We warmly invite you to the Sopot Science Picnic “Ocean of Change” 2025.
The Sopot Science Picnic is an event for everyone who wants to better understand the marine environment and its relationship with humans.
The Picnic has a long tradition – it began in 2003 as part of the Baltic Science Festival. For the past 17 years, it has been held as an independent event organized by the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Sopot Scientific Society.
This year’s edition will take place on Saturday, 20 September, at the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Sopot, 55 Powstańców Warszawy Street, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
In the square in front of the Institute, tents will be set up to present scientific and other activities in a friendly and engaging way. There will be many attractions prepared for both children and adults.
The Section of Marine Chemistry of the Committee for Marine Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences are pleased to invite you to the 16th Conference “CHEMISTRY, GEOCHEMISTRY AND MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION”, which will be held on 16 October 2025.
The conference will take place at the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Sopot, at Powstańców Warszawy Street 55.
We warmly encourage you to actively participate in the conference and to share this information with your colleagues.
The conference programme will be sent out at the end of September.
The deadline for submissions and abstracts is 21 September 2025.
Yesterday, at around 8:00 p.m., the research vessel s/y Oceania returned to her home port in Gdańsk, concluding the 39th edition of the annual ARctic EXpedition (AREX 2025).
AREX is a research program on the marine environment in the Arctic that has been carried out since 1987 – one of the longest-running in the European region. This year’s route included more than 300 measurement stations – from the Baltic Sea, through the Norwegian and Barents Seas, up to the western regions of Spitsbergen and the Fram Strait.
During the cruise, the team of IO PAN scientists conducted a wide range of studies: oceanographic and physical, atmospheric and optical, acoustic, biogeochemical, and biological.
The collected data will help to better monitor the impact of climate change on polar ecosystems, as well as improve models of the ocean, sea ice, and climate in the Arctic.
AREX is our contribution to the global ocean observation system and the long-term monitoring of the processes shaping the Earth’s climate.
On November 20–21, 2025, a scientific conference will be held in Gdynia and Sopot to commemorate one of the key events in the history of Polish marine and polar research — the first Antarctic research expedition of the vessels r/v Profesor Siedlecki and m/t Tazar in 1975/1976.
The event, organized by the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in collaboration with the National Marine Fisheries Research Institute, is part of the “HiPO” project, funded under the European Funds for Social Development 2021–2027 program (FEDR.04.01-IP.01-005/24).
The conference will provide an opportunity to present the latest results of oceanographic and fisheries research, discuss contemporary challenges facing science — such as climate change, overfishing, and marine ecosystem degradation — and reflect on the future of Poland’s research presence in the Atlantic and polar regions.
Participation in the conference is free of charge, but prior registration is required. The number of places is limited.
The Ministry of Science and Higher Education has finalized the document 'Open Access Policy for Publicly Funded Research Data'. This document was developed in collaboration with expert teams and published in the Ministry of Science Bulletin.
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Marcin Wichorowski, our colleague from the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, participated in the work of the Advisory Team appointed by the Minister of Science.
The policy assumes that research data generated with public funding should be made available 'as open as possible, as closed as necessary', in accordance with the FAIR principles. The aim is to gradually make open access to data the standard in Polish science. The document also highlights the role of institutional openness policies and the need to support researchers (including through data stewards).
Key provisions of the policy:
- Establishing legal and organizational frameworks for open access to data
- Creating a national network of competence centers (coordinated by KCKODB and supported by OCKODB)
- Developing IT infrastructure for storing and sharing data (National Data Repository, PLGrid)
- Defining metadata standards, data formats, and licenses (e.g., Creative Commons)
- Including data sharing in the evaluation of scientific activity
We invite you to the second edition of the popular science event 'The Less I Know, the Better I Sleep?', taking place on 16 August 2025 at 6:00 PM at the Creative Work Center of the IBW PAN in Skoczkowo, by Lake Wdzydze.
This year’s main theme is CATASTROPHE.
Is ignoring science a recipe for disaster?
This question will be the focus of a discussion held in a unique forest-stage setting, featuring scientists from a range of disciplines — from history, through nuclear physics, to oceanology.
Among the speakers:
- Prof. Iwona Janicka (University of Gdańsk)
- Dr. hab. Andrzej Hryczuk (National Centre for Nuclear Research)
- Dr. Marcin Stokowski (Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences)
Organised by: RUN PAN, Faculty of History (UG), Institute of Hydroengineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and IO PAN.
The event is open to the public.
