The IIOE-2 Joint Project office is pleased to report that through the agency of Prof Mike Roberts and associated colleagues of the West Indian Ocean SOLSTICE project (http://www.solstice-wio.org/) the Nelson Mandela University has offered to co-host, in conjunction with the UNESCO IOC Perth Programme Office, the 3^rd IIOE-2 Steering Committee meeting within the week of 11-15 March 2019, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. As in the past, this IIOE-2 meeting will be held under the banner of the (3^rd) International Indian Ocean Science Conference (IIOSC3), and incorporated collegially within an integrated week's schedule with IOGOOS-15, IORP-15, SIBER-9, IRF-9, IOCINDIO-7 and the Second major workshop of the IndOOS Review. Furthermore, there will special West Indian Ocean / South African marine scientific presentations, workshops and demonstrations.

Further details are available in the IIOSC 2019 Information Booklet (download link below).

The integrated set of meetings comprise:

• 3^rd meeting of the Second International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2) Steering Committee
• 15^th annual meeting of the Indian Ocean Global Ocean Observing System Regional Alliance (IOGOOS)
• 15^th annual meeting of the CLIVAR/IOC-GOOS Indian Ocean Region Panel (IORP)
• 9^th annual meeting of Sustained Indian Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (SIBER) of IMBER/IOGOOS
• 9^th annual meeting of the Indian Ocean Observing System (IndOOS) Resource Forum (IRF) of IOGOOS
• IndOOS Review Workshop
• Workshop of the IOC Regional Committee for the Central Indian Ocean (IOCINDIO)
• West Indian Ocean / South African marine scientific presentations
• West Indian Ocean marine ocean observing / robotics workshops and demonstrations (various; SOLSTICE led)

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01	Information Booklet Last updated on 28/Feb/2019 08:00hrs (IST)
02	IIOE-2 Steering Committee Meeting Final Agenda Last updated on 11/Mar/2019 06:00hrs (IST)
03	9th Annual Meeting of the Indian Ocean Observing System (IndOOS) Resource Forum (IRF-9) Agenda Last updated on 22/Feb/2019 03:12hrs (IST)
04	IIOE-2 Highlights Brochure (Final Draft Version) Last updated on 11/Mar/2019 12:30hrs (IST)
05	9th Annual Meeting of Sustained Indian Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (SIBER) of IMBER/IOGOOS Last updated on 06/Mar/2019 09:20hrs (IST)
06	15th Annual Meeting of Indian Ocean Global Ocean Observing System (IOGOOS) Provisional Agenda Last updated on 06/Mar/2019 17:25hrs
07	Closing Press Statement Last updated on 16/Mar/2019 17:00hrs