OUR SPONSORS
The Ocean Optics Planning Committee thanks the following sponsors for supporting the 2026 conference. To learn more about sponsorship opportunities, please visit the Become a Sponsor page.
Principal Sponsor
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and inspires the world through discovery. At its 20 centers and facilities across the United States and with US commercial companies and international partners, NASA leads studying Earth science, including climate, our Sun, solar system, and the larger universe.
Conference Convener
The MarSens research group at Ghent University develops and applies innovative optical remote sensing approaches and in situ observation technologies to investigate marine carbon cycling and ecosystem dynamics from coastal to open ocean environments. The group has strong expertise in optical satellite data processing and analysis, as well as in the development of optical sensors and ship-based systems to monitor inherent and apparent optical properties of seawater. MarSens also actively contributes to the BioGeoChemical-Argo observing system of autonomous profiling floats to study the biological carbon pump. The group looks forward to hosting the 27th Ocean Optics Conference.
SPONSORS
Two peninsulas along the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island are associated with enhanced phytoplankton productivity offshore. This Landsat 8 scene was collected on May 20, 2021. From https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/754/
