The 17th biennial Challenger Conference will be held in Liverpool on 5–9 September 2016, hosted jointly by the National Oceanography Centre, the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University.
In a slight change of format from previous years’ conferences, talks and posters will be presented on Tuesday to Thursday, allowing days either side to host special interest meetings, outreach opportunities and early career/student events.

A call for sessions is expected in October 2015, so marine scientists and technologists are encouraged to start discussing ideas with colleagues over the summer months. Requests from special interest groups that wish to take advantage of the free facilities made available during the conference for ‘town hall’ meetings can contact the conference chair Matthew Palmer directly. matthew.palmer@noc.ac.uk. 

Industry sponsors and exhibitors are welcome and are asked to contact our industry liaison coordinator Terry Sloane (terry@planet-ocean.co.uk) or the Chair to discuss. The local organising committee expect to have the website active by September when details will start becoming available prior to the call for sessions.
Information will also be posted on the Challenger Society Website….so please watch this space.