Conferences hosted this year by the renowned Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences included the 2023 Ocean Day conference entitled, “The Deep Sea – Nature Conservation, Challenges, and Innovation,” in partnership with the Israeli Society for the Protection of Nature (SPNI) during which SPNI announced its new strategic master plan for deep-sea marine protected area network in the Israeli waters. The school also hosted the 10th Haifa Conference on Marine Sciences: Sea AI: Artificial Intelligence and Sea, endorsed by the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.