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Time 13 January 2025 (Monday)
0830 - 0900 Registration
0900 - 0920

Opening Ceremony (Venue: LT-A)

Opening Address:

Nancy Ip, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

Si Zhang, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), China

Michelle Taylor, Dee-sea Biology Society

0920 - 0930 Group Photo
0930 - 0955

Keynote Lecture 1 [Croucher Keynote Lecture] (Venue: LT-A)
Chair: Michelle Taylor

Balancing Exploitation and Conservation in the Deep Sea: Challenges for Science Abstract
Malcolm R. ClarkNational Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, New Zealand

1000 - 1030 Tea Break
   Session 2: Microbiome  Abstract
Chairs: Haiwei Luo & Xiang Xiao
Venue: LT-A
Session 1: Biodiversity (A) Diversity and Taxonomy I Abstract
Chairs: Julia D. Sigwart & Patricia Velez Aguilar
Venue: LT-B
1030 - 1045

O2-1 [Invited Talk]: What are the Prevalent Clades Involved in Marine Biogeochemical Processes at Extreme Energy Limitation? 

Aurèle VuilleminGFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany

O1A-1: Deep-Sea Biodiversity in the Aleutian Trench (Aleutbio)

Angelika BrandtSenckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Germany 

1045 - 1100

O2-2 [Invited Talk](zoom): Distribution and Genomic Variation of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea in Abyssal and Hadal Surface Sediments 

Blandine TroucheUniversity of Southern Denmark, Denmark

O1A-2: Meiofauna Patterns in Three Contrasting Habitats at the Lucky Strike Vent Field: Focus on Nematode Diversity

William Johnson da SilvaIFREMER, France
 

1100 - 1115

O2-3: Death in The Deep: Microeukaryotes in Hydrothermal Vent Food Webs

Sarah K. HuTexas A&M University, USA

O1A-3: Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance (SOSA) — Novel Solutions Combining Discovery, Conservation and Fascination of Marine Invertebrates

Julia D. SigwartSenckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Germany

1115 - 1130

O2-4: Prevalent and Active Dehalogenation Metabolism in Microorganisms of the Deepest Oceanic Trench

Rulong LiuShanghai Ocean University, China

O1A-4: Diversity across the Philippine Sea: Benthic Megafauna Community Composition across Four Ridges in Southern Japan

Leah A. BergmanJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan

1130 - 1145

O2-5 (zoom): Crude-Oil Degradation Capabilities by Microscopic Fungi of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents of The Gulf of California

Diana L. SalcedoNational Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico  
 

O1A-5: Exploring Deep-Sea Ecosystems in Palau with Baited Cameras and ROVs

Harold K. CarlsonUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA
 

1145 - 1200

O2-6: The Far-Reaching Impacts of Hydrothermal Plumes on Microbial Communities and Biogeochemistry Significance in The Okinawa Trough

Min Yu, Ocean University of China, China
 

O1A-6: Faunal Communities of Deep Arctic Methane Seeps are Specialized with Links to Hydrothermal Vents

Mari H. Eilertsen, University of Bergen, Norway

1200 - 1215

O2-7: Novel Insight into Microbiosphere and Metabolisms in the Subseafloor Sediments of the Challenge Deep

Xiao-Hua Zhang, Ocean University of China, China

O1A-7: Biodiversity of Abyssal Polymetallic Nodule Fields in the Easternmost Region of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, Pacific Ocean

Chee Kong Chim, National University of Singapore, Singapore

1215 - 1230

O2-8 (zoom): Nitrous Oxide Reduction by Model Deep-Sea Isolates and Susceptibility to Metal Exposure

Miguel Semedo, University of Porto, Portugal
 

O1A-8: Revealing Intra- and Inter- Trenches Biodiversity of Hadal Meiofauna Using Molecular Approaches

Yick Hang Kwan, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark    
 

1240 - 1400  Lunch
1415 - 1440 

Keynote Lecture 2 (LT-A)
Chair: Yong Wang

Microbial Ecosystem in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Systems Abstract
Ken Takai, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan

 

Session 11: Decade of Ocean Science Program Highlights (A) Abstract
Chairs: Ana Hilario & Lisa A. Levin
LT-A

Session 1: Biodiversity (B) Diversity and Taxonomy II Abstract
LT-B 
Chairs: Jerome Hui & Patrica Velez Aguilar
LT-B
1445 - 1500

O11A-1 [Invited Talk]: The African Network of Deepwater Researchers 

Agnes MuthumbiUniversity of Nairobi, Kenya 

O1B-1 [Invited Talk]: Diversity, Ecology and Utilization of Deep-Sea Fungi from the Eastern Pacific and Gulf of Mexico 

Patricia Velez Aguilar, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico    
 

1500 - 1515

O11A-2 [Invited Talk]: Deepening the Decade: Collaborative Action for Advancing Deep Ocean Science and Policy in the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 

Elizabeth D. Hetherington, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, USA  

O1B-2  (zoom): Deep-Sea Fish Biodiversity on A Seamount Protected Area

Eva Giacomello, University of the Azores, Portugal

1515 - 1530

O11A-3: Prioritisation of Ocean Biodiversity Data Collection to Deliver a Sustainable Ocean

Amelia E. H. Bridges, University of Plymouth, UK  

O1B-3: Diverse and Self-Sustaining Benthos of An Arctic Oil Seep

Arunima Sen, The University Centre in Svalbard, Norway  
 

1530 - 1545

O11A-4: Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative: the decade that was for the Decade that is

Christopher Barrio Froján, University of Southampton, UK   

O1B-4: From Bubbles to Biology: Macrobenthos Abundance, Diversity, and Assemblage Structure at South Georgia’s Methane Seeps

Madeline P. B. C. Anderson, British Antarctic Survey, UK  
 

1545 - 1600

O11A-5: Climate Change and Deep Ocean Microbiomes and Ecosystems (DOME)

Jiasong Fang, Shanghai Ocean University, China

O1B-5: Serpentinite-Hosted Alkaline Seep Communities on the Mariana Forearc Show Lasting Impacts from Scientific Drilling

Chong Chen, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan  
 

1600 - 1615

O11A-6: UN Ocean Decade Project COESS: Chemistry, Observation, Ecology of Submarine Seeps

Glen T. SnyderUniversity of Tokyo, Japan  

O1B-6: Biogeography and Biodiversity of Hydrothermal Vent Fauna along the Central Indian Ridge

Chailinn ParkKorea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, Busan, Republic of Korea
 
 

1615-1630

O11A-7: Deep Ocean Discoveries in the UN Ocean Decade: Opportunities for Science, Development and International Cooperation

Anna Roik, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
 

O1B-7: Faunal Novelty and Dynamic Controls on the YBW Vent Field, East Pacific Rise

Timothy M. Shank, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
 

1630 - 1650  Tea Break
1650 - 1715 

Keynote Lecture 3 (LT-A) 
Chair: Pei-Yuan Qian

Exploring Deep-sea Typical Habitats for Achieving Sustainable Development Abstract
Jiabiao Li, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resource, China
 

Session 11: Decade of Ocean Science Program Highlights (B) Abstract
Chairs: Ana Hilario & Lisa A. Levin
LT-A

1715 - 1730

O11B-1: The Development and Upcoming Challenges of Area-Based Management Tools for the Areas beyond National Jurisdiction

Yan Gao, China Deep Ocean Affairs Administration, Ministry of Natural Resources, China
 

1730 - 1745

O11B-2: Population Genetic Structure of the Deep-Sea Ophiuroidea across the North-Western Pacific: Subtle Differentiation within High Connectivity

Dongsheng Zhang, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resource, China
 

1745 - 1800

O11B-3: Time in the Deep: Insights from the NorthEast Pacific Deep-sea Exploration Project (NEPDEP)

Cherisse Du Preez, Fisheries & Ocean Canada and the University of Victoria, Canada

1800 - 1815

O11B-4: Searching the One and Finding the Other: A Story of Corals, Hydrothermal Vents and Cold Seeps

Saskia Brix, University of Hamburg, Germany
 

1815 - 1830

O11B-5: From Barriers to Biodiversity – Phylogeographic Patterns in Deep-Sea Isopods in Two Major Oceanic Regions

Stefanie Kaizer, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Germany

1830 - 1845  Roundtable Discussion
1900 - 2000 Student Mixer (By Invitation)
China Garden