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June 2019
First International Operation Satellite Oceanography Symposium
The Executive Steering and Programme Committees are pleased to invite community members from all levels of the value chain (data providers to users) of operational satellite oceanographic data, products and applications to attend the first international Operational Satellite Oceanography (OSO) Symposium. The themes to be addressed are 1) redefining the operational paradigm, 2) linking data providers to information providers, 3) helping users find the information they need, and 4) facilitating the end-to-end value chain. Participants can also elect to attend…
Find out more »September 2019
African Conference of Blue Economy
Suez University will host its First International Conference titled the African Conference of Blue Economy to Achieve the African Agenda 2063 for Sustainable Development on 10-13 September, 2019. As implied, the main theme of the conference is “Blue Economy to Achieve the 2063 African Agenda,” with sub-themes focusing on Fish Wealth & Resources, Navigation and Maritime, Energy Extracted form the Marine Environment, Tourism and Marine Archaeology, Natural and Man-made risks, Impacts on Social Composition and Population Demography Along Coastal Areas,…
Find out more »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…
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