2026 Ocean Action Symposium

📅 Event Date :
2026-09-02 ~ 2026-09-03

📍 Location:
Environmental Changes Research Building, Academia Sinica, Taipei

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🌊 2026 Ocean Action Symposium
Navigating Sustainable Ocean Futures: Science, Policy, and Conservation in a Developing Sea
📅 Date | September 2–3, 2026
📍 Venue | Environmental Changes Research Building, Academia Sinica, Taipei
📝 Registration | https://forms.gle/p8aqGhTGRtdxtdFD8
Our oceans are changing.
As the ways we use ocean resources keep shifting and resource development shows no sign of slowing down, both Taiwan's waters and oceans worldwide are caught at a critical crossroads: rapid development on one side, mounting ecological pressure on the other. 
Are we ready for this?
The 2026 Ocean Action Symposium brings together academia, government, industry, and NGOs for 1 keynote, 4 thematic panels, and a roundtable discussion, covering:
🔹 Offshore wind and renewable energy — practical experience from Taiwan and abroad
🔹 Building ocean knowledge infrastructure — establishing and applying data systems
🔹 The latest in ecological monitoring and biodiversity conservation amid ongoing development
🔹 Building more resilient ocean governance to drive the Blue Economy 
From offshore wind development to ecological monitoring, biodiversity conservation, and the blue economy, how can scientific research provide policymakers with accurate information for making forward-looking decisions? How can transdisciplinary research and collaborative advocacy help shape a sustainable future for Taiwan's oceans?
The 2026 Ocean Action Symposium will be, rather than a one-way transfer of knowledge, a chance to think together: how do we navigate toward a sustainable ocean future in rapidly developing waters, grounded in science and powered by collaboration?
This year, we've invited offshore wind developers to share their hands-on experience advancing renewable energy in Taiwan and internationally, alongside researchers in marine conservation, ecological monitoring, and cultural keystone places, to explore how science and environmental humanities can support the ocean resource use, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable development that ongoing marine development demands.
The symposium also welcomes scholars from France, Brazil, and Indonesia, who will share their countries' experiences in ocean governance, policymaking, conservation management, and blue economy development to foster cross-border exchange and sparking new ideas and opportunities for collaboration.
🌊 Whether you're a researcher, industry partner, government representative, NGO member, or simply someone who wants to better understand how to safeguard ocean sustainability amid ongoing marine development, we warmly invite you to join this conversation!