UMI 2008:
Marine Minerals: Technological Solutions and Environmental Challenges
The 38th Annual Conference of the Underwater Mining Institute
November 17-22, 2008, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, USA
http://www.underwatermining.org/
Abstract submission deadline: May 30, 2008.

SCOR 50th Anniversary Symposium
20-21 October 2008
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
For details and registration: https://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=1285
For program: http://www.scor-int.org/2008GM/SCOR_50th_Anniversary.htm

7th International Symposium for Subsurface Microbiology
16-21 November 2008, Shizuoka, Japan
http://www.issm2008.com/
Abstract submission deadline: 16 June 2008.

The application of molecular approaches to the study of subsurface microbial ecology has been most encouraging in the past decade. As would naturally be expected - the deeper we delve the more diverse the discoveries.

The National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK, will host the first International Ocean Stewardship Forum from 17-18 June 2008, with the aim of facilitating the effective integration of marine science, policy and law within ocean governance.
http://www.oceanstewardship.com/