Full Programme
Lectures and
round tables meeting day
Science sessions days
International sessions
Online sessions and events
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Special session on the UN decade of Science for Sustainable Development;
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World Association of Marine Stations (WAMS): special session on marine stations as platforms for international research and collaboration and a role of WAMS in facilitating it;
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Biological fouling beneath the photic depths - cross-cutting research opportunities;
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Fieldwork training and qualification qualification courses for marine mammal specialists - from observing to tagging to rescue;
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TBC.
Science sessions (in-person)
1. Oceanology
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The state of the marine environment: current knowledge and future challenges;
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Structure, transport and transformations of the water masses in the World Ocean;
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Remote technologies of marine research;
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Latest updates from expeditions and fieldwork;
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Modelling in the ocean sciences.
2. Hydrology
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The state of the Water resources in the Russian Federation;
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Water quality assessments in the marine environment;
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Research methods in hydrology, hydrogeochemistry, water physics and biology;
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Evolution and development of aquatic ecosystems;
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The lakes in the northern regions and greenhouse gases.
3. Marine Geology
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Gases and gas hydrates in marine sediments;
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Underwater mass transport processes;
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Mud volcanoes;
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Glacial and periglacial continental margins;
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Sedimentary systems of the Modern Ocean;
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Marine mineral resources.
4. Hydrographic and Geophysical Surveys in aquatic systems
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Advances in methods in marine geophysics and hydrography;
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Data quality control and processing;
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Results and interpretation;
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Project management in science and research;
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Results interpretation;
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Integrated fundamental and industrial projects;
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Educational programs.
5. Marine Biology
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Biodiversity of marine ecosystems;
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Functional structure of the marine habitats;
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Morphology, anatomy and physiology of marine organisms;
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Biodiversity and ecosystems of the relict coastal lakes;
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Modern methods in marine biology;
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Embryophytes, algae and mycophyta research;
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Developmental biology and life cycles.
6. Sustainable management, Conservation and Environmental Protection
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Impacts of human activities on marine ecosystems;
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Integrated coastal management;
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Marine Protected Areas (MPA) establishment and operation;
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Aquacultures – development and maintenance;
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Legal aspects of marine resource management.
7. Underwater cultural heritage
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Approaches and research methods;
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Education and training;
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Challenges of scuba- diving as a sampling technique.
8. Special session towards United Nations Decade of Ocean science for sustainable development (2021-2030) and the IOC of UNESCO 60th birthday.
9. Session «Science outreach in cinematography»
Round table meetings (in-person)
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Antarctic bottom water circulation;
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Dangerous and catastrophic geological and hydrological processes of the past and present;
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Sub-aquatic natural gas hydrates;
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Geology of the marine and lake periglacial basins and their modern analogues;
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Development of hardware and software for hydro and seismic acoustic systems;
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Determination and mapping of benthic communities;
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Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): implications for the studies of the marine ecosystems dynamics; platforms for scientific collaboration; challenges and management
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Challenges in the regulation of the scientific diving activities;
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Overview of marine offshore stationary stations. The development of international cooperation;
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«In honour of 75th anniversary of Professor Mikhail Ivanov».