The 3rd South China Sea Conference 2019 (SCS2019): Sea, Science & Societies: Forging Alliances in Facing Global Environmental Change was held on 25-27 June 2019 at Grand Ballroom, Eastin Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. This conference is intended to serve as a platform for the exchange of information related to research activities in the South China Seas and to promote international cooperation among marine sicentists of the world.

The opening ceremony was officiated by Mdm Norsham Abdul Latip, Senior Under-secretary, Pollution Control Division representing Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment & Climate Change (MESTECC), Malaysia.

The ceremony also attended by Prof. Dr. Noorsaadah Abdul Rahman, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), University of Malaya, representing The Vice-Chancellor, University of Malaya), Prof. Dr. Wei Zexun (Deputy Director General, First Institute of Oceanography, China), Prof. Dr. Dai Minhan (Director, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, China) & Prof. Dr. Sumiani Yusoff (Director of the Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Malaya, and Chairperson of the South China Sea Conference 2019).