The Conference will primarily focus on the following key areas:

1. Legacy pollution issues (e.g. organic, metal and biocides’ pollution);

2. Environmental fate, ecotoxicity and ecological risk of emerging chemical contaminants of concern (e.g. perfluorinated compounds, new generations of frame retardants, endocrine disrupting chemicals, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, engineered nanomaterials);

3. Biological responses to chemical mixtures and/or multiple stressors (e.g. thermal stress, salinity stress, biological invasion);

4. Environmental fate, ecotoxicity and ecological risk of macro-, micro- and nano-plastics pollutants;

5. Omics and Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOPs);

6. Coastal eutrophication, hypoxia, harmful algae blooms and algal toxins;

7. Marine ecosystem responses to climate changes (e.g., global warming, ocean acidification, sea level rise);

8. Advanced pollution monitoring and control technology; 

9. Integrated environmental assessment and management, and

10. Research collaboration in marine environmental research in the Greater Bay Area of China