Sustainable
management of marine resources in the face of climatechange requires quantification of uncertainty and risk in
our climate, ocean and ecosystem modeling and forecasts.
This symposium continues to build on the latest
developments and innovations in these fields and bridges tothe human dimensions of climate change impacts, with afocus on coastal communities, management objectives andgovernance adaptation. It will be an integrated forum forphysical, natural and social scientists from around theworld, providing the opportunity to present research on asuite of climate change pressures and system responses
including advection, nutrient transport, ocean acidification,
carbon pumps, phenology, biodiversity, resilience, andevolutionary adaptation. It is a unique opportunity toadvance, discuss and debate the scientific understandingsof climate change effects on marine systems in conjunction
with the forethought to thesocietal implications ofreliance on those systems’
services.

Jacquelynne King (PICES): As a natural scientist thatprovides scientific advice for marine resource management,

Luis Valdés (IOC): Since
its creation, the IOCUNESCO has played apivotal role in the development of oceanography at aninternational level providing
mechanisms to guide andcomplement ongoing researchby nation states. At the IOC
we are convinced thatclimate change is not only achallenging scientific issue
that has developed a corpus
of observations, models andhypothesis on possible consequences affecting criticalprocesses for the functioningof Earth’s ecology, but also
has had a dragging effect inother disciplines that havemodified the approaches toclassical topics such as risk
analyses, socio-economics,ethics and politics, energy,
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natural resources management, geo-engineering and even
evolution, which are now addressed under a different
perspective. The scientific debate has moved very fast fromobservations to impacts and from impacts to discussion on
potential mechanisms to mitigate and adapt to this newreality. This was likely in accordance to the fact that there
was, and still is, an urgent need for actions to minimise theimpacts of global warming, and obviously the decisions
must be based on credible scientific knowledge. The debate
on climate change needs input from science as one of theessential elements, and symposia like this, that bring
together experts from different disciplines to exchange

observations, results, models and ideas are crucial toconsolidate our understanding and knowledge at a globalscale.
This 3rd International Symposium on the “Effects of climatechange on the world’s oceans” aims to deliver new insights
into the ways in which climate change and variability isaffecting marine ecosystems, especially in Latin America
and the Southern Hemisphere, reduce the scientificuncertainty behind environmental change and provide asolid basis for future comparisons and research.

Join us in Brazil next March!

PICES Interns
We are pleased to announce that Ms. Anna Skvortsova
joined the Secretariat in July as the 2014 PICES Intern.
Anna was born and raised in Vladivostok in the Russian
Far East. She graduated from the Far East State University
in 2004 and was immediately employed by the Pacific
Scientific Research Fisheries Centre (TINRO-Centre). She
has worked at the International Department and wasengaged in preparation of the PICES Annual Meetings heldin Vladivostok in 2005 and in Khabarovsk in 2011. Anna
was in charge of coordination and implementation ofinternational cooperation based on bilateral agreements
between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Korea,People’s Democratic Republic of Korea, and People’sRepublic of China. She enjoys travelling, spending sparetime with her close and dear people, attending thefrancophone meetings supported by Alliance Francaise andparticipating in meetings of the Young Entrepreneurs
Center. She has a great interest in embroidery, baking anddancing.
We extend our sincere appreciation to Mr. Keyseok Choe,
who completed his term as PICES intern with theSecretariat in June 2014 and who has returned to Korea
where he is now working as Supervisor of the GeneralAffairs Team at the East Sea Research Institute of theKorea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST).
Keyseok was of valuable assistance in day-to-day activities
at the office as well as helping with activities at PICES2013, the FUTURE Open Science Meeting, and the 2014
PICES Summer School. We wish the best for Keyseok in
his career.
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