The 1st International Online Conference on Marine Science and Engineering
The 1st International Online Conference on Marine Science and Engineering
Current State and Future Trends
Part of the International Online Conference on Marine Science and Engineering series
Event's Timezone: Central European Time
5 September 2025
10 October 2025
19 November 2025
Marine Biology, Physical Oceanography, Ocean Engineering, Coastal Engineering, Geological Oceanography, Chemical Oceanography, Marine Environmental Science
Publication Opportunities Update:
All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference report of the 1st International Online Conference on Marine Science and Engineering: Current State and Future Trends in Environmental and Earth Sciences Proceedings (ISSN: 3042-5743); if you wish to publish an extended proceeding paper (4–8 pages), please submit it to the same journal after the conference.
For more details, please click: https://sciforum.net/event/IOCMSE2025?section=#publicationopportunity.
Welcome from the Chairs
B. Coastal Engineering;
C. Physical Oceanography;
D. Geological Oceanography;
E. Marine Environmental Science;
F. Marine Biology.
Prof. Dr. Charitha Pattiaratchi
The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Conference Chair of the 1st International Online Conference on Marine Science and Engineering
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Program Overview
IOCMSE 2025 Program (Day 1)
24 November 2025 (Monday)
Time: 9:00 (CET, Basel) | 16:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
Day 1 Morning Activities
Opening Speech (TBD)
Session A. Ocean Engineering
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CET |
CST Asia |
Speaker |
Title |
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9:00–9:10 |
16:00-16:10 |
TBD |
Opening speech |
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9:10–9:20 |
16:10-16:20 |
Session Chair |
Welcome from the session chair |
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9:20-9:50 |
16:20-16:50 |
Invited Speaker |
Numerical and Theoretical Study on Fluid-Structure Interaction of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines |
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9:50-10:10 |
16:50-17:10 |
Selected Speaker |
Evaluation of Reduction and Validation Strategies in the Prediction of Extreme Ocean Events |
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10:10-10:30 |
17:10-17:30 |
Selected Speaker |
Hydrodynamic Shape Optimization of the Submarine Hull Using the Adjoint-Morphing Method |
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10:30-10:50 |
17:30-17:50 |
Selected Speaker |
From Data to Security: Machine Learning Approaches for Maritime Piracy Risk Assessment |
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10:50-11:10 |
17:50-18:10 |
Selected Speaker |
Numerical Analysis of the Penetration Process of the Bucket Foundation with a Cruciform Inner Compartment |
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11:10-11:30 |
18:10-18:30 |
Selected Speaker |
TBD |
24 November 2025 (Monday)
Time: 14:00 (CET, Basel) | 21:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
Day 1 Afternoon Activity
Session D. Geological Oceanography
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CET |
CST Asia |
Speaker |
Title |
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14:00-14:10 |
21:00-21:10 |
Session Chairs |
Welcome from the session chair |
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14:10-14:40 |
21:10-21:40 |
Invited Speaker |
AI for the Coast: Mapping the Unseen – Detecting Carolina Bays, Seafloor Pockmarks, and Marine Debris |
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14:40-15:10 |
21:40-22:10 |
Invited Speaker |
Coastal Strandplain Morphostratigraphy Reflected in Remote Image-Color Intensity Patterns: Northern Black and Azov Sea Coasts, Ukraine |
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15:10-15:30 |
22:10-22:30 |
Selected Speaker |
Evolutionary Trends of the Ustrychne Lake Baymouth Barrier (Black Sea, Ukraine): A Retrospective Analysis Using Historical Maps and Satellite Imagery (1775–2025) |
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15:30-15:50 |
22:30-22:50 |
Selected Speaker |
Comprehensive Analysis of the Evolutionary Trends of the Sukha Spit (Kinburn Peninsula, Black Sea, Ukraine) |
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15:50-16:10 |
22:50-23:10 |
Selected Speaker |
Classification of High-Frequency Shallow Seismic Profiles Using CPTu and Core Geotechnical Data in the Aegean Sea, Greece |
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16:10-16:30 |
23:10-23:30 |
Selected Speaker |
Designing Critical Seafloor Infrastructure Against Sediment Gravity Flow Hazards: Constraining Sedimentary Processes to Propose Mitigation Strategies |
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16:30-16:50 |
23:30-23:50 |
Selected Speaker |
Dune-ing It Right: A 1D-Model for the Evolution of the Dutch Barrier Islands Through the Influence of Waves, Vegetation, and Wind |
IOCMSE 2025 Program (Day 2)
25 November 2025 (Tuesday)
Time: 9:00 (CET, Basel) | 16:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
Day 2 Morning Activity
Session B. Coastal Engineering
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CET |
CST Asia |
Speaker |
Title |
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9:00–9:10 |
16:00–16:10 |
Session Chair |
Welcome from the session chair |
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9:10–9:40 |
16:10–16:40 |
Invited Speaker |
Four-Month Daily Beach Observations of the Capo Peloro Peninsula, Sicily |
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9:40-10:00 |
16:40-17:00 |
Selected Speaker |
One-Line Contour Models for Equilibrium Design: The Shoreline Response Behind Diffractive Structures |
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10:00-10:20 |
17:00-17:20 |
Selected Speaker |
Physical Modelling of Wave Overtopping Mitigation Through Adaptive Defence Solutions |
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10:20-10:40 |
17:20-17:40 |
Selected Speaker |
Analytical Investigation of Wave Interaction with a Submerged Trench Under Uniform Currents Using Evanescent Mode Theory |
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10:40-11:00 |
17:40-18:00 |
Selected Speaker |
Coastal Wind Resource Assessment Method Using BP-PSO Algorithm: A Case Study |
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11:00-11:20 |
18:00-18:20 |
Selected Speaker |
Dynamic Salinity Equilibrium in a Former Estuary After Reintroducing Seawater Inflow |
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11:20-11:40 |
18:20-18:40 |
Selected Speaker |
Immersive Virtual Reality Tsunami Evacuation Model Using High-Resolution Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Imagery and Numerical Simulation |
25 November 2025 (Tuesday)
Time: 14:00 (CET, Basel) | 21:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
Day 2 Afternoon Activity
Session C. Physical Oceanography
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CET
(Central European Time) |
CST Asia
(China Standard Time) |
Speaker
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Title
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14:00-14:10
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21:00-21:10
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Session Chair
Dr. Jean-Louis Pinault |
Welcome from the session chair
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14:10-14:40
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21:10-21:40
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Keynote Speaker
Prof. Dr. Abdolmajid Mohammadian |
Recent Advances in Numerical and Experimental Simulation of Marine Outfall Systems
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14:40-15:00
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21:40-22:00
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Selected Speaker
Boris Chubarenko |
Estuarine Turbidity Maximum in Non-Tidal Conditions and Relations to Microplastics Retention
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15:00-15:20
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22:00-22:20
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Selected Speaker
Colin Hughes |
Impacts of Topography on Wave-Current Interactions During Hurricane Arthur
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15:20-15:40
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22:20-22:40
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Selected Speaker
Prescilla Siji |
Drifter Observations of Surface Currents from the Browse Basin
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15:40-16:00
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22:40-23:00
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Selected Speaker
Qiantong Pei |
Storm-Induced Hydrodynamic Changes and Wave-Current Interaction over the Southeastern Canadian Shelf during Hurricane Fiona
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16:00-16:20
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23:00-23:20
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Selected Speaker
Jinyu Sheng |
Examining Hydrodynamics and Variability over the Eastern Canadian Shelf using a Nested-Grid Modelling System
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IOCMSE 2025 Program (Day 3)
26 November 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 9:00 (CET, Basel) | 16:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
Day 3 Morning Activity
Session E. Marine Environmental Science
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CET |
CST Asia |
Speaker |
Title |
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9:00–9:10 |
16:00–16:10 |
Session Chair |
Welcome from the session chair |
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9:10-9:30 |
16:10-16:30 |
Selected Speaker |
RAMSea - Towards a Scalable System for Subsea Monitoring |
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9:30-9:50 |
16:30-16:50 |
Selected Speaker |
An Inventory of Coastal Monitoring Stations in Indonesia: Opportunities and Gaps |
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9:50-10:10 |
16:50-17:10 |
Selected Speaker |
Bivalve Gut Microbiome Responses to Sediment Characteristics and Anthropogenic Activities in Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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10:10-10:30 |
17:10-17:30 |
Selected Speaker |
Managing Shellfish Aquaculture in the Ria Formosa (Portugal): CONNECT Ria Formosa |
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10:30-10:50 |
17:30-17:50 |
Selected Speaker |
Effects of Rare Earth Elements on Marine Biota: Subtle Stressors or Negligible Risks? |
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10:50-11:10 |
17:50-18:10 |
Selected Speaker |
Trace Metals Contamination Assessment in the Intertidal Environments of a Moderately Impacted Coastal Lagoon at Portugal (Óbidos Lagoon) |
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11:10-11:30 |
18:10-18:30 |
Selected Speaker |
Inoculum Optimization in Chlorella Cultivation: Enhancing Biomass Production for Marine Aquaculture and Environmental Remediation |
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11:30-11:50 |
18:30-18:50 |
Selected Speaker |
Environmental Influences on Heavy Metal Accumulation in Macroalgae: A Bibliometric Review of Recent Trends and Research Gaps |
26 November 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 14:00 (CET, Basel) | 21:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
Day 3 Afternoon Activity
Session F. Marine Biology
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CET |
CST Asia |
Speaker |
Title |
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14:00–14:10 |
21:00–21:10 |
Session Chair |
Welcome from the session chair |
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14:10-14:40 |
21:10-21:40 |
Invited Speaker |
Modern Biomaterialogy of Marine Sponges: Insights and Perspectives |
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14:40-15:00 |
21:40-22:00 |
Selected Speaker |
Ocean Acidification and the Shifting Goldilocks Zone of Cold-Water Coral Growth |
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15:00-15:20 |
22:00-22:20 |
Selected Speaker |
Comparative Analysis of Insoluble Fiber Content in Brown, Green, and Red Seaweed: Potential for Health and Industrial Use |
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15:20-15:40 |
22:20-22:40 |
Selected Speaker |
Neustonic Zooplankton of the Madeira-Tore Seamounts: Biodiversity Insights for Conservation |
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15:40-16:00 |
22:40-23:00 |
Selected Speaker |
Description of Tricleocarpa Fragilis Beds as a Distinct Habitat in the Columbretes Islands Marine Reserve (NW Mediterranean) |
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16:00-16:20 |
23:00-23:20 |
Selected Speaker |
Stimulating Effects of Space Weather in Toxin-Producing Marine Diatoms |
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16:20-16:40 |
23:20-23:40 |
Selected Speaker |
The Untapped Potential of Marine Bacterial Enzymes: Optimizing Hyaluronic Acid Molecular Weight for Targeted Applications |
Event Chairs
Charitha Pattiaratchi is a Professor in Coastal Oceanography at the University of Western Australia (UWA). He obtained his BSc, MSc and PhD in oceanography at University of Wales (Swansea). He has been at UWA since 1988 and currently is the leader of the Coastal Oceanography Group and The Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) ocean glider facility. His research encompass coastal ocean physical processes and their influence on climatic, biological, and geological processes in estuaries, the nearshore (beach) zone, and the continental shelf region. He uses field measurements, remote sensing, and computer modelling for his research. He is the Chief Editor of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering.
Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering (CENTEC), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, Lisboa, Portugal
Session Chairs
Prof. Dr. Rafael J. Bergillos
Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
http://www.upv.es/ficha-personal/rbermec
Prof. Dr. Dong-Sheng Jeng
School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Southport, Australia
https://experts.griffith.edu.au/18624-dongsheng-jeng
Dr. Azizur Rahman
Center for Climate Change Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
https://climatechangeresearch.ca/dr-rahman/
Dr. Jean-Louis Pinault
Independent Scholar, France
https://fr.gravatar.com/jeanlouispinault
Prof. Dr. Chun-Feng Li
Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan, China
https://person.zju.edu.cn/cfli
Dr. Ilya Buynevich
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
https://sites.temple.edu/coastal
Event Committee
College of Environmental Science and Technology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
offshore foundation; marine geohazard
Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Athens, Greece
marine environment; biogeochemical cycling of natural and anthropogenic hydrocarbons in the water column and sediments; sedimentary record studies of natural and anthropogenic hydrocarbons; organic contaminants; lipid biomarkers
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Australia
wave interactions with sea ice and ice sheets; complex scattering problems; generalized eigenfunction and spectral methods
Department of Ecosustainable Marine Biotechnology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Italy
marine biotechnology; marine organisms; molecular biology, molecular ecology, chemical ecology
computational fluid dynamics (CFD); computational marine hydrodynamics (CMH); fluid–structure interaction (FSI); wave loads; ship performance; floating hydrodynamics; offshore renewable energy
marine protists and fungi; protist–bacteria association; molecular microbial ecology; plankton ecology; sediment microbiome
Chief Scientist for Coastal Ocean Modeling, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Seattle, USA
estuarine and coastal modeling; marine renewable energy; coastal compound flooding; and marine ecosystem dynamics, including plastic pollution, seaweed production, and marine carbon dioxide removal
International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, USA
circulation of the Arctic Ocean; structure and variability of the Arctic Ocean boundary current; meso- and large-scale ocean dynamics; sea ice physics; ocean–ice interaction
Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
digital twins; structural health monitoring; structural analysis of offshore renewable energy devices; additive manufacturing
marine geology; sediment dynamics; clay mineralogy (X ray diffraction) and mineralogical tracers; nepheloid layer dynamics; physical processes
Department of Ecosustainable Marine Biotechnology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy
microalgae; drug discovery; gene mining; marine biotechnology; transcriptomics
hydrodynamics; water engineering; hydro-environment; sediment transport; water/soil/structure interactions; flood risk management
sediment transport; waves; navigation channel; typhoon damrey; changjiang estuary; erosion and deposition
biomimetics, composites, acoustic emission; natural fibers, biomass
environmental science; estuarine ecosystems; sediment biogeochemistry; marine scineces, emerging contaminants, technology-critical elements
computational fluid dynamics; machine learning; ship resistance; air cavity ship; point clouds
environmental science; earth and planetary sciences; nowcast-forecast systems for hydrodynamics and water quality; hydrodynamics and water quality monitoring; climate change; eutrophication
Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
fatty acids; proteins; amino acids; carbohidrates; fibres content; ecotoxicology; aquatic ecology; trophic webs; microplastics
School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece
coastal aquifers; coastal erosion; coastal water pollution and floods
optimization; operations research and its applications in drones; network resilience; evacuation planning and management; homeland security
marine geology and geophysics; plate tectonics and geodynamics; earth evolution and its control on resources; disasters and environment; geophysical signal acquisition, processing, inversion and interpretation; nonlinear methods and fractals in geoscience
hydrodynamic modelling; finite elements; water residence time; model integration; modelling lagoons; river-delta-sea systems
naval architecture; stability of marine vessels; ship, boat and yacht design; construction of marine vessels; ship resistance; ship propulsion; marine hydrodynamics; composite hulls; ship and boat recycling; applications of computational fluid dynamics
marine geology; marine geophysics; coastal geology; shallow geophysical methods; neotectonics; geophysics and archaeology; science outreach
Hydraulic Engineering, CIGEO Research Group, University of Santiago de Compostela, Compostela, Spain
marine renewable energy; estuarine and coastal hydrodynamics; sediment transport; integrated water resources management of marine and freshwater systems; aquaculture
Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, Faculty of Science, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
marine eco-toxicology; ocean pollution; ocean plastics/microplastics, environmental toxicology and chemistry; bioaccumulation science; food web bioaccumulation modeling of pollutants; climate change; ocean health and conservation; fisheries science and ma
ocean dynamics; atmospheric dynamics; modelling and prediction; numerical methods; air–sea interaction; wave–current interaction
Exploration Geophysics, Marine Geophysics, Seismic Oceanography, High-resolution Marine Seismic Exploration, Geophysical Monitoring Techniques for Geological carbon dioxide Storage
Department of Marine Science, Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan, China
synthetic biology; marine biotechnology; applied microbiology; carbon sequestration and marine carbon cycle; adaptive evolution of cyanobacteria/microalgae and secondary metabolism; bioprospecting of symbiotic microbial consortia for bioactive compounds,
Department of Ecosustainable Marine Biotechnology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Ischia Marine Centre, Naples, Italy
chemical ecology; drug discovery; biotechnology; marine invertebrates; microalgae; diatoms; sexual biology; invertebrate physiology; ecological modelling; aquaculture
offshore floating fish farms; infrastructure for offshore seaweed farms; development of new structural models for analysis
Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity & Evolutionary Ecology, University of Valencia, Paterna, Spain
eutrophication; coastal lagoons; Reservoirs; phytoplankton; remote sensing
LOMC, Department of Geoenvironmental Engineering , University Le Havre Normandie, Le Havre, France
environmental geotechnics; dredged sediment; Remediation; electrokinetics; mass transfer; hydraulic works; Flow
welded and adhesive joints for marine applications; shipbuilding; high-cycle fatigue and low-cycle fatigue; full-field techniques; digital image correlation; infrared thermography; dissimilar welded joints; non-linear FE analyses
Keynote Speaker
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Invited Speakers
Center for Advanced Technology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, China
College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware, Newark, United States
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Registration
The registration for IOCMSE 2025 will be free of charge! The registration includes attendance to all conference sessions.
If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note that the submission and registration are two separate parts. Only scholars who registered can receive a link to access the conference live streaming. The deadline for registration is 19 November 2025.
Instructions for Authors
IOCMSE 2025 will accept abstracts only. The accepted abstracts will be available online on Sciforum.net during and after the conference.
1. Deadline for abstract submission: 5 September 2025.
2. Abstract acceptance notification: 10 October 2025.
You will be notified of the acceptance of an oral presentation in a separate email.
Abstract submissions should be completed online by registering with www.sciforum.net and using the "Submit Abstract" function once logged into the system. No physical template is necessary.
1. The abstract structure should include the introduction, methods, results, and conclusions sections of about 200–300 words in length.
2.All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
3. You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.
4. The abstracts submitted to this conference must be original and novel, without prior publication in any journals or it will not be accepted to this conference.
Detailed Requirements:
1. The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
2. Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
Note: We only accept live presentations.
The slot for the oral presentation is 15 mins. We advise that your presentation lasts for a maximum of 12 mins, leaving at least 3 mins for the Q&A session.
Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the abstract. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly on the website using the proprietary slide viewer at Sciforum.net. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results are presented. Slides should be converted to PDF format prior to submission so that they can be converted for online display.
Should include the title, authors, contact details and main research findings, as well as tables, figures and graphs where necessary.
- Size in pixel: 1080 width x 1536 height–portrait orientation.
- Size in cm: 38,1 width x 54,2 height–portrait orientation.
- Font size: ≥16.
- Examples of successful submissions can be viewed here at the following links: (1), (2), (3).
- You can use our free template to create your poster.
The poster template can be downloaded here. We will reach out to you closer to the dates of the conference with more information
It is the authors' responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.
Publication Opportunities
1. JMSE Journal Publication
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the conference's Special Issue, published in JMSE (ISSN: 2077-1312, Impact Factor: 2.8), with a 20% discount on the publication fee. Submissions will only be accepted after the conference.
Please note, if you have IOAP/association discounts, conference discounts will be combined with IOAP/association discounts. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
2. Proceeding Paper Publication
All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference report of the 1st International Online Conference on Marine Science and Engineering: Current State and Future Trends in Environmental and Earth Sciences Proceedings (ISSN: 3042-5743); if you wish to publish an extended proceeding paper (4–8 pages), please submit it to the same journal after the conference.
Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the IOCMSE 2025 conference paper in their cover letter. Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.
Proceedings submission deadline: 9 January 2026.
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:
Title;
Full author names;
Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses;
Abstract;
Keywords;
Introduction;
Methods;
Results and Discussion;
Conclusions;
Acknowledgements;
References.
Please click HERE to submit your proceeding paper to the Environmental and Earth Sciences Proceedings.
IOCMSE-2025_proceeding_paper-template.dot
Event Awards
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 4
The Best Oral Presentation Award is given to the paper judged to make the most significant oral contribution to the conference.
The Best Poster Award is given to the submission judged to make the most significant and interesting poster for the conference.
There will be four winners selected for this award. The winner will receive a certificate and 200 CHF each.
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