The Symposium on the Iberian Atlantic Margin (MIA) is a multidisciplinary scientific meeting between Portugal and Spain, held alternately every three years.

This symposium is an informal and open meeting, which aims to present and discuss the most recent methods and results of scientific research and activities carried out by researchers and postgraduate students, addressing the processes and evolution of the Iberian Atlantic Margin.

Submission Guidelines

Abstracts will be submitted on the EasyChair platform (MIA2025), and must be formatted according to the template available on the symposium website (mia.hidrografico.pt). The submission must indicate the scientific or thematic session to which the communication is directed, as well as the presentation format (oral or poster). The organization may change this preference, upon prior notification to the author, depending on the number of submissions received for each session.

The deadline for submission of abstracts is May 30, 2025. Initial submission of papers must be made in PDF format. After review by the Scientific Committee, and once accepted, authors must submit the final version in MS Word format, intended for editing in the Abstracts Volume.

• It is essential that at least one of the authors of each communication is registered for the symposium

List of Topics

• SC1: Nature and structure of the Iberian continental margin and Macaronesia
• SC2: Dynamics, sedimentation and environmental evolution of the coastal zone
• SC3: Morphodynamics and sedimentation on continental shelves
• SC4: Deep-water circulation and associated morpho-depositional systems
• SC5: Marine biology and ecosystems
• SC6: Habitats and management of underwater space: marine protected areas
• SC7: Underwater historical heritage and geoarchaeology
• SC8: Renewable and non-renewable marine resources
• SC9: Geological record of extreme marine events
• SC10: Active tectonics of the Iberian Peninsula
• SC11: Oceanic volcanism, mineralisation and submarine hazards
• SC12: Numerical modelling of processes in the marine environment
• SC13: Biogeochemical processes and atmosphere/ocean/sediment interactions
• SC14: Extension of the continental shelf (UNCLOS): exploration & exploitation approach.

Committees

Organizing committee (IH)

• João Delgado Vicente
• Aurora Bizarro
• Anabela Oliveira
• Sérgio Leitão
• Joana Gomes
• Telmo Dias
• Nuno Costa 
• Sandra Moreira
• Mónica Ribeiro

        Permanent committee                                                                                                                                                                    

• João M. Alveirinho Dias (Univ. Algarve) 
• F. Javier Hernández-Molina (Univ. London) 
• Federico Vilas Martín (Univ. Vigo) 
• Fernando Rocha (Univ. Aveiro) 
• Germán Flor Rodríguez (Univ. Oviedo) 
• Maria da Conceição Freitas (Univ. Lisboa/IDL) 
• Víctor Díaz del Río (IEO) 
• Pedro Cunha (Univ. Coimbra) 
• Alejandro Cearreta (Univ. País Vasco)  

Invited Speakers

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Publication

MIA2025 proceedings will be published in a book of abstracts and the works of international interest presented at this symposium may be published in English in a special issue of the journal Continental Shelf Research (www.sciencedirect.com/journal/continental-shelf-research). Manuscripts will be managed exclusively online through Elsevier’s editorial system and must follow the publication guidelines of this journal.

Venue

The conference will be held in Instituto Hidrográfico (Lisbon).

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to mia2025@hirografico.pt