7th International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals

​The International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals is the premier meeting for scientists, explorers, managers, policymakers, industry specialists and students to exchange ideas and share knowledge of deep-sea and cold-water corals and their ecosystems. Topics of this meeting will include biodiversity, ecology, evolution, environment, climate, fisheries, sponges, associated fauna, mesophotic ecosystems, anthropogenic impacts, technology, and conservation.​

​The 7th International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals will be held in Cartagena (Colombia) from 29 July to 2 August 2019. Session submissions are now open (until 15 December 2018). Abstract submissions and early registration will start on 15 January 2019.

Organizers: Juan Armando Sánchez (Universidad de los Andes), Santiago Herrera (Lehigh University), and Luisa Dueñas (Universidad Nacional).