Bulletin Board
Information on HAB-related meetings and events will be featured here.
For more details on each event, please contact the meeting organisers directly.
If you have a meeting or event that you would like to see included on this bulletin board, we welcome submissions via email to info@anzhabnet.com.
Upcoming events
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July 2026 - January 2026: The Algal Bloom Shed. Toolbox Talks
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Online speaker series to share community know-how about coastal harmful algal blooms (HABs)
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8 October 2026: Responding to bloomin’ disasters. James Daniell, Risk engineer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology: Disaster loss estimation and risk management. Zoë Brooks, Visual artist, Toxic Surf & Good Bank Gallery: Artists as rapid community mobilisers.
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Sept/Oct 2026 (date TBC): Australian Shellfish Quality Assurance Advisory Committee Meeting, Adelaide
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Closed meeting. All state shellfish programs, government and industry representatives.
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23-24 November 2026: ASPAB (Australasian Society for Phycology and Aquatic Botany) Annual meeting, Hobart
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25-26 November 2026: ANZHABNET Symposium and Workshop, Hobart
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https://www.anzhabnet.com/post/anzhabnet-events-november-2026
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25 November: HAB Symposium
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26 November: HAB Identification Workshop.
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Past events
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1-4 December 2025: ANZ HABNet HAB identification workshop, Sydney
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5 December 2025: ANZ HABNet Symposium, Sydney
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26-28 May 2026: NSW Oyster Conference
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2-3 June 2026: Office of Algal Bloom Research HAB Symposium, Adelaide
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16 June 2026: SafeFish hazard prioritisation workshop (including HAB), Adelaide
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30 June - 3 July 2026: New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology (NZIFST) Conference 2026.
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30 June: What have we learnt from the devastating harmful algal bloom in South Australia? Dr. Tim Harwood (Cawthron Institute)
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https://nzifst.org.nz/conference-2026/conference-2026-program
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July - August 2026: The Algal Bloom Shed. Toolbox Talks
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Online speaker series to share community know-how about coastal harmful algal blooms (HABs)
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9 July 2026: What’s the global situation with coastal harmful algal blooms? Prof. Gustaaf Hallegraeff and What is harmful about a harmful algal bloom? Dr Ian Gibbins
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13 August 2026: Friend or foam? All about sea foam. Ipek Kurtböke, Biodiscovery scientist, University of the Sunshine Coast Nocardia foams as bioindicators of environmental pollution and Dimitry Van Der Zande, Remote sensing researcher, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Forewarned is forearmed: the Foam Alert Service of Belgium
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10 September 2026: Reading the brine print: Why are economists, lawyers, and insurers talking about harmful algal blooms? Will Richards, Climate and corporate lawyer and Sally Cook, Strategic climate advisor, Biophilia Consulting
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4 August 2026: Environment Ministers Meeting to discuss HAB preparedness
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Closed meeting. Commonwealth Minister for the Environment, and the environment minister from each Australian state and territory.
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Communique of previous meeting (March 2026): https://www.dcceew.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/emm-communique-27-march-2026.pdf
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30 August 2026: AMSA (Australian Marine Sciences Association) Networking marine HAB monitoring and management in Australia workshop (government focus), Canberra
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1-3 September 2026: AMSA (Australian Marine Sciences Association) conference including full day HAB session, Canberra
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6-11 September 2026: International Conference on Molluscan Shellfish Safety (large session on HABs), Exeter UK
Dinophysis miles
(image courtesy of Microalgal Services)
Dinophysis acuminata
(image courtesy of Dr Michaela Larsson)
Karenia longicanalis
(image courtesy of Dr Michaela Larsson)