IAN takes part in the 2nd International Marine Science Communication Conference (CommOCEAN) in Bruges, Belgium

On December 6th to 7th, Heath Kelsey and Vanessa Vargas attended CommOCEAN 2016 held at the Provincial Court in the heart of medieval Bruges. CommOCEAN has four major sessions- reaching out to the public, ways of optimizing impacts, use of social media and graphics, and future trends/new formats. Heath presented on the use of visual science in stakeholder engagement during the plenary session while Vanessa talked about ecosystem health report cards in one of the parallel sessions. The conference was insightful and innovative, full of interactions and engagement.

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