Ocean Sciences Meeting - OSM 2028

How it compares

Oceanology International in London is the more direct choice for marine equipment procurement and commercial ocean technology partnerships. Its exhibition combines suppliers with vessels and on-water demonstrations, serving industry as well as academia and government. OSM is particularly useful when the conversation starts with a scientific question, an observing method, or a research collaboration and then leads to a technology requirement.

AGU Annual Meeting brings ocean science into a much wider Earth and space sciences setting. The annual December gathering suits teams working across ocean-climate connections, geophysics, and Earth-system research, or suppliers whose customers span several disciplines. OSM concentrates ocean specialists, so the trip stays centered on marine research.

ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting is a useful counterpart for researchers working across freshwater and marine systems. Its limnology and aquatic ecosystem emphasis can be the better fit for catchment-to-coast problems and ecological management. OSM brings physical oceanography, ocean observing, biology, and biogeochemistry together with the equipment and research institutions supporting those fields. The choice turns on whether the target community is aquatic science across habitats, the wider Earth system, or the ocean itself.

OSM is the right trip for ocean researchers and technology suppliers whose next partnership depends on the scientists designing, using, and interpreting marine observations.

Who exhibits

The 2026 exhibition brought marine instrument suppliers together with major research institutions. Sea-Bird Scientific, RBR, Nortek, and Teledyne Marine sat alongside Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the National Oceanography Centre. That mix makes the floor useful for discussing measurement problems with both suppliers and scientific users. The presence of publishers, ocean observation organizations, universities, and research networks also gives it a broader role in scientific exchange than a conventional equipment exhibition.

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Ocean Sciences Meeting - OSM 2028

Ocean Sciences Meeting moves to Vancouver for its next gathering after Glasgow hosted OSM 2026. The Glasgow meeting brought scientists, researchers, and policymakers together across ocean disciplines under the theme Creating a Current of Community. Its exhibition combined marine technology companies with oceanographic institutes, ocean observation organizations, and universities. The return to North America puts the next meeting on Canada’s Pacific coast.

• For an observing-system project, bring the measurement question to both the scientific community and the instrument suppliers: OSM connects research users with companies such as Sea-Bird Scientific, RBR, and Nortek.
• Researchers working between ocean biology and circulation should use OSM’s breadth to connect marine ecology and biogeochemistry with physical oceanography, and expand the discussion beyond their specialist community.