ICES Annual Science Conference 2026

Theme sessions

Take a look at the upcoming theme sessions at ASC 2026. These sessions cover a variety of subjects that are shaping the future of marine science, such as human dimensions, climate change, sustainable aquaculture, and marine ecosystems.

Theme Session A TBD Conveners TBD	Theme Session B Integrating ecosystem aspects with single-species fisheries management advice Conveners Marta M. Rufino (Portugal)
Theme Session C (Co-sponsored by PICES) From turbines to ecosystems: scaling up assessments of offshore renewable energy impacts Conveners Jolien Buyse (Belgium)	Theme Session D Bycatch reduction technologies – Advances in the field and overcoming barriers to implementation Conveners Julia Calderwood (Ireland)
Theme Session E Causes and consequences of extreme temperature events Conveners Bethany Wager (US)	Theme Session F From climate models to meaningful advice –Operationalizing climate-smart fisheries management Conveners Cecilie Hansen (Norway)
Theme Session G Co-sponsored by PICES Rethinking Marine AI: Limitations, failures, and future directions Conveners Ketil Malde (Norway)	Theme Session H Co-sponsored by PICES Understanding and managing human impacts on marine benthic ecosystem functioning Conveners Marija Sciberras (UK)
Theme Session I Restoring fished seascapes –Challenges, operational limits, and management Conveners Mark Dickey-Collas (UK)	Theme Session J Social-ecological assessment in multi-use marine spaces Conveners Lisa Pfeiffer (US)
Theme Session K Integrative approaches for marine biodiversity assessment Conveners Paola Batta-Lona (US)	Theme Session L Quantifying and assessing contaminants impacts – do we have the tools? Conveners Ketil Hylland (Norway)
Theme Session M Data quality in small-scale fisheries – Bridging new methods and regulations with field realities Conveners Eneko Bachiller (Spain)	Theme Session N Ecological impacts of warming-induced changes in organismal body sizes Conveners Max Lindmark (Sweden)
Theme Session O Aquaculture and impact of climate change Conveners Ellen Sofie Grefsrud (Norway)	Theme Session P Plankton, especially gelatinous zooplankton, and its interaction with fisheries Conveners Cornelia Jaspers (Denmark) Daniel Ottmann (Spain) Russell R. Hopcroft (USA) Dhugal Lindsay (Japan)
Theme Session Q Building partnerships for novel oceanographic and fisheries-dependent data Conveners A. Miguel Piecho-Santos (Portugal)	Theme Session R Other important research not covered in this year's theme sessions Conveners TBD