【OCEANS 2020 延期】

我们知道你们很多人都很兴奋，期待着参加在新加坡和墨西哥湾举行的OCEANS 海洋会议。然而，今年以来，新冠肺炎疫情及其带来的各种事件发生了显著变化。考虑到我们参会人员的健康和安全，OCEANS 组织的赞助商决定主办一次全球范围的虚拟会议。因此，我们有了第一个虚拟海洋，由OCEANS 2020年新加坡和墨西哥湾团队联合举办。我们现在准备带你环游世界，虚拟的!

2020年全球OCEANS 会议: 新加坡-美国墨西哥湾海岸 OCEANS 会议为您提供了一个绝佳的机会来发现新加坡和密西西比墨西哥湾海岸! 只需一次注册，您就可以享受两个会议的技术内容，而且在您舒适的家里，在您的方便。我们将作者和与会者的注册费降低了60%以上，以让更多的人参与并从会议中获益。会议预计将展示近500个技术报告、4至6个教程以及同等数量的全体会议和关于海洋科学和技术领域热点问题的小组讨论。因此，我们强烈敦促你利用这个伟大的，可能是一次性的机会。

我们会议的主题没有改变。蓝色经济的愿景仍然是海湾沿岸的动力和驱动力，而绿色港口与海洋和谐是新加坡的重点。新加坡和墨西哥湾的海洋技术项目的合并目前正在进行中，我们承诺您只会获得更好的内容!

更多的细节将在接下来的几天或几周内公布，虽然面对面的环节无疑会有所改变，但我们仍然致力于举办最好的虚拟展台、令人难忘的现场演讲，以及许多特别的活动，如学生海报比赛和青年专业人士(YP)计划。我们感谢你们一直以来的支持和参与，尤其是你们的耐心。今年十月见!

最后，你仍然可以赶上我们分别在2023年(墨西哥湾沿岸)和2024年(新加坡)举行的面对面OCEANS 会议。

We know many of you were excited and looking forward to participate in the in-person OCEANS conference both in Singapore and Gulf Coast. However, this year we have seen a remarkable change of events with the COVID-19 pandemic and all it has brought about. Considering the health and safety of our delegates, the sponsors of OCEANS have decided to host a virtual conference and that too on a global scale. Thus, we have the 1st ever virtual OCEANS, jointly organised by OCEANS 2020 Singapore and Gulf Coast teams. We are now preparing to take you around-the-world, virtually!

Global OCEANS 2020: Singapore-U.S. Gulf Coast offers you a fantastic opportunity to discover both Singapore and the Mississippi Gulf Coast in one go! With a single registration you get to enjoy the technical contents of two conferences and that too at the comfort of your home and at your convenience. We have reduced the author and attendee registration fees by more than 60% to allow as many of you to participate and gain from the conference. The student attendees can register for a meager $100 fee. The conference is expected to showcase close to 500 technical presentations, 4 to 6 tutorials and an equal number of plenaries and panel discussions on hot topics in the area of oceans science and technology. So, we strongly urge you to make use of this great and possibly one time opportunity.

Our conference themes have not changed. VISIONS FOR THE BLUE ECONOMY is still motivation and driver for Gulf Coast while GREEN PORTS IN HARMONY WITH OCEANS is the focus of Singapore. The merger of the Singapore and Gulf Coast technical program is currently underway, and we promise that great content will only be gained!

More details will follow in the coming days and weeks and, while in-person aspects will undoubtedly change, we are still intent on having great virtual exhibit booths, memorable live talks, and many special events like the student poster competition and the Young Professionals (YP) program. We thank you for your continued support, participation and, most especially, your patience. See you this October!

Finally, you can still catch up with our in-person conferences in 2023 (Gulf Coast) and 2024 (Singapore) respectively.

Venugopalan Pallayil | Craig Peterson | Thomas Wissing | Chia Chin Swee
Global OCEANS 2020: Singapore-U.S. Gulf Coast Chairmen

Courtesy Oceans Conference