This week (22–28 February 2026), VLIZ is well represented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in Glasgow, Scotland. The Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) is the flagship conference for the ocean sciences and the wider ocean-connected community. In addition to several oral and poster presentations, VLIZ employees will (co-)chair various sessions and attend back-to-back meetings. See the full overview of VLIZ contributions below.
Oral presentations
• Alizée Roobaert et al. Reconciling ocean carbon uptake estimates: a multi-model assessment of fCO2 reconstruction skill within the SOCOMv2 initiative. Friday February 27.
• Stephan Krisch, Eric P. Achterberg, Edward A. Boyle, Harald Biester, Manuel Colombo, Jay T. Cullen, Rob Middag, Arianna Olivelli, Birgit Rogalla. Closing the Arctic Ocean Pb Budget. Friday 27 February.
• Rutendo Roselyn Musimwa, Ward Standaert, Martha Stevens, Steven Pint, Gert Everaert. Pelagic Populations on the Move: Climate-Driven Habitat Shifts Revealed through Mechanistic Modelling and the European Digital Twin. Wednesday 25 February.
Poster presentations
• Maurie Keppens (presenting), Alizée Roobaert, Arianna Olivelli, Thanos Gkritzalis, Griet Neukermans and Peter Landschützer. Tracking Marine Heatwave Impacts on Coastal Carbon Dynamics: An Observation-based Case Study in the Belgian Coastal Sea. Monday 23 February.
• Joana Beja, Leen Vandepitte, Marina Lipizer, Benjamin Weigel, Bart Vanhoorne. The federate nature of in situ marine biodiversity data publication, the EMODnet Biology approach. Thursday 26 February.
• Viviana Piermattei, Patrick Gorringe, Emilie Breviere, Peter Thijsse, Antonio Novellino, Aianna Liconti, Kate Larkin, Joseph A Nolan, Jaume Piera, Alexandra Kokkinaki, Sigmund Kluckner, Ivan Federico, Garabet Kazanjian, Giovanni Coppini, Franziska Stressman, Nancy Fockedey, Jan Seys, Adam Gauci, Alan Deidun, Camilla Campanati, Lucie Cocquempot, Federico Coppin. Empowering Marine Citizen Science: the CS-MACH1 Data Network. Wednesday 25 February.
• Arianna Olivelli (presenting), Peter Landschützer, Seth M. Bushinsky, Daniel J. Burt. From sparse observations to high-resolution maps: A new data-driven approach to investigate the mismatch between observed and modelled ocean deoxygenation trends. Monday 23 February.
• Alizée Roobaert, et al., Peter Landschützer. SOCOMv2: The impact of near-surface vertical temperature gradients on the ocean carbon sink within the fCO2 product ensemble. Wednesday 25 February.
• Christophe Maier (presenting), Wieter Boone, Leandro Ponsoni, Chiara de Geeter, Roeland Develter, Egon Frandsen, Soren Rysgaard. Sea Ice Monitoring via Subsea Observatories: Initial Insights from Northeast Greenland Fjords. Wednesday 25 February.
• Leandro Ponsoni (presenting). The E(ddies)GC Project: Eddies and Their Multifaceted Impacts on the East Greenland Current System. Monday 23 February.
• Donglai Gong, ..., Wieter Boone, ... Design and Operational Considerations for USV-based Autonomous Launch and Recovery System (ALARS) for Glider UUV and Floats. Wednesday 25 February.
• Andrea van Langen Rosón (presenting), Alizée Roobaert, Clémence Goyens, Arianna Olivelli, Peter Landschützer, Griet Neukermans. New global marine ecological biomes to better resolve biological controls on the ocean carbon cycle. Thursday 24 February.
Sessions (co)-chaired
• Claudia Meneses - Where Do They Go? Investigating Movements of Highly Mobile Marine and Anadromous Species for Management and Conservation I Oral – Tuesday February 24
• Claudia Meneses - Where Do They Go? Investigating Movements of Highly Mobile Marine and Anadromous Species for Management and Conservation I Poster - Tuesday February 24
• Andrea van Langen Rosón - Role of shelf seas in biogeochemical cycling I Poster – Thursday February 26
• Andrea van Langen Rosón - Role of shelf seas in biogeochemical cycling I eLightning – Friday February 27
