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Conference programme (+ speakers presentations)

The 6th edition of the CommOCEAN conference will take place on 26-27 November 2024 at the Málaga Oceanographic Centre of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC)

Consult here to draft programme for CommOCEAN 2024

You can download the book of abstracts here:

Book of abstracts for CommOCEAN 2024

Download the speakers presentations here below:

Session 1 - Learning from disaster to avoid a disaster: how to better communicate our science with different stakeholders in times of crisis

Session 2 - How to ensure engagement in your Citizen Science project 

 Session 3 - Integrating communication in fieldwork 

  • Juan Moreno Navas, Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC)
  • Özgün Evrim Sayılkan, METU Institute of Marine Sciences
  • Kelle Moreau, Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium
  • Rebecca Pflanz, ERINN Innovation
  • Andrea Magugliani, University of Bergen
  • Michela Giusti, ISPRA

Session 4 - Inspirational examples of engagement in international initiatives using story-telling

Close day 1 - 10 Ways to Succeed on Social Media When Reach is Declining – Joanne Sweeney, CEO, Digital Training Institute 

Session 5 - How to engage younger audiences with the help from ECOPs and what they need 

  • Natalie Fox, ECOP Programme
  • Izabela Kotyńska-Zielińska, Today We Have
  • Amanda Leslie, Ocean Tracking Network

Session 6 - How to write an engaging script for an animation

  • Jess Allen, Lauren Noakes, Elaine Maslin & Dan Bourne, National Oceanographic Centre, UK

Session 7 - What makes you better in communicating science? 

Session 8 - Sound & Vision

Session 9 - Bridging Science and Media: What’s Needed for Success? Co-organized with the Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Close day 2 

  • AI's Role in Expanding the Frontiers of Science Communication - Nikola Balić, Head of Growth, Daytona
  • Harnessing the power of AI and storytelling in marine science filmmaking for social media - Dávid Kulcsár, David's SciComm Lab