- Bedford Institute of Oceanography; Centre for Marine Biodiversity (CMB), host
- Government of Canada; Department of Fisheries and Oceans; Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO), host
- International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), organiser
- Rutgers University; Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences (IMCS), meer, organiser
- UNESCO; UNESCO/IOC Project Office for IODE (IODE), meer, organiser
- International Association for Biological Oceanography (IABO), organiser
- Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning (MarBEF), organiser
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