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September 2019
OceanObs’19
OceanObs’19 will continue to develop strategies for a sustained, multidisciplinary and integrated ocean observing system, and better connect user communities and observers. Input (in the form of Community White Papers), will help shape strategy development throughout the conference and for the upcoming decade. The conference and Community White Papers will revolve around 10 vital societal benefit themes and the conference objectives. Additional synthesis and vision papers will be developed from input during the conference.
Find out more »November 2019
GEO Week 2019
In November 2019, Ministers from GEO’s 105 Member governments, business leaders, heads of international non-profits and passionate experts will meet in Canberra, Australia for GEO Week 2019 and the GEO Ministerial Summit. The week’s events will focus on ensuring data about our planet becomes a core input to our strategic economic decision making and our day-to-day business, environmental and development decisions.
Find out more »Workshop on Coastal Climate and Earth Observation Services for Small Island States
As a part of the ERA4CS funded INNOVA Project, the workshop will be held on 13-15 November 2019 in Point-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, French West-Indies at the Memorial ACTe Museum. The primary objectives of this workshop are: Have the climate and observation service developers focusing on the unique challenges faced by the small islands. Co-identify the gaps and needs for coastal climate and observation services for small island states. Co-develop strategies in response to the needs of coastal climate and observation services…
Find out more »December 2019
Marine Debris Indicators: What’s Next Workshop
After the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society Workshop on "Technologies for Observing and Monitoring Plastics in the Oceans" held on Nov. 26-27, 2018, in Brest, France, the next workshop will focus on observations and science of marine debris with the goal to make progress toward quantifying indicators in support of decision making. This workshop will take place on Dec. 16-18, 2019 again in Brest and the theme for this year will be dedicated to “Marine Debris Indicators: What’s Next?” The objective for…
Find out more »January 2020
2020 ARCTIC FRONTIERS: THE COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE SIDE-EVENT
The Copernicus Marine Service side event entitled “The Copernicus marine service: extracting value from satellite Earth Observation data” will take place at Clarion Hotel The Edge and Quality Hotel Saga (2 minutes walk from the main venue) on Tuesday 28 January 2020, from 17.00 to 19.00. It is co-organized by the Nansen Center (Bergen, Norway) together with Met Norway (Oslo, Norway), Mercator Ocean International (Toulouse, France), Havforskningsinstituttet (Bergen, Norway) and the Norsk Polar Institutt (Tromsø, Norway). The side event will first introduce the Copernicus Marine Service portfolio which holds the largest source of multidisciplinary environmental data…
Find out more »February 2020
Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020
The Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) is the flagship conference for the ocean sciences and the larger ocean-connected community. As we approach the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, beginning in 2021, it is increasingly important to gather as a scientific community to raise awareness of the truly global dimension of the ocean, address environmental challenges, and set forth on a path towards a resilient planet. The Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020 is co-sponsored by AGU, the Association for the…
Find out more »Ocean Obs RCN Annual Meeting
The Ocean Obs Research Coordination Network (RCN) will host an OceanObs’19 Conference follow-up meeting on February 16, 2020, in San Diego, CA, immediately preceding the AGU/TOS Ocean Sciences Meeting (https://www2.agu.org/ocean-sciences-meeting/). The Ocean Obs RCN annual meeting on 16 February 2020 will be dedicated to the synthesis of threads and recommendations emerging from the OceanObs’19 Conference. Of particular interest will be focusing the community on identifying priorities and implementation of initiatives emerging from OceanObs’19. The meeting will advance links between observation networks…
Find out more »May 2020
The 52nd International Liege Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics
The 52nd International Liège colloquium on Ocean Dynamics Towards an understanding and assessment of human impact on coastal marine environments Liège, Belgium 25th - 29th May 2020 Web site: http://labos.ulg.ac.be/gher/home/colloquium/ The coastal ocean is under increasing multiple (climate and not-climate) pressures that affect its functioning and health, and compromise the provision of services to the society. The set-up of a scientifically underpinned ecosystem-based management scheme for the coastal ocean requires a thorough understanding of human impacts on the physics, biogeochemistry and biodiversity…
Find out more »June 2020
2020 UN Ocean Conference
Per the UN Ocean Conference Website: "The General Assembly through resolution 73/292 decided to convene the 2020 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. The overarching theme of the Conference is "Scaling up ocean action based on science and innovation for the implementation of Goal 14: stocktaking, partnerships and solutions". Resolution 73/292 establish that the Conference shall: (a) Build on existing successful partnerships and…
Find out more »GEO Virtual Symposium
Join Group on Earth Observations for for a series of interactive webinars and virtual discussions for the Earth observations community at the first virtual GEO Symposium! You can find GEO Blue Planet at the following sessions: Co-Designing Capacity Development Integrating Water and Coastal Datasets Resource Mobilization and Sustainable Funding Check out the schedule below and the event website for more information.
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