WAC Meetings

Every three years the WAC holds an international conference on copepods, and these have become the most important global gatherings for all students of copepods. Each conference gives you the chance to meet fellow researchers, to talk with students and with experts, to borrow material and to plan collaborations. Each meeting is unique, bursting with the individuality and culture of the host nation. It is such good fun to get to know your fellow copepod specialists and to find such enthusiasts to talk to. The best memories are associated with meeting the real people, and the personal contacts made at conferences will be of lasting value.

If you are interested in hosting an International Conference on Copepoda, please contact the WAC President at President@monoculus.org.
Guidelines for ICOC Meeting Proposals.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COPEPODA

Fifteenth: Hiroshima, Japan, 2024.
Local Secretary — Dr Susumu Ohtsuka.

e-ICOC: virtual, 2022.

Local Secretaries — Dr Rony Huys and Dr Alexandra Savchenko.
Click here for a detailed report of the e-ICOC.

Fourteenth: Kruger National Park, South Africa, 2020.
Local Secretary — Dr Susan Dippenaar.

Cancelled.

    Thirteenth: Los Angeles, U.S.A., 2017.
    Local Secretary — Dr Julianne Kalman Passarelli.
    Proceedings — Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences,

117(2): 91-156 (2018).

         Twelfth: Seoul, Korea, 2014.
   Local Secretary — Dr Wonchoel Lee.
   Proceedings — Journal of Natural History, 49:   2709-2982 (2015).

    Eleventh: Merida, Mexico, 2011.
    Local Secretary — Dr Eduardo Suarez-Morales.
    Proceedings — Journal of Natural History, 47: 263-910 (2013).

    Tenth: Pattaya, Thailand, 2008.
    Local Secretary — Dr La-orsri Sanoamuang.
    Proceedings — Hydrobiologia, 666: 1-338 (2011).

Ninth: Hammamet, Tunisia, 2005.
Local Secretaries — Dr M. Néjib Daly Yahia and Dr Sami Soussi.

Proceedings — Journal of Plankton Research, 29 (Suppl. 1): 1-162 (2007)

and Hydrobiologia, 617 (in part): 1-63 (2009).

       Eighth: Keelung, Taiwan, 2002.
   Local Secretary — Dr Jiang-Shiou Hwang.
     Proceedings — Zoological Studies, 43: 165-512 (2005).

    Seventh: Curitiba, Brazil, 1999.
    Local Secretary — Dr Rubens Lopes.
    Proceedings — Hydrobiologia, 453/454: 1-576 (2001).

    Sixth: Oldenburg, Germany, 1996.
    Local Secretary — Prof Kurt Schminke.
    Proceedings — Journal of Marine Systems, 15: 1-549 (1998).

    Fifth: Baltimore, U.S.A., 1993.
    Local Secretary — Dr Brian Bradley.
    Proceedings — Hydrobiologia, 292/293: 1-530 (1994).

    Fourth: Karuizawa, Japan, 1990.
    Local Secretary — Dr Shin-ichi Uye.
    Proceedings — Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan,
    Special Volume, 1-645 (1991).

    Third: London, U.K., 1987.
    Local Secretary — Dr Geoff Boxshall.
    Proceedings — Hydrobiologia, 167/168: 1-639 (1988).

    Second: Ottawa, Canada, 1984.
    Local Secretary — Dr Chang-tai Shih.
    Proceedings — Syllogeus, 58: 1-662 (1986).

      First: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1981.
      Local Secretary — Prof Jan H. Stock.
      Proceedings — Crustaceana, Supplement 7: 1-435 (1984).