BECoME 2025

The First International Conference on Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation of Marine Ecosystems (BECoME) was launched in the summer of 2015 in Hong Kong, China.  Since then, the BECoME Conference Series has been gradually becoming a global platform for knowledge exchange in the field of marine biodiversity and ecology and for addressing pressing challenges in marine conservation. The inaugural BECoME-2015 brought together 280 participants from 26 countries, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and knowledge exchange. This success laid the foundation for its continuation in supporting the goals of the International Convention on Biological Diversity.

The Second BECoME Conference was endorsed by the UNESCO as a Decade Activity of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, and fruitfully held in hybrid mode at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) in 2022. It marked a milestone with 340 attendees from 33 countries. 

Building on the success of the past two BECoME Conferences, we are very excited and proud to organise the Third BECoME Conference at CityUHK during 19-23 August 2025. While BECoME-2025 Conference has been approved as a Decade Activity, it forms part of series of events for celebrating China’s National Ecology Day. By integrating themes like marine conservation strategies, biodiversity databases, sustainable fisheries, climate change impacts, and marine protected areas, BECoME-2025 will continue to facilitate knowledge exchange, foster research collaborations, identify knowledge gaps, train young professionals, and seek expert advice on marine biodiversity conservation and fisheries management.

We look forward to your participation in BECoME-2025, as we work together to protect our precious marine ecosystems.