The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) and National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) are jointly organizing the OCEANS 2022 Chennai conference in Chennai, India, February 21 to 24, 2022. It will be a hybrid conference, with both in-person and virtual features.

The theme of the conference is: “Inspire –  Innovate – Sustain” and will include a special focus on these topics related to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainability (2021 to 2030):

• Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14
• Ocean pollution and its mitigation
• Marine spatial planning
• Ocean data exchange and data dissemination
• Coastal protection
• Ocean governance