Call for ISblue student/postdoc to attend the 16th Deep Sea Biology Symposium

The 16^th Deep Sea Biology Symposium  (16^th DSBS) will be hosted by Ifremer and held in Brest between the 12/17^th of September.  The symposium is organized as a hybrid event, combining an onsite meeting for delegates who can travel, running concurrently to an online meeting.

The local organizing committee is very excited to offer to all ISblue students and postdocs, online registration and/or onsite registrations to attend the meeting. This is a great opportunity to get in contact with some of the top experts in the Deep-sea field and get up to date with the latest research on deep-sea.

Please see below benefits associated to the onsite and online attendance. Interested candidate should send a motivation letter to dsbs21@ifremer.fr by the 20^th of July with subject ISblue student/postdoc, no longer then a page, highlighting their interests in participating to the conference, and how this event will benefit their current work and future career. The  students/postdoc chosen for onsite attendance, will be required to attend the entire event and to write a short article after the meeting in regard to their experience at the conference, which will be published on the ISblue website. Selection of the candidates for onsite attendance will be communicated by early August 2021

For any additional information, please contact Eleonora Puccinelli.

Registration for onsite attendance in Brest includes:

• Access to the conference
• Icebreaking reception on 12^th September 2021
• Coffee breaks and lunches from 13^rd to 17^th September, 2021
• Attendance at all conference onsite sessions as well as online live sessions
• Attendance at all poster sessions (with refreshments) and exhibition areas
• Access (until 30 September) to all recorded presentations and e-posters
• Connection with all online and onsite delegates (chat or video) for Q&A or private meetings
• Participation to online group chats

Registration for online attendance includes:

• Access (until 30^th September) to all presentations and e-posters recorded at the conference
• Access to live streamed sessions from the Oceanopolis Centre
• Access to online live sessions
• Connection with all online and onsite delegates (chat or video) for Q&A or private meetings
• Participation in online group chats
• Social online events for remote participants of different time zones