This event has ended.
- ocean | maritime economy
- Wednesday 17 September 2025, 09:00 - Friday 19 September 2025, 18:00 (CEST)
- Oostende, Belgium
Practical information
- When
- Wednesday 17 September 2025, 09:00 - Friday 19 September 2025, 18:00 (CEST)
- Where
- De Grote PostHendrik Serruyslaan 18A, Oostende, Belgium
- Languages
- English
Description
The conference of the European Marine Science Educators Association (EMSEA) will be held in Ostend, Belgium from 17 to 19 September. This year’s event forms a collaboration with Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), initiator of the first Conference on Ocean Literacy in Europe, the EC marine data service EMODNET, and European Atlas of the Seas and EUROGOOS, a key player in ocean data and literacy initiatives.
During the EMSEA Annual Conference the focus will be on presentations and panels on the following topics:
- Future of ocean literacy
- Ocean literacy and the Blue Economy
- Ocean literacy and education
- Ocean literacy in the North Sea & Baltic Sea
- Ocean literacy and advocacy
- Ocean literacy research & data
The EMSEA 2025 conference is endorsed as a UN Ocean Decade Activity.