Conference presentations and posters

Keynote addresses:

2022

  • From plankton to policy – how embracing risk and failure creates opportunities for success, PlymSEF, Plymouth, UK.

2021

  • Embracing risk and failure in academia, Mindful Conservation Conference, Virtual.

2018

  • Plankton time-series are key to sustainable marine policy, L4 30th Anniversary Science Day, PML, Plymouth.

2017

  • From evidence to policy: developing biodiversity indicators for marine conservation, Commemorative Symposium for the 33rd International Prize for Biology – Marine biology opens a frontier for the future, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
  • Brexit and the marine environment – key priorities: A biodiversity perspective, British Ecological Society: The Marine Environment after Brexit, London, UK.

2015

  • Delivering good environmental status: an ecosystem approach, Australian Marine Sciences Association, Geelong, Australia.
  • Delivering the ecosystem approach – a European perspective, Marine Strategy Framework Directive (EU) and the Great Barrier Reef Long-Term Sustainability Plan (GBRWHA) workshop, hosted by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and Australian Institute for Marine Science, Townsville, Australia.

2014

  • Pathways towards effective Channel governance, Pathways towards effective Channel governance launch event, House of Commons, UK Parliament, Westminster, London.
  • The role of plankton time-series in managing our seas in a climate of macroecological change, PICES 2014 Annual Meeting: Toward a better understanding of the North Pacific: Reflecting on the past and steering for the future, Yeosu, Korea.
  • Using science to inform marine policy: a case study of marine ecosystem monitoring in the UK, Towards the better collaboration between scientists and policy makers, University of Tokyo, Japan.
  • Understanding planktonic systems: Update & links to MSFD, Coastal Futures, London, UK.

2012

  • Challenges for managing our seas in a climate of macroecological change. P/ICES Oceans of Change, Majorca, Spain.

2011

  • Is there a decline in marine phytoplankton?, Plankton 2011: Biodiversity and Global Change, Plymouth, UK.
  • Challenges for managing our seas in a climate of macroecological change: messages from the plankton, Prospectus for UK Marine Science for the Next 20 Years: A Joint Project by The Challenger Society for Marine Science and the UK Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research, Royal Society, London, UK.
  • Implications of large-scale ecological change for managing UK seas, How can we manage our seas in the real world? Organized by Plymouth Marine Sciences Partnership in collaboration with the Marine Management Organisation, Plymouth, UK.

Invited presentations:

2021

  • Using biodiversity indicators to meet marine conservation objectives, University of Sheffield Animal and Plant Science Seminar Series, University of Sheffield, UK.
  • From plankton to policy: Connecting ocean observations to decision making, Marine Biodiversity Observation Network, Online.
  • Science-policy co-development of biodiversity assessment: The Marine Strategy Framework Directive example, South Africa Marine Biodiversity Assessment Strategic Workshop, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • The UK’s first National Marine Park: An opportunity for Plymouth, Plymouth Mayflower Rotary Club, Virtual.

2020

  • Using biodiversity indicators to meet marine conservation objectives, Animal and Plant Science, University of Sheffield.
  • Using biodiversity indicators to meet marine conservation objectives, University of Tokyo Seminar Series, Tokyo, Japan.

2019

  • Opportunities for working across the science-policy interface: Nature-based solutions in Malaysia, Malaysia Nature-based Solutions, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Brexit and the Marine Environment, The UK After Brexit University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK.
  • Developing and applying indicators for marine conservation and management, Blue Charter All Champions Meeting, London, UK.
  • Using biodiversity indicators to meet marine conservation objectives, OneNOAA Science Seminar Series, Silver Springs, Maryland, USA
  • How plankton data can meet global policy challenges, Essential Biological Data Products: A Showcase for the European Atlas of Marine Life, Lisbon, Portugal.

2018

  • Plankton time-series are key to sustainable marine policy, L4 30th Anniversary Science Day, PML, Plymouth, UK.
  • From data to decisions: creating impact through policy, Getting your science used in policy, University of Exeter, UK.
  • Research in Parliament – a marine conservationist’s perspective, Research, impact, and the UK Parliament. UKRI, Plymouth.
  • Why am I here?, Shaping the next generation of early career scientists, PML, Plymouth, UK.

2017

  • From evidence to policy: developing biodiversity indicators for marine conservation, National Institute of Oceanography Seminar Series, Goa, India.
  • Large scale plankton shifts in the North Atlantic in relation to climate change, Cross-disciplinary workshop on drivers of decline in Atlantic puffins and other species with related feeding ecology in the North Atlantic, Reykjavik, Iceland.
  • Spatio-temporal changes in plankton communities, and their role as policy indicators, Assessing the Effects of Ocean Acidification on East Asian Ecosystems, Shimoda, Japan.
  • From evidence to policy: developing biodiversity indicators for marine conservation, University of the Ryukyus Tropical Biosphere Research Center Sasei Research Facility, Sesoko, Okinawa, Japan.
  • From evidence to policy: developing biodiversity indicators for marine conservation, University of Tsukuba Shimoda Marine Research Centre, Shimoda, Japan.
  • Plankton in policy: How do the smallest creatures help us protect our seas?, Hong Kong University Biological Sciences Seminar Series, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong.

2016

  • From evidence to policy: developing biodiversity indicators for marine policy, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) seminar series, JAMSTEC, Yokohama, Japan.
  • From data to decisions: creating impact through policy, Plymouth University Research Impact Conference, Plymouth, University, Plymouth, UK.
  • From evidence to policy: developing biodiversity indicators for the MSFD, PML Invited Speakers Seminar Series, Plymouth, UK.
  • From evidence to policy: developing biodiversity indicators for the MSFD, Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
  • From evidence to policy: developing biodiversity indicators for the MSFD, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK.

2015

  • Challenges for developing policy indicators in a climate of macroecological change, University of Queensland, Australia.
  • Challenges for developing policy indicators in a climate of macroecological change, Central Queensland University, Australia.
  • From data to decisions, using NERC science in policy, NERC Knowledge Exchange Network Conference, Leicester, UK.
  • The benefits of crossing the science-policy interface, NERC Fellows Conference, Birmingham, UK, 2015.
  • Update on SW plankton, South West Marine Ecosystems, Plymouth, UK.

2014

  • The role of plankton time-series in managing our seas in a climate of macroecological change, Swire Institute for Marine Science Hong Kong University, Hong Kong.
  • Understanding large-scale change: Insights from the Continuous Plankton Recorder time-series, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) seminar series, JAMSTEC, Yokohama, Japan.
  • Understanding large-scale change: Insights from the Continuous Plankton Recorder time-series, Fisheries Research Agency of Japan seminar series, Fisheries Research Agency, Yokohama, Japan.
  • Challenges for managing our seas in a climate of macroecological change, Marine Biology and Ecology Invited Seminar Series, Plymouth University, UK.

2013

  • Phytoplankton response to global change, Coastal and Estuarine Research Foundation Biennial Conference: Toward Resilient Coasts & Estuaries, Science for Sustainable Solutions, San Diego, CA, USA.
  • Informing policy in the SW: the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), Natural England Marine Conference, Plymouth, UK.
  • Challenges for implementing the MSFD in a climate of macroecological change, Plymouth University Marine and Coastal Policy Research Group Invited Speakers Seminar Series, Plymouth, UK.
  • Global Patterns of Phytoplankton Dynamics in Coastal Ecosystems, Plymouth Celebrates SCOR, Plymouth, UK.
  • Informing policy in the SW: links to pelagic habitats in the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), Southwest Marine Ecosystems, Plymouth, UK.

2012

  • Challenges for managing our seas in a climate of macroecological change, University of Sheffield Dept. of Animal and Plant Sciences Invited Speakers Seminar Series, Sheffield, UK.
  • Challenges for managing our seas in a climate of macroecological change, NOC Invited Speakers Seminar Series, Southampton, UK.
  • Challenges for managing our seas in a climate of macroecological change, PML Invited Speakers Seminar Series, Plymouth, UK.
  • Why is it so hard to set MSFD targets?, EU Marine Observation and Data Expert Group – 16th meeting, Brussels, Belgium.

2011

  • Plankton Response to Global Change, Oceans 2025: Science of the Blue Planet, London, UK.
  • Biological indicators across heterogenous datasets, EU Marine Observation and Data Expert Group – 10th meeting, Brussels, Belgium.

Oral presentations:

2020

  • Biodiversity in a shifting sea: challenges and solutions for working across the science-policy interface, International Marine Conservation Congress, Kiel, Germany.

2019

  • Biodiversity in a shifting sea: challenges and solutions for working across the science-policy interface, Species on the Move, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

2018

  • From evidence to policy: developing pelagic biodiversity indicators for marine conservation, International Marine Conservation Congress: Making marine science matter, Kuching, Malaysia.
  • From evidence to action: challenges and solutions for working across the science-policy interface, PICES: Toward integrated understanding of ecosystem variability in the North Pacific, Yokohama, Japan.
  • Plankton lifeforms as regional pelagic biodiversity indicators for ecosystem-based management, PICES: Toward integrated understanding of ecosystem variability in the North Pacific, Yokohama, Japan.

2017

  • Developing pelagic indicators for ecosystem-based management from multiple monitoring surveys, ICES Annual Science Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.
  • Collaboration is the key to success: developing pelagic habitat indicators by working across the science-policy interface, ICES Annual Science Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.

2016

  • From evidence to policy: developing biodiversity indicators for the MSFD, Challenger Conference for Marine Science – Oceans and Climate, Liverpool, UK.
  • From evidence to policy: developing biodiversity indicators for the MSFD, ICES Annual Science Conference, Riga, Latvia.
  • Enhancing Student Learning and Participation Interactively through the use of Clickers in Science and Engineering, at VC’s Teaching and Learning Conference, Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK.

2015

  • Challenges for developing pelagic indicators and setting meaningful targets in a climate of ecological change, ICES Annual Science Conference, Copenhagen.

2014

  • Challenges for developing policy indicators against a background of macroecological change, Promoting Effective Governance of the Channel Ecosystem, Caen, France.
  • Challenges for developing policy indicators in a climate of macroecological change, 2nd Marine and Coastal Policy Forum, Plymouth University, UK.
  • Informing policy in the Western Channel: links to pelagic habitats in the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), Marinexus final conference, Plymouth, UK.

2013

  • Good Environmental Status and the plankton: combining disparate datasets to assess pelagic habitats at national and regional scales, ICES Annual Science Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland.

2012

  • Why is it so hard to set MSFD indicators and targets? Messages from the plankton, Challenger Conference for Marine Science: Ocean Challenges in the 1st Century, Norwich, UK.
  • Plankton response to global change: Is the SW UK representative?, Southwest Marine Ecosystems, Plymouth, UK.
  • Challenges for managing our seas in a climate of macroecological change, Marine Strategy 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2010

  • Black Sea Phytoplankton, SCOR 137 – Global Patterns of Phytoplankton Dynamics in Coastal Ecosystems: Comparative Analysis of Time-Series Observations Working Group Workshop, Hangzhou, China.
  • The Continuous Plankton Recorder, SCOR 137 – Global Patterns of Phytoplankton Dynamics in Coastal Ecosystems: Comparative Analysis of Time-Series Observations Working Group Workshop, Hangzhou, China.

2009

  • How well do ecosystem indicators communicate the effects of eutrophication?, ASLO Aquatic Sciences Conference, Nice, France.
  • How well do ecosystem indicators communicate the effects of eutrophication?, PMSP Symposium: Marine Science for a Changing World, Plymouth, UK.
  • Changes in the Northwest Atlantic phytoplankton community, GLOBEC 3rd Open Science Meeting, Victoria, Canada.
  • Non-linear effects of climate on Black Sea phytoplankton phenology, GLOBEC 3rd Open Science Meeting Victoria, Canada.

2008

  • Climate exacerbates eutrophication in North Sea, ASLO Ocean Sciences Conference, Orlando, FL, USA.

2007

  • Climate exacerbates eutrophication in North Sea, Marine Institute Conference – Understanding Marine Systems, Plymouth, UK.

2006

  • A long-term chlorophyll dataset reveals regime shift in North Sea phytoplankton biomass unconnected to increasing nutrient levels, Marine Biological Association Postgraduate Workshop, Dublin, Ireland.
  • A long-term chlorophyll dataset reveals regime shift in North Sea phytoplankton biomass unconnected to increasing nutrient levels, Biological Sciences Synergy Conference, University of Plymouth, UK.

Posters:

  • Plankton on the move: implications for global biodiversity goals, Species on the Move, Kruger National Park, South Africa, 2019.
  • Developing pelagic biodiversity indicators for ecosystem-based management, Effects of Climate Change on the World Ocean. PICES/ICES, Washington, D.C., USA, 2018.
  • What value does taxonomy have in modern science and policy?, Promoting Effective Governance of the Channel Ecosystem, Caen, France, 2014.
  • Why is it so hard to set MSFD indicators and targets? Messages from the plankton, Challenger Conference for Marine Science: Ocean Challenges in the 1st Century, Norwich, UK, 2012.
  • How well do ecosystem indicators communicate the effects of anthropogenic eutrophication?, How can we manage our seas in the real world? Organized by Plymouth Marine Sciences Partnership in collaboration with the Marine Management Organisation, Plymouth, UK, 2011.
  • How well do ecosystem indicators communicate the effects of anthropogenic eutrophication?, Plankton 2011: Biodiversity and Global Change, Plymouth, UK, 2011.
  • How well do ecosystem indicators communicate the effects of anthropogenic eutrophication?, Oceans 2025 Science meeting, Plymouth, UK, 2010.
  • Climate exacerbates eutrophication in North Sea, Change in Aquatic Ecosystems Conference, Plymouth, UK, 2007.
  • Climate exacerbates eutrophication in North Sea, FP6 European Lifestyles and Marine Ecosystems (ELME) Results Workshop, European Commission, Committee of the Regions, Brussels, Belgium, 2007.
  • Climate exacerbates eutrophication in North Sea, Parliamentary Select Committee Inquiry into Science and Technology launch event, Marine Biological Association of the UK, Plymouth, UK, 2007.
  • Climate exacerbates eutrophication in North Sea, Vice Chancellor’s Research and Innovation Conference, University of Plymouth, UK, 2007.

Public lectures:

  • Using biodiversity indicators to meet marine conservation objectives, Co-Coast Wine and Science, Marine Biological Association, Plymouth, UK, 2019.
  • Plankton in parliament: How do the smallest creatures help us protect our seas?, Public lecture at Capturing Our Coast Wine and Science Night, Plymouth, UK, 2016.
  • Plankton in parliament: How do the smallest creatures help us protect our seas?, Public lecture at National Science and Engineering Week, Plymouth, UK, 2014.