Programme

2016 STRONGMAR conference
A sea of science

Morning

08:30 / 09:15 – Registration and welcome coffee

09:15 / 09:30 – Welcome session

Alan J. Jamieson (Newcastle University, England, UK)
Chair of the 2016 STRONGMAR conference

09:30 / 10:30 – Plenary session 1

A towed camera system to provide representative sampling of deep-sea habitats and fish behaviour
Francis Neat (Marine Scotland Science, Scotland, UK)

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10:30 / 11:00 – Session 1

Does deep-sea benthic ecosystem research need new technological developments?
Bhavani E. Narayanaswamy (Scottish Marine Institute, Scotland, UK)

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11:00 / 11:30 – Coffee break
11:30 / 12:00 – Session 2

“End-to-end” trophodynamic understanding of deep-sea hydrothermal vents
William Reid (Newcastle University, England, UK)

12:00 / 12:30 – Session 3

MarinEye – Building a multitrophic sensor for oceanic monitoring
Antonina dos Santos (IPMA, Portugal)

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12:30 / 13:00 – Session 4

Blue photonics: optics and sensors to sense the ocean
Pedro Jorge (INESC TEC, Portugal)

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13:00 / 15:00 – Lunch

Afternoon

15:00 / 16:00 – Plenary session 2

Life and Light in the Deep Ocean
Alan J. Jamieson (Newcastle University, England, UK)

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16:00 / 16:30 – Coffee break
16:30 / 17:00 – Session 5

Marine geological data: from shallow seas to deep oceans
Heather Stewart (British Geological Survey, Scotland, UK)

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17:00 / 17:30 – Session 6

Ocean Colour Remote Sensing: Technology Requirements for a Radiative Transfer Approach
David McKee (Strathclyde University, Scotland, UK)

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17:30 / 18:00 – Session 7

CORAL: a joint effort for the Sustainability of Ocean Exploitation
Filipe Castro (CIIMAR, Portugal)

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18:00 / 18:30 – Session 8

Abyssal and hadal fishes of the Pacific Ocean: baited lander studies from three hadal trench systems
Thomas D. Linley (Newcastle University, England, UK)

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18:30 / 18:45 – Closing session

Eduardo Silva (INESC TEC and ISEP, Portugal)
Principal Investigator of the STRONGMAR project