The 4th GEO Blue Planet Symposium was held from July 4 – 6, 2018 in Toulouse, France. The symposium was hosted by Mercator Ocean, a member of the GEO Blue Planet Initiative and entrusted by the European Commission to operate the EU Copernicus Marine Service.
The symposium was the first GEO Blue Planet symposium in Toulouse and served as a forum for discussion of ocean and coastal information needs for sustainable development, Blue Growth and societal awareness. A total of 300 delegates attended the symposium from international organisations and networks, research scientists, government agencies, various industries, ocean science communicators and graduate students.
Report
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Sessions
Session 1: Understanding and Managing Environmental and Economic Pressures on our Ocean and CoastsSession 2: Producing and Deriving Coastal and Ocean InformationSession 3: Ocean and Coastal Information in Support of Blue GrowthSession 4: Ocean and Coastal Information in Support of Sustainable DevelopmentSession 5: Societal Awareness of the value of Ocean and Coastal Information
- The global ocean observing system and its evolution
- Towards an European Ocean Observing System (EOOS)
- The role of satellite observations and perspectives for the next decade
- Development of information services: example from the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS)
- Ocean forecasting information and its social benefits in China
- From ocean observation to end-users of the Blue Economy : a virtuous value chain
- Marine renewable energy: overview of industry and ocean information needs
- Ocean information for marine renewable energy: status and perspectives
- Ocean information for maritime transport: status and perspectives
- Offshore oil and gas: overview of industry and ocean information needs
- Ocean information for offshore oil and gas: status and perspectives
- Ocean Information for Aquaculture: Status and Perspectives
- Keynote (Grand Temoin)
- GEO Blue Planet’s role in sustainable development
- Developing operational products for ocean ecosystem and fishery management
- Assessing the State of Regional Seas: from Observations to Indicators. The OSPAR Perspective.
- The Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report and its role to inform sustainable development policies
- Ocean and coastal observations and information for management of marine biodiversity
- Ocean Information for Aquaculture: Status and Perspectives
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