The North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES), Portland State University, The National Sea Grant College Program and the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission are jointly sponsoring the Sixth International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions to be held at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, August 24-27, 2009. The purpose is to examine marine bioinvasion vectors, patterns, distribution, ecological and evolutionary consequences, economic impacts, biosecurity approaches, and invasion impacts on biodiversity.

CONFERENCE TOPICS
The Sixth International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions will provide a forum for workers to discuss invasions in the world's oceans. Papers will be encouraged along the following or related themes:

* Ecological and evolutionary impacts, including potential shifts with global change
* Measuring and predicting spread on regional and global scales
* Invasion patterns over time and space: does the past predict the future?
* Advances in detection, identification and tracking-to-origin capabilities
* Predicting the scale and diversity of invasions in the face of global change
* Management, rapid response, eradication and restoration

Keynote speakers and focused panels will address these themes as well as emerging issues.

Please check the announcements page for more up-to-date information on deadlines, information for presenters, etc.