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The Global Science Opera (GSO) is the brain-child of Oded Ben-Horin. The goal of this initiative is to boost scientific interest in learners through a combination of curiosity-driven education and artistic expression in the form of digital interactions and The 8th IMBeR China-Japan-Korea (CJK) Symposium was held at the East China Normal University in Shanghai, China last month. The theme was Korea, the symposium attracted researchers and students from Thailand, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Canada. Following the symposium, the IMBeR Human Dimensions Working Group held a training course. These meetings are held every second year and the. ’MIND THE GAP’ BETWEEN ECOSYSTEM SERVICES CLAS*IFICATION AND STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING. Although ecosystem services are increasingly embedded in policy agendas, it is largely unknown if and how policy actors are considering them. This paper features a retrospective an*lysis of interviews with key policy actors involved in the strategic decision-making process leading to an innovative large-scale Dutch coastal management project, the Sand Motor mega beach nourishment. The interviews were an*lysed to ascertain which ecosystem services were considered and how they were described by policy actors. The findings suggest that broad, unspecified ecosystem services were adopted highly by the policy actors, while specific ecosystem service categories were rarely considered. Also, relatable and easy to understand cultural ecosystem services also constituted critical arguments for policy actors in their strategic decision making. The study suggests a ‘translation step’ between ecosystem services research and decision making for ecosystem services to truly align with relevant aspects of decision making. Alexander van Oudenhven et al, 2018, ’Mind the Gap’ between ecosystem services clas*ification and strategic decision making. We are now accepting abstracts for Future Oceans2. We welcome abstracts for oral and poster presentations. Abstracts must be