REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
The BEING SEA-EU CONFERENCE will take place in Cádiz from 22 to 24 October 2025, and is open to all members of the SEA-EU community and beyond.
Please note that registration is mandatory for all participants, whether presenting or attending.
Participation in the conference is completely free, including coffee breaks, lunches, and social activities.
Each SEA-EU partner university is managing a limited number of local mobility grants. If you require support to attend, please contact your local SEA-EU Office.
🗓️ Registration deadline: 15 September 2025 at 23:59 (CEST) or until the 300 available places are filled.
TENTATIVE PROGRAMME
WEDNESDAY 22nd
| 08:30 – 09:30 ACCREDITATION |
| 09:30 – 10:00 OPENING SESSION |
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10:00 – 10:30 PLENARY SESSION Discovering the SEA-EU Community: SEA-EU opportunities for students, staff, professors and researchers Fernando Pérez |
| 10:30 COFFEE BREAK AND POSTERS |
| 11:30 – 14:00 ORAL PRESENTATIONS |
| 14:00 LUNCH |
| 15:00 – 17:30 ORAL PRESENTATIONS |
| 17:30 SOCIAL ACTIVITY AND LIGHT DINNER |
THURSDAY 23rd
| 08:30 – 09:00 ACCREDITATION |
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| 09:00 – 09:30 Observatory presentation OSBE |
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| 09:30 – 10:30 PLENARY SESSION SEA-EU STUDENT LED PROJECTS |
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| 10:30 COFFEE BREAK AND POSTERS |
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| 14:00 LUNCH |
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17:00 & 19:00 SOCIAL ACTIVITY: Boat trip (two time slots) 17:00 – Historical guided tour 19:00 – Sunset boat tour |
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FRIDAY 24th
| 08:30 – 09:00 ACCREDITATION |
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| 09:00 – 09:30 Observatory presentation OMHR |
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| 09:30 – 10:30 PLENARY SESSION The Research Potential of the SEA-EU Alliance UG in collaboration with Laura Martín (UCA) |
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| 10:30 COFFEE BREAK AND POSTERS |
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| 14:00 CLOSURE *No lunch included |
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ROOMS DISTRIBUTION
See the room distribution at BUILDING "LA BOMBA"
| Day & Time | LEQUERICA ROOM | BOLIVAR ROOM | ARGÜELLES ROOM | TOMASA PALAFOX ROOM | ROOM 2 |
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| WEDNESDAY – Morning Session 11:30 – 14:00 (2H30) |
Social Sciences | Sciences | Arts | Networking Health | Networking Engineering |
| WEDNESDAY – Afternoon Session 15:00 – 17:30 (2H30) |
Social Sciences | Health | Arts | Networking – Sciences | |
| THURSDAY – Morning Session 11:30 – 14:00 (2H30) |
Social Sciences | Sciences | Engineering | Networking Arts | Parallel session: Workshop Community Engagement |
| THURSDAY – Afternoon Session 15:00 – 16:00 |
SWOT Coastal Analysis | SIDE EVENT: Safe Tour | |||
| FRIDAY – Morning Session 11:30 – 14:00 (2H30) |
Social Sciences | Sciences | Health | Documentary | Session on Gender in Research |
All registrations and plenary sessions of the BEING SEA-EU CONFERENCE will take place at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Cádiz.
Meanwhile, the oral presentations, poster sessions, coffee breaks, and lunches will be held at the nearby Constitución 1812 Building, commonly known as “La Bomba.”
For more information about 2025 edition please contact: dir.iec@gm.uca.es
2024 Edition
It was a pleasure to host you at the first edition of the international conference ‘BEING SEA-EU’. The conference took place in Malta on 10-12 June and attracted almost 300 international researchers – academics and students.
Here’s a quick look at ‘BEING SEA-EU’ by the numbers:
- 253 in-person participants,
- 67 virtual participants,
- 4 thematic streams,
- 43 sessions with approximately 150 presentations,
- 34 posters,
- 9 SEA-EU universities and 10+ associated partners.
‘BEING SEA-EU’ Conference Details
Date: 10 – 12 June 2024
Venue: University of Malta, Valletta Campus
Language of the Conference: English
Thematic streams:
- STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) and Medical/Health Sciences
- Arts, humanities, and social sciences (economics, sociology, anthropology, etc.)
- Migration and human rights
- Interdisciplinary
Participants:
- Academics and students from any of the 9 SEA-EU participating Universities
- SEA-EU Observatories: the Observatory for Sustainable Blue Economy (OSBE) and the Observatory of Migration and Human Rights (OMHR)
- Associated partners that have signed the SEA-EU Global Gateway Declaration during the SEA-EU Congress
Funding: Conference participation is free of charge but any other costs are self-funded. SEA-EU funding associated with this conference can be tapped into by each partner University.
For more information kindly contact sea-eu@um.edu.mt
