IOC-FAO Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms
The Eightteenth Session of the IPHAB will be held (t.b.c.) 16-18 March 2027 at FAO Headquarters in Rome
The Seventeenth Session of the IPHAB was held 18-20 March 2025. Details.
The Sixteenth Session of the IPHAB was held 23-25 March 2023. Details.
The Fifteenth Session of the IPHAB was held 23-25 March 2021. Details.
The Fourteenth Session of the IPHAB was held 24-26 April 2019 in Paris. Details.
The Thirteenth Session of the IPHAB was held 3-5 May 2017. Details.
The Twelfth Session of IPHAB was held 28-30 April 2015. Details
The Eleventh Session of IPHAB was held 28-30 April 2013. Details.
The Tenth Session was held 12-14 April 2011. Details.
The Ninth Session of IPHAB was held 22-24 April 2009. Details.
The Eighth Session of IPHAB was held 17-20 April 2007. Details.
The Seventh Session of IPHAB was held 16-18 March 2005. Details.
The Sixth Session of the IPHAB was held 17-19 October 2002. Details.
The Fifth Session of the IPHAB was held 22-24 November 1999. Details.
Chair IPHAB: Philipp Hess (FRANCE), CNRS / Université de Nantes / IFREMER, E-mail : Philipp.Hess@ifremer.fr
Vice-Chair IPHAB: Begoña Ben-Gigirey (SPAIN), Centro Oceanografico de Vigo, IEO (CSIC), E-mail: begona.ben@ieo.csic.es
The participants in the Eighteenth Session of the IOC-FAO Intergovernmentasl Psanel on Harmful Algal Blooms, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 18-20 March 2025.
Eighteenth Session of the IOC-FAO Intergovernmentasl Psanel on Harmful Algal Blooms, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 18-20 March 2025. On the podium from left to to right: Vice-hair Begoña Ben-Gigirey (SPAIN), Chair Philipp Hess (France), Henrik Enevoldsen (Secretariat IOC), and Esther Garrido (Secretariat FAO).
IPHAB-XIII, above from left: Newly elected Chair Dr. R. Magnien, outgoing Chair Dr. L. Guzman, newly elected Vice-Chair Dr. G. Usup.
The Chair of IOC, Dr. D. Pugh (left) and the Executive Secretary IOC, Mr. P. Bernal (right), presents to Dr. D.M. Anderson the ‘Bruun Memorial Medal’ on 27 June 2005 at UNESCO after Dr. Andersons presentation of the 2005 Bruun Memorial Lecture to the IOC Assembly. The Memorial Lecture is given every second year by scientists who have significantly contributed to the understanding of the oceans and the marine environment. Dr. Anderson has been a leading scientist in HAB reserach for the past two decades.