Invited Speakers and *Discussion Group Leaders

Alex Harper (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA)

Anne Todgham (University of California, Davis, USA)

Andrew Mount (University of Clemson, USA)

Baozhong Liu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Bayden Russell (The University of Hong Kong, HK)*

Chris Harley (University of British Columbia, Canada)

Gianluca Sara' (Università degli Studi di Palermo Palermo, Italy)

Guofan Zhang (Institute of Oceanology, China)

Haimin Yao (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)

Haruko Kurihara (University of Ryukyus, Japan)

Howard Browman (Institute of Marine Research, Norway) 

Ivan Chu (The University of Hong Kong, HK)

James Morris (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium)*

Jason Hall-Spencer (University of Plymouth, UK)

Kaimin Shih (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Kunshan Gao (Xiamen University, China)

Maggie Cusack (University of Glasgow, UK)

Maria Byrne  (University of Sydney, Australia)

Mary Sewell (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)

Michio Suzuki (Japan)

Paul D Taylor (Natural History Museum, UK)

Pauline Ross (University of Sydney, Australia)

Pierre De Wit (Sweden)

Rajan V (The University of Hong Kong, HK)*

Richard Bellerby (Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Norway)

Robert Ellis (University of Exeter, UK)

Sam Dupont (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

Seung-Woo Lee (Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources, Korea)

Susan Fitzer (University of Glasgow, UK)*

Takashi Toyofuku (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan)

Tan Shau-Hwai Aileen (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia)

Vera BS Chan (Clemson University, USA)*

Wang Hao (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Yun Wah Lam (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Ziniu Yu (South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, China)

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This tentative list of invited speakers are from >15 countries and also from multiple scientific disciplines such as marine biology/ecology, oceanography, molecular biology, biomineralization, biomedical sciences and mechanical engineering. In this highly focused and target based mini-symposium style gathering, oral penetrations will consists of 20+ 10 minutes talks from majority of the following invited participants. Some of these experts will also lead the group discussions, which is also unique for this meeting. The following speakers have tentatively agreed to participate in this meeting as of August 2016  - the list will be periodically updated.