The meeting took place at the Oceanographic Centre of Canarias. At the Open Session, presentations were made by the local host Director Luis Jose López Abellán and researcher Eugenio Fraile Nuez; and by Renuka Badhe (European Polar Board), Claire Jolly (OECD), Donatella de Pascale (CNR), Jeanette Andersen (University of Tromso) and Andrew Mearns Spragg (Jellagen). The Evening Lecture was given by Dorothy J. Dankel (University of Bergen) on Transdisciplinary Approach to Inform Marine Ecosystem-based Management. More highlights of the meeting will be available soon.