JANUARY

January 30 - February 2

Mr.Goodfish campaign at the 9th Annual Seafood Summit; 2011 theme: Responsibility without Borders?, Vancouver, Canada

WON will participate in a session on the aquariums role in the frame of responsible consumption of seafood products.  

FEBRUARY

February 8

Workshop on protective measures for Nouakchott's coast, Nouakchott, Mauritania  

MARCH

March 21-22

IODE 50th Anniversary International Conference, Liège, Belgium  

March 23-26

21st Session of the IOC Committee on International Data and Information Exchange (IODE XXI), Liège, Belgium  

APRIL

April 18-22 (TBC)

Local Youth Debate organised by Nausicaá, Boulogne sur Mer, France  

April 26-29 (TBC)

Local Youth Debate organised by E.C.O.L.E. de la Mer, La Rochelle, France  

MAY

May 19-20

European Maritime Stakeholder Conference “Maritime Policy: Putting People First », Gdansk, Poland  

May 20

European Maritime Day  

May 22

International Day for Biological Diversity; 2011 theme : Biodiversity and Forests

On the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity, French IUCN committee organises the Fête de la Nature (May 18-22). World Ocean Network promotes and participates in the event.

May 26-28

Ecsite annual conference, 2011 theme: Freedom, Warsaw, Poland;

In collaboration with ECSITE and Nausicaá, World Ocean Network participates in the session ―”From Rio 1992 to Rio 2012 – the contribution of science museums to Millennium Development Goals through informal education for sustainable development” 

JUNE

June 1-5 (TBC)

National Youth Eco-Parliament, France  

June 8

World Oceans Day

In conjunction with The Ocean Project, World Ocean Network promotes the theme for 2011: Youth: The Next Wave for Change

Visit www.worldoceannetwork.org to register your event, share celebration ideas, and use World Oceans Day tools.

Some national and regional ocean related official events:  

June 11

2nd edition of Cap Rouge Day

Cap Rouge Day is an initiative of Lighthouse Foundation together with its partners: the World Ocean Observatory, Nausicaá - National Sea Centre and the World Ocean Network. This event consists in wearing and inviting to wear a red cap in honour of Captain Cousteau’s 101th anniversary, in order to show that we care about the future of our blue planet.

TBC

UNICPOLOS, 12th meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea, New York, USA.

The Consultative Process focuses its discussions on capacity-building in ocean affairs and the law of the sea, including marine science.  

SEPTEMBER

September 4-8

6th Science Centre World Congress “Science Across Cultures”, Cape Town, South Africa.  

OCTOBER

October 15-18

ASTC Annual Conference and Exhibit Hall, Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United-States.

The conference discusses the theme of ―Knowledge That Works—From Theory to Practice”  

TBC

28th Congress of the European Union of Aquarium Curators (EUAC), Stralsund, Germany.

The Congress is hosted by OZEANEUM, German Oceanographic Museum.  

October 26-30

38th International Festival of Underwater Pictures, Marseille, France.

The World Festival of Underwater Pictures (FMISM) promotes the wealth of the underwater world whilst at the same time creating public awareness about marine environment and cultivating public wish to live in harmony with the sea.  

NOVEMBER

November 28- December 9

17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) of the United-Nations Framework Convention on climate change (UNFCCC), Durban, South Africa.