“Oceans and Society: Blue Planet” Kick-Off Symposium that will take place from 19 to 21 November 2012 on Ilhabela Island, SP, Brazil. The Symposium will be followed immediately by the GEO-IX Plenary Session in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil.

We are inviting submission of abstracts for poster presentations, with a closing date of 1st September 2012. We hope you will show support for this new initiative, and very much look forward to seeing you in Brazil.