Our Sponsors

The ICMB organizers would like to express their gratitude to all sponsors and partners for their generous support of the conference.

ICMB operates on a not-for-profit basis under the Society for the Study of Marine Bioinvasions, with conference organization and administration managed solely by volunteer members of the Scientific Steering and Local Organizing Committees. We rely heavily on contributions from stakeholder organizations to offset conference costs. Sponsoring ICMB offers many benefits — send us an email or reach out to anyone on the Scientific Steering Committee if you're interested in joining this distinguished group.

Want to support early-career scientists but a sponsorship is out of reach? Donations to the Judith A. Pederson and James T. Carlton Early Career Scientist Travel Award Fund are accepted in any amount, at any time! DONATE HERE

Society for the Study of Marine Bioinvasions

The Society for the Study of Marine Bioinvasions is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to facilitate the exchange of ideas and research results among scientists and policy makers from around the world about marine invasive species. It holds the International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions in furtherance of this goal.
Marine Invasions Research Laboratory

The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center's Marine Invasions Research Laboratory aims to understand the patterns, processes, and consequences of invasions in marine ecosystems on local to global scales. Our laboratories on Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and San Francisco Bay in California are focal points for long-term, intensive research, spanning from polar to tropical latitudes.

Conference Host
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) provides science-based knowledge to meet the environmental challenges of the 21st century. SERC leads research on coastal ecosystems—where the land meets the sea—to inform real-world decisions for wise policies, best business practices, and a sustainable planet.

Gold Lionfish Sponsor
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission

In 1999, in response to the significant environmental threats posed by aquatic invasive species, PSMFC established the AIS Prevention Program. The goal of the program is to prevent and/or minimize the impacts of aquatic invasive species, particularly those species that affect fisheries and the habitat upon which those fisheries depend. The program elements include prevention, research, monitoring, education and outreach, and interjurisdictional planning and coordination.

Bronze Mitten Crab Sponsor
PICES

PICES, the North Pacific Marine Science Organization, is an intergovernmental scientific organization that was established in 1992 to promote and coordinate marine research in the North Pacific and its adjacent seas. Its present members are Canada, Japan, People's Republic of China, Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and the United States of America.

Bronze Mitten Crab Sponsor
PeerJ

PeerJ—publisher of the Open Access journal PeerJ Life & Environment–is proud to sponsor two awards for Early Career Researchers (ECRs) at ICMB XI. The winners of the Best ECR Talk and the Best ECR Poster will each receive a free publication in the journal (subject to peer review) and a feature about their research on the PeerJ Blog. Best of luck to everyone involved!

Bronze Mitten Crab Sponsor
PRD Japan

PRD Co., LTD. develops eco-friendly allylisothiocyanate-containing insect repellents and mildew-proofing agents. Recently it has focused on projects for biodiversity conservation using its own products.

Ruby Star Tunicate Sponsor
GiMaRIS

GiMaRIS specializes in marine research, inventory, and strategy solutions focusing on the unusual, often non-indigenous species found in temperate Atlantic and Indo-Pacific waters. Within the "molecular alien species" and "microscopic imagery" laboratories, organisms from various sources are identified based on their morphology and molecular analyses using taxon specific protocols.

Ruby Star Tunicate Sponsor
Maryland Sea Grant

Maryland Sea Grant is a state and federally funded organization that supports scientific research, education, and public outreach on the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. We serve as a bridge between scientific expertise and the needs of people who manage, conserve, enjoy, and make their living from the Chesapeake Bay, America’s largest and most productive estuary.

Ruby Star Tunicate Sponsor
Mid-Atlantic Panel on Aquatic Invasive Species

The Mid-Atlantic Panel on Aquatic Invasive Species (MAPAIS) was formed in 2003 through the efforts of the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Invasive Species Workgroup. It assists state and federal agencies, and other stakeholders, in developing and implementing strategic, coordinated, action-oriented approaches to prevent and control aquatic invasive species in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Ruby Star Tunicate Sponsor
Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology

The mission of IMET is to develop innovative approaches to protect and restore coastal marine systems and their watersheds, sustainably use resources in ways to benefit human well-being, and to integrate research excellence with education, training and economic development.

Pearl Pacific Oyster Sponsor
Biodiversity Heritage Library

Inspiring discovery through free access to biodiversity knowledge. The Biodiversity Heritage Library improves research methodology by collaboratively making biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community.

Pearl Pacific Oyster Sponsor

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