​​These seminars are held to stimulate interaction and promote the exchange of information on regional, national and international developments in marine and coastal research. If you would like to recommend a speaker or present a talk, please contact the se​cretarariat by e-mail: cc.visser@risa.nrf.ac.za. These are open lectures and everybody is welcome to attend.



  
Speaker
Topic
Venue
  
  
1/16/2026
Anass El Aouni
Mercator Ocean, France
Online
CLIVAR14h00 UTC
1/16/2026
Valerie de Liedekerke​
European Commission
Online
Air Centre13h00 UTC
1/20/2026
Dr. Andrew Meijers
British Antarctic Survey
Online
CLIVAR20h00 UTC
1/22/2026
Dr. Jérôme Vialard
IRD, France
Online
WCRP, CLIVAR7h00 UTC
2/2/2026
Prof. Iwa Stachlewska
University of Warsaw, Poland
UCT Oceanography Seminar Rm & Online
UCT-SANCOR13h00 SAST
2/4/2026
Matthew England
University of New South Wales
Online
WCRP, CLIVAR21h00 UTC
2/10/2026
​Dr. Judy Mann (Founder of MPA Day) and 
Katja Laingui (European Coordinator for MPA Day)
Online
OCTO17h00 SAST
2/25/2026
Asst Prof. Juan Pablo Quimbayo
Department of Biology, University of Miami
Online
TIBS15h00 SAST
3/2/2026
Prof. Pierre Pistorius
Marine Apex Predator Research Unit
Institute for Coastal and Marine Research
Nelson Mandela University
In person: NMU Ocean Sciences Campus, B Block, Conference Hall
Online: register here
CMR13h00 SAST
3/3/2026
Evan Shapiro and Tom Parry
Sofar Ocean
Online
Sofar15h00 GMT
3/4/2026
IORA speaker panel
Online
IORA12h00 SAST
3/5/2026
Nicole du Plessis
NRF-SAEON Egagasini Node
Online.
SAEON14h00 SAST
3/9/2026
Luther Adams
Rhodes University


NMU & Online
NMU & partners13h00 SAST
3/11/2026
Dr. Marta Umbert
Institute of Marine Sciences, Spanish National Research Council
UCT-MARIS Centre (in-person)
UCT-MARIS13h00 SAST
3/16/2026
Dr. Neil Malan
University of New South Wales, Australia
UCT Oceanography Seminar Room or Online
UCT-SANCOR13h00 SAST
4/10/2026
Dr. Pete Convey
British Antarctic Survey
UCT LT9 Menzies Building (in-person)
UCT-MARIS13h00 SAST

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