Intergovernmental Conference on an International legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction. Nereus researchers Wilf Swartz, Harriet Harden-Davies, Daniel Dunn, Guillermo Ortuño Crespo, Mathieu Colleter, Patrick Halpin and Yoshi Ota will be in attendance.