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AMU UNESCO Chair International Conference 2026 – New challenges for UW nature and cultural heritage tourism during the Ocean Decade

Open accessibility, sustainable UW cultural and nature tourism, impacts of climate change, upskilling and reskilling for the new generation, connection with the Blue economy

Thursday, January 29 to February 1, 2026

The UNESCO UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology and the UNESCO Chair in maritime and coastal archaeology ( MoMArch – Aix-Marseille University ) in collaboration with UNESCO 2001 Convention Secretariat and three leading EU projects on the main theme, EMFAF uBlueTec, Horizon Europe TOURAL and EMFAF ecoRoute, are organising the international conference ”New challenges for UW nature and cultural heritage tourism during the Ocean Decade

The Conference will be held in presence at Le Cube THE CUBE | Aix-Marseille Université in Aix-en-Provence from the 29th of January to the 1st of February 2026.

The registration is now open

All colleagues attending in person should register

This includes colleagues participating in the oral and poster sessions (first, second author, etc), as well as colleagues that are simply attending the event. 

To finalize your participation please fill in the following registration form

English will be the official language of the Conference.
Email: info@unescochair-mca.org