Information
- Type
- Conference/Workshop
- Name
- EMODnet Open Conference: Consolidating the Foundations, Building the Future
- Location
- De Grote Post, Oostende
- Start date
- 2015-10-20
- End date
- 2015-10-20
- Organizer email
- info@emodnet.eu
- Description
- Preliminary Programme
Start 09:00
Conference venue GROTE POST
Welcome Statements
- Welcome and opening statement (Bart Tommelein, State Secretary of the Sea, BE)
- EMODnet as central driver of Marine Knowledge (Lowri Evans, DG MARE - TBC)
Opening Session
- Overview of EMODnet portals and state of play (EMODnet Secretariat and thematic portal coordinators)
- EMODnet Sea-basin Checkpoints: assessing observation capacity and data adequacy for users at the regional sea-basin level: status and future prospects (EMODnet Checkpoint representative)
Session 2 - EMODnet showcases, user testimonies and stakeholder perspectives
- Perspectives from stakeholders on requirements for environmental monitoring and reporting, industrial applications, scientific research and civil society
- Testimonies from key user communities
- Interventions from the public & discussion
Lunch from 12:30 to 13:30
Session 3 - Guided discussions on future priorities and governance
Closing Session
- Panel discussion and conclusions from the Conference
- Closing statement from Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (TBC)
Reception & buffet dinner 18:00
