International Symposium Planning Committee (ISPC)

in 2014, SCOR, IOC, and the Indian goverment formed a committee to plan a symposium that will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Institute of Oceanography (India) and the the 50 years of research in the Indian Ocean since the completion of the International Indian Ocean. The symposium will also feature the launch of the Second International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2).

The symposium is planned for 30 November-4 December 2015, in Goa, India, at the National Institute of Oceanography. The symposium is being planned by an international committee co-chaired by representatives from SCOR, IOC, and the Indian government.

Name	Expertise	Institution	Country
Shailesh Nayak, Co-Chair	Remote Sensing	Ministry of Earth Sciences	India
Peter Burkill, Co-Chair	Biology	University of Plymouth	UK
Vladimir Ryabinin, Co-Chair	Physical oceanography	Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission	France
Nick Hardman-Mountford	Remote Sensing and Biogeochemistry	CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Flagship	Australia
Venu Ittekkot	Sedimentation	University of Bremen	Germany
Margareth Kyewalyanga	Biological Oceanography (Primary Productivity)	University of Dar es Salaam	Tanzania
Michael McPhaden	Physical Oceanography	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration	USA
Fangli Qiao	Ocean Modeling	First Institute of Oceanography	China
Eric Raes	Biological Oceanography	University of Western Australia	Australia
Mike Roberts	Physical Oceanography	Oceans and Coastal Research	South Africa
Satheesh Shenoi	Remote Sensing	Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services	India
Marie-Alexandrine Sicre	Palaeoceanography	Universite Pierre et Marie Curie	France
Bernt Zeitzschel	Link with IIOE-1	Retired	Germany
SCOR Staff
Ed Urban	Marine biology	SCOR Secretariat, USA	SCOR
IOC Staff
Nick D'Adamo	Physical oceanography	IOC Perth Office	IOC
Albert Fischer	Physical oceanography	IOC Headquarters	IOC