IMDIS 2026: International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems - 2026 Split, Croatia, November 30-December 3, 2026

Are you actively engaged in the realm of ocean science information systems, data management, or technology development?

The 9th edition of the International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems (IMDIS) invites you to be part of this transformative event by submitting your papers and contributions. This is a great opportunity to showcase your expertise, share your insights, and contribute to the advancement of ocean science.

Every three years, the IMDIS conferences convene diverse communities working in information technology, marine data management, research, and environmental conservation, among others. Their purpose is to facilitate the exchange and dissemination of the latest data and metadata management processes, standards, products, services, and software in ocean science. These conferences also serve as a platform to discuss recent developments in marine environmental infrastructure and observation systems.

How to submit

Authors are invited to submit papers (maximum 2 pages) for oral presentations or posters. To do so, visit the IMDIS Conference 2026 website to access the submission portal and follow guidelines to upload your paper: https://imdis.seadatanet.org/Submission

Submissions are open until 3 May 2026.

List of Sessions and Topics

We welcome papers in a wide range of topics, organised in 4 key sessions:

• Marine environmental infrastructures for observation data (data management and access): cross-infrastructure activities, metadata and data systems for operational oceanography, physical and bio-chemical oceanography, Fisheries and marine biology, Geophysics and marine geology, marine pollution, etc.
• Data products, information and knowledge: data quality check procedures, regional or global data collection and aggregation, contributions to UN Ocean Decade Challenge, etc.
• Data services and tools in ocean science: services for data visualisation, discovery, dissemination, training, data processing and analysis, data ingestion, data management, etc.
• Technical developments for marine information and data management: standards for data interoperability, metadata, data & software FAIRness, data citation, PID, monitoring, data repository certification, etc.

Visit https://imdis.seadatanet.org/Conference-Information/Sessions for the complete list of topics per session.

Venue

The conference will be held in Split, Croatia, from 30 November to 3 December 2026.

Sponsors

This conference is co-organised by IOF (Croatian Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries) jointly with SeaDataNet AISBL, IFREMER, MARIS, NOC, INGV.

Committees

IMDIS 2026 steering and organising committee members are listed on the IMDIS conference website: https://imdis.seadatanet.org/Conference-Information/Committees

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to imdis@seadatanet.org