I am pleased to say the SCOR 2023 Annual Meeting recently held from 14-16 October in Guayaquil, Ecuador was a success. The hybrid format allowed for participation from 98 attendees from 27 countries! All documents, reports and narrated presentations from the 2023 SCOR Annual Meeting can be found at the SCOR website.

As reported at the meeting, SCOR working groups and projects have been returning to in-person meetings, trainings, and collaborations, but are also taking advantage of virtual meetings to make progress on their objectives. Working groups have worked hard to catch up from delays imposed by COVID-19, with seven completing their work in 2023.

Mark your calendars for the 2024 SCOR Annual Meeting: 16-18 October 2024 in Qingdao, China with a public symposium on 15 October, in recognition of the 40th anniversary of the China-Beijing SCOR National Committee. See you there!

Three new Working Groups were approved at the SCOR 2023 Annual Meeting

The three working groups are currently finalizing their terms of reference and membership with SCOR based on feedback from the reviews:

SCOR WG 168, Coordinating the Development of Gridded Four-Dimensional Data Products from

Biogeochemical-Argo Observations (4D-BGC): The WG will enhance access and utility of BGC-Argo observations through 4D-BGC products, and thus refine our understanding of ocean biogeochemistry, improve models and reanalysis products, and inform policy decisions

SCOR WG 169, Global Library of Underwater Sounds (GLUBS): This WG will collate underwater sounds and develop practices and AI tools for categorizing sounds.

SCOR WG 170, Physiology and Rates in Microbial Oceanography (PRIMO): This WG will develop a community and framework for co-designing physiological metrics as currency converters to link 'omics datasets and BGC models. *Note this WG was proposed under the acronym NEMOO

Each WG will have a page with more information on the SCOR website