Celebrating 100 years of marine science

In October 2002, ICES celebrates its anniversary of 100 years in Copenhagen. For the last century, ICES has been the organisation coordinating and promoting marine research in the North Atlantic Ocean.

The celebrations will take place during our Annual Science Conference, which will be held here in Copenhagen (1-5 October 2002).

Centenary Day
During the conference week over 600 marine scientists will descend on Copenhagen from all corners of the world. There will be a special Centenary Day (4 October 2002) which will include talks about ICES past, present and future along with a lecture by Dr Robert T. Watson, former Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The title of his lecture is "Climate Change - Time for Action".

Copenhagen Declaration
During the Centenary Day there will also be special signing of the "Copenhagen Declaration" where invited officials from the member countries will sign a commitment to future support for ICES.

Other activities to celebrate the Centenary include:

- A national marine science poster competition for schools.


- A flotilla of 10 research vessels visiting Copenhagen for conference week.

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