In light of the growing global concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 virus, JPI Oceans has decided to postpone the Stakeholder Forum planned on 8 April in Brussels. The health and wellbeing of our partners, employees and the overall community is our top priority. With non-essential travel discouraged by some of our members organisations, the JPI Oceans secretariat and Internal Advisory Committee assessed that the risks outweigh any benefits of having the event at the scheduled timing.  We are now assessing the options of organizing the forum at a later date and will inform you as soon as this is decided.