Updated March 5^th

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Members of the scientific steering committee:

• Hrönn Jörundsdóttir, Matís, Reykjavik, Iceland
• Thomas Maes, GRID-Arendal
• Eydís S. Eiríksdóttir, Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland
• Bjørn E. Grøsvik, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
• Chelsea Rochman, University of Toronto, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Kara Lavender Law, Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
• Melanie Bergmann, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany
• Wojciech Wawrzynski, ICES, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Henrik Enevoldsen, IOC UNESCO, Copenhagen Denmark
• Jennifer Provencher, Acadia University - National Wildlife Research Centre, Canada
• Halla Hrund Logadóttir, Harvard Kennedy School, USA
• Dr. Bhavan Narayanaswamy, Scottish Marine Institute, Scotland.
• Joan Fabres, Grid Arendal, Norway.

Local Organizing Committee:

• Magnús Jóhannesson, Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs
• Sóley Margrét Rafnsdóttir, Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs
• Selma Sif Ísfeld Óskarsdóttir,  Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs
• Ólafur S. Ástþórsson
• Helga Jónsdóttir, Icelandic Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources
• Héðinn Valdimarsson
• Soffía Guðmundsdóttir, PAME Secretariat, Akureyri, Iceland
• Geir Oddsson, Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs
• Sólrún Svandal, Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs
• Guðmundur J. Óskarsson, Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland
• Lísa A. Libungan, Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland

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