The Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation has posted on its official website an information message about the start of accepting documents from candidates for the post of Director of the IO RAS. In the near future, the date of the meeting of the Academic Council will be announced on the site of the IO RAS.

On December 6, 2017, at the initiative of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), the UN General Assembly decided to “proclaim the 10-year period beginning January 1, 2021, as the United Nations Decade on Ocean Science for Sustainable Development” (A/RES/72/73).

November 28 - 29, 2018 the International Round Table “The Future of the Caspian Sea. Research projects and studies”will hold at the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of RAS. The detailed information is on the website: caspian.ocean.ru

From 19 to 22 November, 2018, the VII International Scientific and Practical Conference "Marine Research and Education (MARESEDU - 2018)" will be held. Venue: M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of RAS, Zoological Museum of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

The 10th International Conference “Marine Mammals of the Holarctic” was held in Arkhangelsk October 29 - November 2, 2018. To participate in the conference, the Institute of Oceanology delegated a large team of researchers who presented a number of oral and poster presentations.

The International Symposium "Mesoscale and Sub-mesoscale Processes in the Hydrosphere and Atmosphere" (MSP-2018) is held at the Institute of Oceanology. During the first two days of work, the most interesting reports of students and followers of Professor K.N. Fedorov were performed. 39 oral presentations were made, as well as 22 poster presentations.

October 30 - November 2, 2018 The International Symposium "MSP-2018" "Mesoscale and Sub-mesoscale Processes in the Hydrosphere and Atmosphere" is held at Shirshov Institute of Oceanology. The symposium is organized by IO RAS and the S.Yu. Witte Moscow State University with the assistance of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.