ICRI Meetings

ICRI General Meetings are held on an annual basis at a minimum. The next General Meeting will be held in Cairns, Australia, from July 16-19, 2012. Further information will follow shortly. 

Upcoming coral reefs related meetings

• 27th Meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force
  Thursday, February 23, U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington D.C.
  Website
• International Day for Biological Diversity
  22 May 2012
  Marine Biodiversity is the theme for this year's International Day for Biodiversity (IDB). Designation of IDB 2012 on the theme of marine ecosystems provides Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and everyone interested in marine life, the opportunity to raise awareness of the issue and increase practical action.
• 12th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS 2012)
  July 9-13, 2012, Cairns, Australia
  Website
• 10th International Seafood Summit
  September 6-8, 2012, Hong Kong, China
  Website
• 9th Congress on Marine Sciences – MarCuba 2012
  October 29th - November 2nd, 2012, International Convention Center, Havana, Cuba
  Contact: marcuba@ama.cu

Recently ICRI meetings or meetings where ICRI participated:

• ICRI 26th General Meeting
  December 12-15th, 2011, La Réunion
• 4th International Tropical Marine Ecosystem Management Symposium (ITMEMS)
  December 5-8, 2011, Guadeloupe
• The 7th ICRI East Asia Regional Workshop, co-hosted by the Fishery Administration, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cambodia, and the Ministry of the Environment, Japan in collaboration with the ICRI Secretariat was held from the 9th to 13th October 2011 in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
• 25th ICRI General Meeting (8-12 November 2010, Apia, Samoa)
• Side Event at Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Nagoya, Japan (October 20th, 2010)
• ICRI Regional Lionfish Workshop (25-28 August 2010, Cancun, Mexico)
• 6th ICRI East Asia Regional Workshop (26-28 June 2010, Phuket, Thailand)
• 5th Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands - Ensuring Survival, Preserving Life, and improving Governance
  May 3-7, 2010, UNESCO, Paris, France
  Website
• 24th ICRI General Meeting (Monaco, 12 - 15 January 2010)
• A side event at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen: Coral Reefs and Climate Change, Demonstrating the Link between Reef Resilience and Human Well-being
• The 5th ICRI East Asia Regional Workshop, 8th to 11th December 2009, Hoi An, Vietnam