Challenger Society for Marine Science

[1] The central objectives of the Challenger Society are:[2] The Challenger Society was founded in 1903 by two British scientists, the zoologist George Herbert Fowler and the physician Richard Norris Wolfenden.

[4] The Challenger Society has a current membership of several hundred scientists and students.

[citation needed] The Society publishes the journal Ocean Challenge three times a year, together with a monthly newsletter, Challenge Wave.

This conference typically attracts around 300 delegates and its location is rotated around the key marine-based research centres and universities within the UK.

[6] The most recent conference in September 2015 was hosted at Sheffield University.