Background
The Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) is a unique gathering designed to foster connection and collaboration among researchers and solution scientists in the greater ocean-connected community. Every two years, scientists from across the globe gather together to share the latest research findings, collaborate on solutions, and make lasting partnerships with the goal of advancing scientific knowledge and impacts.
The Ocean Sciences Meeting is an Endorsed Decade Action program with the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Co-sponsored by the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), and The Oceanography Society (TOS), we welcome a diverse community of scientists, students, journalists, policymakers, educators and organizations who are working toward a world where scientific discovery leads to scientific solutions, and where our global collaborations and partnerships can carry us into a sustainable future.
Theme
Currents form. They flow. Build. Strengthen. We see this too, in the work of our global scientific community. Fittingly, our theme for the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 (OSM26) in Glasgow is Creating a Current of Community. A current, and its collective, continual movement, represents the constant advancement and persistence of the ocean sciences community, as we move forward together to discover new findings and solutions to many of the world’s problems. We know that without an invested and enthusiastic community to support it, science comes up short. The meeting is a vibrant and welcoming place for all in the ocean sciences, where attendees not only gather to share research, but also to build connections, support each other, and to truly create a community that will last far beyond OSM26
