Main conference started!! Over 180 participants will attend the conference in Hiroshima, and more than 30 participants will join it online. After staying at home for so long, copepodologists from all over the world finally gathered!

The 15th International Conference on Copepoda has begun! We are warmly welcomed by the mayor of the City of Hiroshima 15th International Conference on Copepoda

The International Conference on Copepoda 15th International Conference on Copepoda kicks off with a keynote address on Copepods and Sustainable Development by Geoff Boxshall

Keynote address: Copepods have Changed the Marine Bioluminescence World -by Yuichi Oba

Day 2. The two keynote speeches established the theme of the 15th ICOC which is the Sustainable Development Goals. A special event of the Japanese tea ceremony was presented during the lunch time.

Today presented my work on interactions at the International Conference on Copepoda, happening this week in Hiroshima, Japan (me online) 👋 15th International Conference on Copepoda World Association of Copepodologists Marine Biology UGent

Communication between the online presenters and the onsite audience was quite successful. Hiroshima University Museum exhibits paper crafting. The museum staff taught the participants how to fold copepods with origami paper.

Day 5. Student participants were more active today. Most of oral presentations were made by students and many questions and comments were raised also by students. 15th ICOC is conducted as a hybrid mode.