POGO Meetings

The POGO-26 meeting was hosted by Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (CEMACS), Universiti Sains Malaysia, in Penang, Malaysia, from 25-28 February 2025.   MEMBERSHIP: 55 institutions in 31 countries

The POGO-25 meeting was hosted by CICESE in Ensenada, Mexico, from 22-25 January 2024. Captain Francisco Armando Arias-Isaza succeeds Nicholas Owens as Chair of POGO MEMBERSHIP: 56 institutions in 31 countries

The POGO-24 meeting  was hosted by IFREMER (Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la MER) in Toulon, France, from 23-26 January 2023. MEMBERSHIP: 55 institutions in 29 countries

The POGO-23 meeting took place as a virtual event from 24-28 January 2022. MEMBERSHIP: 54 institutions in 29 countries

The POGO-22 meeting took place as a virtual event from 25-28 January 2021. MEMBERSHIP: 53 institutions in 28 countries

The POGO-21 meeting was co-hosted by the First Institute of Oceanography (FIO), Ministry of Natural Resources, and Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (QNLM) in Qingdao, China, from 20-22 January 2020. MEMBERSHIP: 48 institutions in 28 countries

The POGO-20 meeting was hosted by the Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento das Pescas (INDP) and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel at the Ocean Science Centre Mindelo (OSCM), in Cabo Verde, from 22-24 January 2019.  Nicholas Owens succeeds Karen Wiltshire as Chair of POGO MEMBERSHIP: 42 institutions in 25 countries

The POGO-19 meeting took place in La Jolla, California, USA, from 23-25 January 2018. The meeting was hosted by Scripps Institution of Oceanography. MEMBERSHIP: 36 institutions in 19 countries

The POGO-18 meeting was hosted by Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), United Kingdom from 24-26 January 2017. MEMBERSHIP: 37 institutions in 20 countries

The POGO-17 meeting was hosted by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), in Yokohama, from 26-28 January 2016. MEMBERSHIP: 37 institutions in 21 countries

The POGO-16 meeting was hosted by the Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), in Tenerife, Spain, from 27-29 January 2015. Karen Wiltshire succeeds John Field as Chair of POGO MEMBERSHIP: 35 institutions in 21 countries

The POGO-15 meeting was hosted jointly by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania (IMAS), in Hobart, Australia, from 22-24 January 2014. MEMBERSHIP: 35 institutions in 20 countries

POGO-14 was hosted by the MArine REsearch Institute (MA-RE), University of Cape Town, South Africa from 22 to 24 January 2013. John Field succeeds Peter Herzig as Chair of POGO MEMBERSHIP: 34 institutions in 20 countries

The POGO-13 Meeting was hosted by the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, from 9 to 11 January 2012. MEMBERSHIP: 35 institutions in 21 countries

The 12th POGO Annual Meeting was hosted by the Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute (KORDI) in Seoul, South Korea, from 24 to 26 January 2011. Peter Herzig succeeds Kiyoshi Suyehiro as Chair of POGO MEMBERSHIP: 34 institutions in 21 countries

POGO-11 was hosted by P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow, Russia, from 26-28 January 2010 MEMBERSHIP: 34 institutions in 20 countries

POGO-10 was hosted by University of Concepción, Chile, from 6-8 January 2008   Kiyoshi Suyehiro succeeds Tony Haymet as Chair of POGO MEMBERSHIP: 33 institutions in 19 countries

POGO-8 was hosted by Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS), in Qingdao, China, from 17-19 January 2007 Tony Haymet succeeds Jan de Leeuw as Chair of POGO MEMBERSHIP: 28 institutions in 18 countries

POGO-9 was hosted by Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) from 9-11 January 2008. MEMBERSHIP: 30 institutions in 18 countries

POGO-7 was hosted by INCOIS, in Hyderabad, India, from 18-20 January 2006 MEMBERSHIP: 26 institutions in 17 countries

POGO-6 was hosted by IFREMER, in Brest, France, from 29 November-1 December 2004 Jan de Leeuw takes over from Howard Roe as Chair of POGO MEMBERSHIP: 25 institutions in 17 countries

The POGO-5 meeting was hosted by JAMSTEC in Yokohama, Japan, from 18-20 November 2003 MEMBERSHIP: 24 institutions in 17 countries

The POGO-4 meeting was hosted by CSIRO in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, from 22-24 January 2003. One of the outcomes was the agreement that an ocean assessment (similar to IPCC for climate) it needed. 2nd Chair of POGO, Howard Roe, takes over from Charlie Kennel MEMBERSHIP: 24 institutions in 17 countries

The POGO-3 Meeting took place at White Point beach resort, Nova Scotia from 27-29 November 2001. MEMBERSHIP: 20 institutions in 14 countries

POGO-2 was hosted by Instituto Oceanografico, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil from 29 November-1 December 2000. The first POGO elections took place, with Charlie Kennel elected as Chair. MEMBERSHIP: 16 institutions in 13 countries

Scripps hosted the first formal meeting of POGO in early December 1999. This inaugural meeting included senior officials from 17 institutions in 12 countries (Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Norway, Russia, UK, and US), as well as representatives of the IOC, the Scientific Committee for Oceanic Research (SCOR) of the International Council

In March 1999, the Directors of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the Southampton Oceanography Centre in the U.K., convened a planning meeting in the headquarters of the United Nations Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC). This meeting confirmed the value of creating a new partnership and defined the initial mission statement and terms