📸 One week ago today, #iMarCo2026 kicked off! Vigo became a meeting point with open and constructive scientific discussions, knowledge exchange, new connections and a shared goal: to advance our understanding of aquatic ecosystem connectivity together. 👋 See you at the next one!

📣 This is how we kicked off #iMarCo2026! The first hours of the conference, the first encounters, and plenty of science already underway.  🎥 Hit play and dive into #iMarCo2026 with us!  🎬 Video by #IIM_CSIC. @uvigo.bsky.social #CIM #FOL

😎 We couldn’t have asked for a better start! 💪 This is how we kicked off #iMarCo2026 with the opening ceremony and our first plenary session: science, connections and a real enthusiasm for sharing knowledge. 🔬🌍 We’re just getting started! 🙌 @uvigo.bsky.social #CIM #FOL #IIM_CSIC

📣 We’re off! #iMarCo2026 is officially underway. First stop 👉 the workshop “Marine Functional Connectivity in a Changing Climate: past, ongoing & future trends”. 🔬🌍

Tick, tock, tick, tock...⌛ The countdown is on! We're looking forward to seeing you at #iMarCo2026 to explore connectivity, ecosystems, and the future of our oceans. See you there!  📅 2–4 September 📍 MARCO – Museum of Contemporary Art of Vigo 🔗 imarco2026.es @uvigo.bsky.social #CIM #FOL #IIM_CSIC

📣 Last chance to register for #iMarCo2026 at the regular rate! Don't wait until the last minute! 😉 📅 Deadline: 1 September 🔗 https://imarco2026.es/registration @uvigo.bsky.social #CIM #FOL_CIM #IIM_CSIC

📣 Vigo is waiting for you! Visit our website and discover everything you need to make the most of your stay during #iMarCo2026! 🗺️ Practical information: imarco2026.es/vigo Arrive early. It’s worth it. 😉 @uvigo.bsky.social #CIM #FOL_CIM #IIM_CSIC

Your research deserves the spotlight. If you're presenting a poster at #iMarCo2026 and would like it to be featured in the main auditorium slideshow, send it to us! 📎 Format: .jpeg 📅 Deadline: 28 August 📤 Upload it at: imarco2026.es/communications @uvigo.bsky.social #CIM #FOL #IIM_CSIC

📣 Last chance to register! #iMarCo2026 brings you ➡️ two exclusive #workshops designed to go beyond the talks, more in-depth learning, hands-on experience and opportunities to connect. 📅 Deadline: 30 July What are you waiting for? 👇 🔗 imarco2026.es/workshops @uvigo.bsky.social #CIM #FOL #IIM_CSIC

📣If you work with aquatic organisms and want to take your monitoring to the next level, join the #workshop ➡️Aquatic Telemetry in Practice: Thelma Biotel Systems for Research and Monitoring at #iMarCo2026. 📅3 September 👇Register! 🔗 https://imarco2026.es/workshops @uvigo.bsky.social #IIM #CIM #FOL

🔬 Workshop | Marine Functional Connectivity in a Changing Climate: Past, Present & Future Trends The ocean is changing its temperature, pH, oxygen levels and salinity. But do we really understand how these changes affect marine connectivity? 🤔

#iMarCo2026 lands on the Atlantic!  International experts gathering to tackle one of the greatest challenges of our time: reconnecting aquatic ecosystems on a rapidly changing planet. 📆 September 2–4 📍 Museo MARCO - Vigo @uvigo.bsky.social #CIM #FOL #IIM_CSIC

Vigo reunirá no mes de setembro especialistas internacionais para debater como reconectar os ecosistemas acuáticos

A cidade de Vigo acollerá do 2 ao 4 de setembro de 2026 a celebración do VIII International Marine Connectivity Conference (iMarCo 2026), un encontro científico internacional que reunirá no Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo (Marco) persoal investigador, representantes institucionais e especialistas en ecoloxía e xestión ambiental de diferentes países para abordar os grandes retos asociados á conectividade dos ecosistemas acuáticos nun contexto de cambio global.

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📣 If you work in aquatic ecology, marine connectivity or global change, #iMarCo2026 is your place! 😎 Registration is open. Don't leave it to the last minute! 👇 👉 https://imarco2026.es/registration #iMarCo @uvigo.bsky.social #CIM #FOL #IIM_CSIC

Water knows no borders!  At #iMarCo2026 we explore how life flows between rivers, coasts and oceans and how those connections are changing.  We'll dive into three big challenges! ⬇️ Register now! 👇 https://imarco2026.es @uvigo.bsky.social #CIM #FutureOceansLab #IIM_CSIC

📣 #iMarCo2026 wraps up in style with a field trip to the Cíes Islands, ⛵ one of the most unique marine ecosystems on the Iberian Peninsula. Science, nature and great company. All in one day. Limited spots available! 👇 🔗 https://imarco2026.es/registration @uvigo.bsky.social#CIM #FOL #IIM_CSIC

📣 iMarCo26 Sponsor! To understand the ocean, you have to connect 🔃 data, disciplines, borders, people.  That's exactly what the #O_Connect working group does, 👉 bridging oceanography, functional connectivity and resilience to global change. Thank you! 🫶 @uvigo.bsky.social #CIM #FOL #IIM_CSIC

At #iMarco26 we are proud to count on the support of the Social Council of the @uvigo.bsky.social, a key institution that helps connect academia with the social, economic, cultural, and professional fabric of our region. 🤝 💙 Thank you for being part of this adventure.

📣 Connected ecosystems for a resilient future, more essential than ever today. #WorldOceansDay #iMarCo26

⏳ #LastCall for abstracts! Countdown to participate in #iMarco26 and showcase your research on marine and river connectivity to the international scientific community. 📅 Deadline: June 8 🔬 Marine science in motion. 💡 Ideas that can’t stay on land!  @uvigo.bsky.social #CIM #FutureOceansLab #IIM

📍 Have you ever been to Vigo? #iMarCo2026 is the perfect opportunity to discover one of the Atlantic’s leading coastal cities and take part in an international conference that, for the first time, is being held outside France, bringing together research, innovation and aquatic ecosystem management.

🚨 Last call for abstracts! 🚨 Haven’t submitted your abstract yet? ⏳ We have 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟴𝘁𝗵. Be part of #iMarCo26, an international meeting bringing together researchers and practitioners working on connectivity across marine and aquatic systems.

📣 Last days to submit your abstract and take part in #iMarCo2026! ⌛ The conference will be held for the first time outside France 👉 with an expanded vision of the #AquaticNexus, integrating marine and freshwater connectivity and addressing ecological processes linking aquatic ecosystems.

🐟 When fish move, ecosystems change. With #EsbenMoland #Havforskningsinstituttet, the Session 3 Keynote will explore 👉 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘀, 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀.

🤝Not just science. Collaboration builds a conference #iMarCo26 is the result of the 👉joint work of #CIM and #IIM with the support of @uvigo.bsky.social #FOL, Consello Social UVigo and #O_Connect #GDR_OMER @cnrs.fr. Together we share a common goal: to better understand aquatic ecosystem connectivity😊

📣 Changes in connectivity are reshaping how ecosystems function. In the Session 2 Keynote, Anna M. Addamo @szndohrn.bsky.social will explore how everything is 👉 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲: 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲-𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲’𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.

🤔 How can we optimise river–ecosystem connectivity to improve environmental management? At #iMarCo2026, Jesse O’Hanley @universityofky.bsky.social will deliver the Keynote of the first thematic session 👉 focusing on 𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

📣 Three sessions, one shared challenge: understanding a connected planet. 🔹 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟭 | The aquatic NEXUS ➡️ from freshwater to the sea 🔹 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮 | Drivers of ecosystem connectivity ➡️ climate, human impacts and global change 🔹 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟯 | Species on the move ➡️ movement as a driver of ecosystems

📣 The ocean is the system that sustains life on Earth. 🎤 At the Opening Talk of #iMarCo2026, we will welcome Audrey M. Darnaude, an international leading expert in fish ecology and marine ecological connectivity.

📣We 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 for #iMarCo2026 📅Deadline June 1st Join a congress that 👉connects science and innovation in marine and river ecosystems Don’t leave it until the last minute!😉 🔗 https://imarco2026.es/ #IIM @uvigo.bsky.social #CIM #FOL

🐟 Tracking species movement to decode the hidden architecture of the ocean. In #Session3 we will explore how species movement is a key driver of ecological connectivity.