Due to the corona pandemic, the 14th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) at MESSE BREMEN will be postponed by one year to Sunday to Friday, 18th to 23rd July 2021. Originally, the event, which is expected to attract up to 3,000 participants from 90 countries, was scheduled to take place this July.

The symposium of the International Coral Reef Society, founded in 1980, is the most important international congress on coral reef research. For the first time in its history it is being held in Europe. In Bremen the congress is hosted by the University of Bremen.