Plenary speakers
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                          Melanie Bishop Macquarie University, Australia
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                          Steve Hawkins University of Southampton, UK
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                          Louise Firth & Pippa Moore University College Cork, Ireland & Newcastle University, UK
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                          Gray A. Williams Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong
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                          Anne Salomon Simon Fraser University, Canada
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                          Brian Helmuth Northeastern University, United States of America