The Challenger Society for Marine Science

We are the foremost learned society representing the UK academic marine research community.

Category: Events

  • Nominations are still open for the Early-Career Scientist Keynote Speaker at the ICES Annual Science Conference 2026 (15–18 September 2026, Brest, France). If you know an outstanding early-career scientist whose research and vision could inspire the ICES community — or if you are one yourself — please consider submitting a nomination! Deadline: 2 November 2025, midnight CET…

  • Observational marine science operates in a harsh and challenging environment. Traditionally, data collection relied on specialised research vessels, but their limited number and inability to operate in poor weather or heavy sea ice led to biased, sparse data. Instrumented moorings provide fixed-point data, and while satellites greatly improved surface observations, they only penetrate a few tens…

  • Join the Ocean Sciences Community in Glasgow in 2026!

    Register and join the global oceans science community at the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 (OSM26), taking place 22–27 February 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland at the Scottish Event Campus. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to exchange ideas with scientists, policymakers and industry leaders working to shape the future of ocean science.   Register by 14 January to…

  • Measuring and modelling sea ice and its behaviour is a challenging problem as highlighted in The Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A theme issue “Theory, modelling and observations of marginal ice zone dynamics: multidisciplinary perspectives and outlooks” (https://royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rsta/2022/380/2235) and the INI programmes  “Mathematics of Sea-Ice Phenomena” and “SIP Follow on: Mathematics of sea ice in the…

  • We are entering an exciting new era of data-driven opportunity. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are delivering extraordinary advances in science and technology. These capabilities have the potential to lead to some of the greatest developments in our history, with the oceans being no exception. Oceans of Knowledge 2025 will set this critical…

  • A Challenger Coastal and Shelf Sea SIG Christmas Symposium

    Dear members of the Challenger Coastal and Shelf Sea (CASS) Special Interest Group, A meeting of the Challenger Society of Marine Science Coastal and Shelf Seas (CaSS) Special Interest Group will be held at the National Oceanography Centre (Liverpool) on Tuesday 2nd December 2025, 09:30 – 16:30. The meeting will also be hybrid for those who cannot make it in person.…

  • We would like to remind you about the Challenger Society AGM coming up on September 11th at 1.30pm. For those of you at the UK Arctic Conference at Northumbria University, or who happen to be in the area, please do join in person! We will be in room ELA001 in Ellison Building, A-block, room 1 (ground…