Conference Seminar & workshop

During July 16-21, 2023, SKLMP Director Prof. Kenneth Leung together with Dr. Ceri Lewis from Exeter University, successfully co-chaired the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on “One Health Approaches to Urbanization, Water, and Food Security” at the Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco Resort & Spa in Barga, Italy.

On 5 October 2023, a delegation of five representatives from Southern Federal University in Russia visited Hong Kong and collaborated with SKLMP to organize a workshop. Three professors, including Prof. Tatiana Minkina, the Head of Soil Science and Land Evaluation Department of Southern Federal University, delivered presentations and provided a brief overview of the disciplinary development and research collaboration at Southern Federal University. Prof. Sushkova discussed key technologies and modern methods of bio-restoration of contaminated soils.

This event witnessed a remarkable turnout, with about 300 participants from over 20 different countries and received a total of 270 abstracts. Throughout the four-day conference, participants enjoyed a rich program consisting of 80 regular oral presentations plus 3 plenary and 23 keynote lectures, encompassing a diverse array of comprehensive marine science topics.

State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (SKLMP) held the “NSFC Forum on Ocean Science” from 1 to 3 September 2023. This forum was organized based on a cooperation agreement between the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange Centre (BHKAEC), with the participation of over 40 outstanding scholars from Hong Kong and the mainland. Due to the impact of Typhoon Saola, the forum was eventually held online.

As the PEMSEA Regional Centre of Excellence (RCOE) in Marine Pollution, SKLMP took the lead in organising the East Asia Regional training workshop on monitoring and assessment of microplastics in marine environments on 9 December 2022. The workshop was delivered online via Zoom and well attended by 130 participants from governments, NGOs and academia in the region.

The SKLMP 2021 Annual Meeting was successfully held on 7 April 2022. There were twelve presentations on collaborative research projects which were funded by SKLMP. The SKLMP 2021 Academic Committee Meeting was held after the presentation.