2015, Sep 21–25, 2015,
ICES/PICES Joint Theme Sessions
ICES Annual Science Conference
"Ecosystem monitoring in practice" (Session C), "Managing marine ecosystem services in a changing climate" (Session G), and "Ocean acidification: understanding chemical, biological and biochemical responses in marine ecosystems" (Session H)
Place: Copenhagen, Denmark
Sponsors/Organizers: ICES/PICES
URL: TBA

2015, Jul 7–10, 2015,
ICES/PICES Joint Theme Session
ICES/PICES (S-CCME) Session at the International Scientific Conference on "Our common future under climate change" (in preparation for the 21st UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP21), November 30–December 11, 2015, Paris, France)
Impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems and their services
Place: Paris, France
Sponsors/Organizers: ICES/PICES
URL: TBA

2014, Jun 23-24,
IMBER/ICESJoint Theme Session
IMBER 2014 Open Science Conference:
Future Oceans — Research for marine sustainability: multiple stressors, drivers, challenges and solutions
Place: Bergen, Norway
Sponsors/Organizers: IMBER
Detailed Information: joint PICES/IMBER topic session "The impacts of ecosystem responses to multiple stressors and climate variability: how will human societies respond and adapt?"

2013, Sep 23–27
ICES/PICES Joint Theme Sessions
at the 2013 ICES Annual Science Conference

• Session A: Marine litter
• Session B: Responses of living marine resources to climate change and variability:
  Learning from the past and projecting the future
• Session E: Do food web dynamics matter in fisheries management?
• Session M: Identifying mechanisms linking physical climate and ecosystem change:
  Observed indices, hypothesized processes, and "data dreams" for the future

2013, Jul 8-9
CLIVAR / PICES Join Theme Session
at the 2nd International Symposium on "Boundary Current dynamics:
Its connection with open-ocean, coastal processes, biophysical interactions and responses to global climate change"
Biophysical interactions
Place: Li Jiang, China
Sponsors/Organizers: CLIVAR, PICES
URL: http://coadc.ouc.edu.cn/isbcd/

2011, Sep 19–23
Joint Theme Sessions
at the 2011 ICES Annual Science Conference

• (a) Atmospheric forcing of Northern hemisphere ocean gyres and their subsequent impact on the adjacent marine climate and ecosystems;
• (b) Atlantic redfish and Pacific rockfish: comparing biology, ecology, assessment and management strategies for Sebastes spp.;
• (c) Recruitment processes: Early life history dynamics â€" from eggs to juveniles;
• (d) Surplus production models: Quantitative tools to manage exploited fisheries and compare the productivity of marine ecosystems.

2010, Sep 20-24
ICES/PICES Joint Theme Sessions
at the 2010 ICES Annual Science Conference

• (a) Impact of climate variability on marine ecosystems: Understanding functional responses to facilitate forecasting;
• (b) Development and use of ocean observing and forecasting systems in coastal and marine management;

• Coupled physical and biological models: parameterization, validation, and applications;
• Marine spatial planning in support of integrated management – tools, methods, and approaches;
• New methodology for tracking fish, mammals and seabird migrations and behaviour

• (B) Integrating observations and models to improve predictions of ecosystem response to physical variability;
• (D) Comparative marine ecosystem structure and function: Descriptors and Characteristics;
• (R) The ecosystem approach: What is the impact on marine science, science based advice and management of marine ecosystems

• Large-scale changes in the migration of small pelagic fish and the factors modulating such changes;
• Operational Oceanography

• Multidisciplinary approaches to the identification of stock structure of small pelagics: Implications for assessment and sustainable management;
• Regional Ecosystem Pilot Projects, Ecosystem Forecasting, and Operational Oceanography: Comparing and Contrasting Scientific Tools, Strategies, Outputs, and Applications