Posts By: Yota Antoniou

First EMODnet open conference, Oostende, 20 October

First European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) Open Conference Registrations are now open (and free) for the first EMODnet conference which will take place on Tuesday 20 October 2015, in Oostende, Belgium. http://www.emodnet.eu/registration Midway into the second EMODnet development phase (2013-2016), it is timely to consider the progress made since the inception of EMODnet… Read more »

Sustained ocean observing for the next decade, Galway 14-18 Sept.

A very important conference is being organized at the Marine Institute in Galway, Ireland between 14 – 18 September 2015, that will address questions about changes in the deep and upper interior ocean, physical, biogeochemical and biological parameters. This is a combined GO-SHIP/Argo/IOCCP conference that will bring together participants in these programs, with the particular… Read more »

Kostas Nittis Scientific and Strategic Workshop, Athens 26-27 May 2015

The Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR) and the PERSEUS FP7 project organize a two day Scientific and Strategic Workshop in memory of Kostas Nittis that will focus on state of the art contribution of operational oceanography (modelling and observations) and its applications in the present and future needs of science and society. The meeting… Read more »

FixO3 Workshop: An Introduction and practical use of European marine data infrastructures

Source: FixO3 website 15-16 April 2015, Atlantic Hotel, Bremen, Germany A two-day workshop “An introduction and practical use of European marine data infrastructures” will be held in April 2015 in Bremen. The agenda will be built around the following topics: Obtaining data from existing European marina data infrastructures (e.g. EMODNet, MyOcean, PANGAEA, EurOBIS, ICES, SeaDataNet) Importance… Read more »

Seminar: Cooperation in Marine Science around the Baltic Sea

The Estonian Liaison Office (ELO) for EU Research and Innovation, representing the Estonian Research Council in Brussels, is organizing a seminar on “Cooperation in Marine Science around the Baltic Sea and beyond: a contribution to Europe’s Societal Challenges”. The event will take place on April 22nd from 9:00 to 14:00 at Square de Meeûs 1,… Read more »

Common launch of Galway Statement follow-up projects, Brussels 16-17 Arpil

The Atlantic – our Shared Resource: making the vision reality This event is the launch for all the ‘Galway Statement follow-up projects’ funded within the first Horizon 2020 Blue Growth calls – the main financial instrument on the EU side to make the  commitments reality. Registration is open now, please click here: https://scic.ec.europa.eu/fmi/ezreg/GALWAY2015/start. The programme… Read more »

Ocean Technology Summer School, 6 – 10 July Univ. of Algarve

Source: http://www.ot2015.org/ The Universidade do Algarve is organizing the second edition of the Ocean Technology Summer School, to take place from 06 July to 10 July 2015. Building upon the experience of previous schools (including OT2014) the OT2015 summer school is designed to provide an integrated view of theoretical, numerical and experimental tools related to… Read more »

First joint meeting of EuroGOOS ROOS, Working Groups and Task Teams

The first joint meeting between EuroGOOS ROOS‘s, Working Groups and the newly established Task Teams took place last week in Brussels (4 March). The main purpose of the meeting was to get everyone informed/updated on the activities in the different groups, seek synergies and enhance the cooperation. The meeting had a very positive atmosphere and… Read more »

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the opening of IODE in Oostende

Source: IODE The 10th Anniversary of the Opening of the IOC Project Office for IODE in Oostende, Belgium, will be celebrated on 16 March in Brugge (Provincial Court). The celebration session will be followed by a scientific conference. The programme of the event can be found The event precedes the 23rd Session of IODE which… Read more »

Copernicus Marine Service Open InfoDay 18 March – topic: calls for tender Global products

In order to improve the understanding of the Marine Service topic by any public concerned, Mercator Ocean is currently organising various open webcasts. During the 1st webcast on February 6th, the new Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service was presented, followed by a Q&A session (see transcript here: http://mercator-ocean.fr/eng/mercator_ocean/programmes-copernicus/InfoDays). Another open webcast is organised on March… Read more »