SCOR-Related Activities at OSM 2026

This page will be updated as new information is available.

SCOR-Wide Activities

SCOR Booth: SCOR’s Executive Director and representatives from SCOR committees and activities will be available at Booth #97. Interested in a specific activity? Please view the booth schedule.

SCOR Social Event: Open to all! Representatives from SCOR committees and activities as well as anyone–especially early-career scientists–interested in learning more about SCOR’s activities and opportunities are encouraged to attend to build connections across the community.

• Date & Time: Thursday, 26 February, 18:00-20:00 GMT
• Location: Hotel Indigo Turbine 75 Bar, 75 Waterloo St
• RSVPs are requested to best inform event arrangements. Register here.

SCOR Working Groups and Projects

WG 161 ReMO

• Poster Session OB14G – Respiration in the Mesopelagic Ocean: Reconciling Ecological, Biogeochemical, and Model Estimates I Poster Monday, 23 February, 16:00-18:00 (Poster Hall)

WG 165 MixONET

• MixONET Co-Chair, Aditee Mitra, will deliver one of the conference Plenaries. Tuesday, 24 February, 10:30-12:30 (Clyde Auditorium)

WG 168 4D-BGC

• Sessions related to the goals of working group are listed here.

WG 170 PRIMO

• eLightning Session OB42D – Quantifying and Linking ‘Omics, Physiology, and Models in Marine Microbiology I eLightning Thursday, 26 February, 10:30-12:00 (Hall 4, eLightning Theater 1)
• Poster Session OB44G – Quantifying and Linking ‘Omics, Physiology, and Models in Marine Microbiology II Poster Thursday, 26 February, 16:00-18:00 (Poster Hall)

WG 171 MASIS

• Poster Session CC14G – Stable Isotopes in the Marine Environment: Applications, Modeling, and Best Practices I Poster Monday, 13 February, 16:00-18:00 (Poster Hall)

WG 172 SALTWATER

• eLightning Session CP33B – Marine and Hydrological Processes Impacting on Estuarine Saltwater Intrusions I eLightning Wednesday, 25 February, 14:00-15:30 (Hall 4, eLightning Theater 2)
• Poster Session CP34B – Marine and Hydrological Processes Impacting on Estuarine Saltwater Intrusions II Poster Wednesday, 25 February, 16:00-18:00 (Poster Hall)

GEOTRACES (view complete information here)

• Demonstrations of the new 2025 Intermediate Data Product and the DOoR data submission portal will be conducted at the SCOR booth. Wednesday, 25 February, 14:15-15:30 (Exhibit Hall)
• Poster Session OB44F – Multitracer Approaches to Understanding and Quantifying Marine Biogeochemical Processes I Poster Thursday, 26 February, 16:00-18:00 (Poster Hall)
• Oral Session OB51B – Multitracer Approaches to Understanding and Quantifying Marine Biogeochemical Processes II Oral Friday, 27 February, 08:30-10:00 (Hall 3, Coral Cove)
• Oral Session OB52C – Multitracer Approaches to Understanding and Quantifying Marine Biogeochemical Processes III Oral Friday, 27 February, 10:30-12:00 (Hall 3, Coral Cove)
• Oral Session OB53A – Multitracer Approaches to Understanding and Quantifying Marine Biogeochemical Processes IV Oral Friday, 27 February, 14:00-15:30 (Hall 3, Coral Cove)
• eLightning Session CB31A – Coastal, Shelf, and Island Mass Effects on Trace Element Biogeochemistry in the Ocean I eLightning Wednesday, 25 February, 08:30-10:00 (Hall 4, eLightning Theater 2)
• Poster Session CB34A – Coastal, Shelf, and Island Mass Effects on Trace Element Biogeochemistry in the Ocean II Poster Wednesday, 15 February, 16:00-18:00 (Poster Hall)
• Poster Session HE24C – Mercury in Polar Waters: Sources, Transformations, and Bioaccumulation in Food Webs I Poster Tuesday, 24 February, 16:00-18:00 (Poster Hall)
• Poster Session OB14H – Revising the Ocean Silicon Cycle: Pathways, Stoichiometry, and Climate-Carbon Feedback in the Anthropocene I Poster Monday, 23 February, 16:00-18:00 (Poster Hall)

IIOE-2

• Oral Presentation PS23B-07 Investigating interactions between the Agulhas Current and Algoa Bay along the east coast of South Africa (IIOE-2-endorsed project) Tuesday, 24 February, 15:00-15:10 (Forth)

IMBeR (view complete information here, including additional sessions chaired by IMBeR participants)

• In addition to the SCOR booth, representatives from the IMBeR IPO will be available at Booth 140 by State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research (ECNU)
• Oral Presentation ED51A-13 Capacity Development for International Collaborative Integrated Marine Biosphere Research (IMBeR): Lessons from the International Project Office Friday, 27 February, 09:34-09:40 (Alsh)
• Poster Action Plan for the Ocean and the OCEAN100+ Team Tuesday, 24 February, 16:00-18:00 (Poster Hall)
• Town Hall TH43A – Broadening the Ocean Science Workforce for a More Equitable, Inclusive, and Engaged Community (IMECaN in collaboration with Challenger Society for Marine Science, and The Oceanography Society JEDI) Thursday, 26 February, 12:45-13:45 (Forth)
• Oral Presentation PI33A-04 Light as a control on pico and nanoplankton abundance and distribution in Irish Marine Transitional Waters (IMBeR-endorsed project NUTS&BOLTS) Wednesday, 25 February, 14:30-14:40 (Hall 1)

IOCCP

• Town Hall TH13J – The Surface Ocean CO2 Reference Observing Network (SOCONET): An Emerging Network Within the Global Ocean Observing System Focused on Providing Data to Support Estimates of Ocean Carbon Uptake—Current Status and Future Prospects Monday, 23 February, 12:45-13:45 (Hall 3, The Sound)

SOOS (view complete information here, including additional sessions by SOOS participants)

• Town Hall TH53E – Open Science and Data for Polar Research Friday, 27 February, 12:45-13:45 (Lomond Auditorium)
• Poster Session OT34B – Emerging Technologies to Enhance Southern Ocean and Antarctic Observations I Poster Wednesday, 25 February, 16:00-18:00 (Poster Hall)
• Poster Southern Ocean Observing System for Sustained and Coordinated Observations in a Changing World Wednesday, 25 February, 16:00-18:00 (Poster Hall)
• Poster DueSouth: Advancing Sustainable and Collaborative Polar Science Through Shared Logistics Wednesday, 25 February, 16:00-18:00 (Poster Hall)
• Poster Open Access to the Southern Ocean: SOOSmap as a Gateway to Multidisciplinary Data Thursday, 26 February, 16:00-18:00 (Poster Hall)

SOLAS (view complete information here)

• Town Hall TH13H – Surface Ocean–Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) 3.0: From Science to Solutions Monday, 23 February, 12:45-13:45 (Hall 3, The Abyss)
• Poster Session AI34C – SOLAS and SOCOM: Understanding Interactions and Feedbacks Between the Ocean and Atmosphere I Poster Wednesday, 25 February, 16:00-18:00 (Poster Hall)
• Oral Session AI51A – SOLAS and SOCOM: Understanding Interactions and Feedbacks Between the Ocean and Atmosphere II Oral Friday, 27 February, 08:30-10:00 (Lomond Auditorium)

Other Events of Specific Interest to the SCOR Community

Science Plan Launch: TH33B – BioGeoSCAPES: Querying the Ocean’s Microbial Life Support System Wednesday, 25 February, 12:45-13:45 (Alsh)

• View complete information here. BioGeoSCAPES has engaged with SCOR on the development of the Science Plan, which has culminated in an external review of the document overseen by SCOR.

Report Launch:  CC12B-09 Integrated Ocean Carbon Research: a vision primed for implementation Monday, 23 February, 11:50-12:00 (Lomond Auditorium)

• IOC-R, co-sponsored by the Global Carbon Project, SOLAS, IMBeR, CLIVAR, IOCCP, and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC), have developed a report involving 71 co-authors and 12 reviewers from 22 countries. The report provides an actionable foundation for addressing current and future challenges of ocean carbon research. The final publication will be officially launched during this session.

Event: The UN Ocean Decade Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOP) Programme – benefits and how to get involved! Monday, 23 February, 12:45-13:45 (Carron)