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Prof. Trevor Platt

TREVOR-SAFARI Symposium 2026

27 October – 03 November, 2026

Pre-symposium training for young researchers at INCOIS, Hyderabad, India 

and field work in Vembanad Lake, organised  by CUSAT, Kochi, India

04 – 06 November, 2026

SYMPOSIUM at ICAR-CMFRI, Kochi, India

Hosted by CUSAT, Kochi, India

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TREVOR

Trends, 

Reflections, 

Evolution and 

Visions in 

Ocean 

Research

A celebration of the scientific life of Trevor Platt

Trevor Platt Science Foundation (TPSF) and partners are pleased to announce:

Their second science symposium, jointly with the third SAFARI symposium: which will bring together two community building activities associated with Prof. Trevor Platt, FRS, FRSC. The first International TREVOR symposium was held at Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK in 2023. The previous two SAFARI symposia were held at Kochi, in 2010 and 2018 respectively 

Associated training course: The symposium will be preceded by a training course from 27-31 October 2026, at the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, India, followed by a field trip in Vembanad Lake, Kerala, India and laboratory analyses of the samples collected from 1-3 November 2026, which will be organised by Department of Chemical Oceanography, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kochi, India.

Symposium will be hosted by CUSAT. The venue will be ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Kochi, India

Further information will follow.

SAFARI

SAFARI

Societal

Applications in

Fisheries and

Aquaculture using 

Remote sensing

Imagery 

Remote sensing for fisheries and ecosystem health

CUSAT-ICAR- CMFRI

Trevor Platt Science Foundation

Previous TPSF Symposium

Trevor Platt Science Foundation -Symposium 2023

Symposium 2023

The Trends, Reflections, Evolution, and Visions in Ocean Research (TREVOR) Symposium was organised in conjunction with a multi-faceted training course.

August 7 – 11, 2023
Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), UK