On the 23rd and 24th of May, the OTTERS Conference: Waves of Change was held in Oeiras, Lisbon. The conference aims to create connections between citizen science, education, and civic engagement and shed light on current citizen science research and initiatives. Additionally, the event highlighted the OTTERS project, aiming to promote societal transformation for marine and freshwater stewardship through scaling up citizen science contributions to the field over the past three years. Through oral presentations, workshops, posters and demonstrations, the conference showcased innovative strategies to promote citizen science and water literacy.

Representatives of BIOPOLIS, a partner of ANERIS, attended the OTTERS Conference and presented the BioMARatona Norte 2024 results and mentioned the ongoing BioMARatona 2025 and activities connected to it.