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).