Call for Abstracts
The call for abstracts has been extended. Please submit your abstract no later than 1 May 2026 (any time zone). Full submission guidelines are provided below.
A limited number of early acceptances are available for applicants with time‑sensitive funding requirements. To request early consideration, please email highco2@confer.co.nz with your abstract submitted through the online form and a brief explanation of why early approval is needed.
Abstracts are invited that align with the themes and special sessions listed below. Details of confirmed special sessions are available here.
During submission, authors should select the theme or special session that best matches their abstract.
Themes & Special Sessions
Submit to any of the Themes below by themselves, or to the special sessions associated with them.
Beyond tipping points – translating science to action
Understanding how marine climate change research fits beyond the laboratory or field. Policy, management and beyond.
Special sessions include:
- Actionable oceans: putting ocean acidification science and information into the right hands
- Financing Ocean Futures: From OA Research to Coastal Safeguards
- From Data to Decisions: Operationalizing Interdisciplinary Ocean Acidification Knowledge
Global-driven changes in biodiversity and ecosystem resilience
Determining the ecological impacts of climate change and ocean acidification.
Special sessions include:
- Buffer or Booster? When Primary Producers Mitigate or Amplify Ocean Acidification
- Ocean acidification in the Mediterranean Sea: variability, vulnerability, and pathways in a high-CO₂, multi-stress basin
Multiple stressors' effects on marine organisms
Understanding the effects of multiple drivers of change, including local and global drivers of environmental change. Including but not limited to ocean acidification research.
Special sessions include:
- Assessing high-CO₂ and multi-stressor effects on aquatic organisms using natural laboratories of climate change
- Ocean acidification multiple stressor effects on North American species
Ocean-based solutions
Research on ocean solutions to marine climate change and ocean acidification.
Special sessions include:
- Addressing Coastal Acidification and Enhancing Carbon Sinks through Coordinated Management of Wastewater, Nutrients, and Ecosystems
- Alkalinity cycling in a changing ocean
- Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network Perspectives on Ocean Solutions
- Understanding ocean-based climate solutions: Ecological implications, monitoring needs, and financing pathways
Technological advances in marine climate change research
Emerging technologies in marine climate change research. Including, but not limited to, sensors, modelling, and geochemical tools.
Special sessions include:
- Charting the Future: Emerging Technologies for Ocean Acidification Monitoring
- New approaches for quantifying variability and human impacts on ocean biogeochemistry from sparse observational data
The modulating role of time – from short-term variability to evolution
Understanding the context of time in understanding how marine climate change impacts species.
Special sessions include:
- Ocean Deoxygenation: A Twin Threat to Ocean Health in a High-CO₂ World
Working across knowledge systems in a high-CO₂ world
Understanding how multiple knowledge streams can be used to better understand or manage the effects of marine climate change.
Special sessions include:
- Rebuilding coastal ecosystems through transformative change: Coastal people and a changing world
- The River-Ocean Nexus: Freshwater Acidification in a High-CO₂ World
- Understanding a high-CO₂ Arctic: observations, modeling, impacts, and emerging approaches across scientific and Indigenous knowledge systems
Key Dates
- Call for abstracts opens:
Mid-February 2026 - EXTENDED Abstract submission deadline:
1 May 2026 midnight (any time zone) - Presenter notifications:
First half of June 2026 - Early bird & presenter registration deadline:
30 June 2026 midnight (any time zone)
Submission Guidelines
Please prepare the following information prior to submitting your abstract:
- Title (recommended ≤ 20 words)
- Authors and their affiliations
- Presenting author’s email address
- Abstract text (maximum 250 words)
Presentation Types
You may submit your abstract for one of the following formats:
- Talk
- Poster
- Poster + Speed Talk
For talk submissions, you will be asked to indicate either the special session or theme most appropriate for your presentation. Details on talk duration and poster dimensions will be provided upon acceptance.
Language of Submission
All abstracts must be submitted in English or accompanied by an English version.
How to Submit
Use the submission button at the top of this page.
Review & Notification
All completed abstracts will undergo peer review. Authors will be notified of acceptance status in mid-June 2026.
Presenter Registration Requirement
Accepted presenters must register and pay the symposium registration fee by 30 June 2026 to be included in the final programme.
Publication
By submitting an abstract, authors consent to the publication of accepted abstracts in the online programme and in symposium proceedings or similar outputs.
Presentation Details
Talks will be scheduled within special or general sessions. Posters will be on display at the symposium with dedicated poster sessions. Additional presentation details, including information on speed talks, will be included in acceptance notifications.
Recording and Photography
By submitting an abstract and/or attending the Symposium, participants acknowledge and consent to the following:
- Presentations (slides, audio, and video) may be recorded for documentation, accessibility, hybrid participation, or post-event dissemination.
- Photographs may be taken by the organisers or designated photographers for use in reports, social media, and promotional materials.
- Presenters who do not wish to have their talk recorded may indicate this during the speaker confirmation process. Please note that recording of plenary sessions may be mandatory.