IOCS Data Service Provider Panel
6th International Ocean Colour Science Meeting
Co-organized byGEO AquaWatch/GEO BluePlanet
Date: Thursday, 4 December 2025, 1-2 pm CET
Onsite Event Location: Plenary IOCS meeting hall in Darmstadtium, Darmstadt Germany
Online Registration Link: https://eumetsat.zoom.us/meeting/register/PJ6aDC_VQsKF4kiPbw4qVQ#/registration
Duration: 60 minutes
A panel discussion with industry and commercial representatives in the ocean colour and Earth observation space on future challenges and needs.
Moderator: Pedro Ribeiro (INDRA, active member of GEO Blue Planet)
Panelists are: Carole Lebreton (Brockmann Consult GmbH), Thomas Heege (EOMAP), Andy Shaw(Assimila), Mark Matthews (CyanoLakes) and Xianqiang He (Second Institute of Oceanography, China)
GOAL: The goal of the Industry Data Service Provider Panel is twofold 1) to understand industry challenges and the value proposition of IOCS/IOCCG participation for Commercial Ocean Color Data Service Providers and 2) Discuss a Unifying Scientist-Industry Partnership which is innovative and benefits the ocean color community.
More information: Associated Meetings – International Ocean Colour Science Meeting
The 6th International Ocean Colour Science (IOCS) Meeting will be held on 1-4 December 2025 at the Darmstadtium congress centre in Darmstadt, Germany. The associated training courses will take place on 5 December. The IOCS-2025 meeting is an initiative of the International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group (IOCCG). It will be co-hosted by EUMETSAT and the European Space Agency (ESA), with support from the European Commission’s Copernicus Programme.
The meeting will cover optical radiometry of all water types, serving as a platform for dialogue and collaboration between the scientific community and space agencies. The aim of the conference is to drive forward ocean science and its applications by providing space agencies with consensus recommendations that will inform Ocean Colour developments, user services, and future missions.
The event will feature plenary and breakout sessions, interactive panel discussions and poster presentations, all centred around the theme of ‘Ocean Colour: serving Earth system science and our society’.