Agenda

This session highlights innovative projects at the intersection of citizen science, digital technologies, and ocean literacy. Speakers will share practical examples from digital twins for coastal...

10:55 AM12:05 PM

Session 1: Citizen science, ocean digitalization and capacity development projects

Joshua BAGHDADY

Applied Research Laboratory - University of Hawaii - ARL - UHProject Manager

Natalie FOX

Citizens of SurfFounder of Ocean Decade Action: Citizens of Surf

Garabet KAZANJIAN

American University of ArmeniaAssistant Professor

Houssine NIBANI

Association de Gestion Intégrée de Ressources (AGIR)Marine Ecologist

Clementine NORDON

Citoyens pour le Climat

This session showcases inspiring initiatives driving real-world change for ocean sustainability. From cetacean research in the Pelagos Sanctuary and coral reef restoration efforts, to youth-led...

12:20 PM1:30 PM

Session 2: Inspiration: successful projects making a positive impact for our shared future

Joshua BAGHDADY

Applied Research Laboratory - University of Hawaii - ARL - UHProject Manager

Stéphane DIERICK

SailcoopCo-founder

Solène JONVEAUX

Coral GuardianScientific manager - Coral restoration

Thomas LESAGE

Children For The OceansFounder

Massimiliano ROSSO

CIMA Research FoundationAssociate Director

Coco TAMLYN

Coral GuardianDirector

European CommissionActive Senior Advisor

3:00 PM3:15 PM

Opening of the afternoon session

Sigi GRUBER

This session spotlights Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOPs) driving transformation across ocean science. Through presentations from ECOP Programme nodes and task teams, discover how their...

3:15 PM4:30 PM

Session 3: UN Ocean Decade ECOP Programme: transformation that ECOPs are bringing to ocean...

Evgeniia KOSTIANAIA

IOC - UNESCOConsultant | UN Ocean Decade ECOP Programme Global Coordinator

This session brings together representatives from global leading youth and early career researcher (ECR) networks to share insights, opportunities, and collaboration pathways. Learn how these...

4:30 PM6:00 PM

Session 4: Youth and ECR networks: highlights, benefits, ways to cooperate and participate.

Laura KHATIB

Guardians of the BlueCo-founder

Evgeniia KOSTIANAIA

IOC - UNESCOConsultant | UN Ocean Decade ECOP Programme Global Coordinator

Jihyun LEE

The Ocean ProjectGlobal Outreach Coordinator @World Ocean Day | The Ocean Project

Virginia MOREJON

UCD School of Geography - University of DublinPhD

Lisa PASTOR

Sustainable Ocean AllianceOcean Leader Fellow

Underpinning Ocean Knowledge for Societal Benefit: The Urgency to Implement OneArgo by 2030 + the...

SCS

Sergio CAMBRONERO SOLANO

Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche - LOVPhD Candidate

Hervé CLAUSTRE

Laboartoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, CNRS and Sorbonne UniversitéSenior Scientist

11:55 AM12:25 PM

SMART Cables for Observing the Ocean and Earth: Present and Future

SeaExplorer gliders

Laurent BEGUERY

ALSEAMAROffshore Service manager

12:55 PM1:15 PM

NAUTILOS: innovating ocean sensing for a sustainable future

Antonio NOVELLINO

ETT S.p.A.Scientist

1:15 PM1:25 PM

Spoke 3 of the RAISE project (Robotics and AI for Socio-Economic Empowerment)

Giulia DAPUETO

ETT S.p.A.Project Manager

1:25 PM1:35 PM

BigWaveTracker: Digitalising the World's Biggest Waves

LPA

Luis Pedro ALMEIDA

CoLAB +ATLANTICProduct manager and developer

3:00 PM3:45 PM

Observing the Arctic Ocean with autonomous systems

Laurent MORTIER

ENSTA / IPPProfessor of Physical Oceanography

Malta College of Arts, Science & TechnologyProfessor in Oceanography

3:45 PM4:15 PM

Concept of a National Marine Observing System in Malta

Aldo Drago

4:30 PM6:00 PM

The French Ocean Observing System (Fr-OOS)

Fabrizio D'ORTENZIO

Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche - LOVSenior Scientist

Inga LIPS

EuroGOOSSecretary General

Joanna POST

IOC - UNESCOHead of Ocean Observations and Services Section

The ocean plays an essential role in regulating Earth's climate, influencing weather conditions, providing sustenance for large populations, moderating anthropogenic climate change, encompassing...

10:30 AM10:40 AM

The challenge of observing the ocean in three dimensions: Argo and other automated in situ...

Virginie THIERRY

IFREMERIfremer Researcher in physical oceanography; Head of the french Research Infrastructure Argo-France

SWOT (Surface Water Ocean Topography), a French-U.S mission with contributions from Canada and the UK, was launched in December 2022, carrying an innovative wide-swath interferometric radar sensor....

11:35 AM12:00 PM

Swath altimetry: a revolution in space-based observation of the ocean

Yannice FAUGERE

CNESOcean Program Manager

A digital twin of the ocean is being developed on a European scale. The aim of this new platform is to enable the creation of new services and host local digital twins, capable of answering precise...

1:30 PM1:50 PM

Towards multi-scale digital twins of the ocean for simulating “what if" scenarios

Yann DRILLET

Mercator Ocean InternationalHead of R&D

ECMWF routinely couples a dynamic ocean model to its atmospheric model for all its prediction systems from days to weeks. This presentation will show the benefits an ocean model brings and some...

1:50 PM2:10 PM

Multi-coupled forecasts: the added value of coupling the ocean and the atmosphere

Sarah KEELEY

ECMWFOcean Modelling Team Leader, Research Department

2:10 PM2:30 PM

The digital ocean in the UN Decade for Ocean Science and Sustainable Development: an overview

The panellists will introduce the main application areas of the “digital ocean” and some weather events which should be better forecast by future high-resolution coupled systems, discuss high stake...

2:30 PM3:30 PM

Round table on future digital ocean applications worldwide

Pierre BAHUREL

Mercator Ocean InternationalGeneral Director of MOi on behalf of the Copernicus Marine Service

MKD

Mohan Kumar DAS

National Oceanographic and Maritime Institute (NOAMI)Executive Director

Sarah KEELEY

ECMWFOcean Modelling Team Leader, Research Department

Meteo et ClimatMember of the Board, former General Director of EUMETSAT

10:30 AM10:35 AM

Introduction

Alain RATIER

The ocean emerges as a major—if not the major—subsystem in the regulation of Earth’s climate, absorbing about 90% of the excess heat and 25% of the carbon dioxide produced by human activities. This...

10:35 AM10:55 AM

The role of the ocean in the climate system and open questions on the Atlantic Meridional...

Sabrina SPEICH

Institut Pierre-Simon LaplaceProfessor in Ocean, Atmosphere and Climate Sciences at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris, Member of the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique of the Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL)

Climate change undermines ocean health through warming, acidification, and deoxygenation, disrupting ecosystems and threatening biodiversity. These changes impact food webs and reduce the ocean’s...

10:55 AM11:20 AM

Impacts of climate change on ocean health

Jean-Pierre GATTUSO

CNRS-Sorbonne University-IddriSenior Research Scientist

Marine Debris pollution is a growing transboundary, multi-dimensional problem with environmental, cultural, economic, and human health risks and associated costs, as highlighted by the United...

11:20 AM11:45 AM

Plastic pollution of the ocean

Daphné LECELLIER

GEO Blue PlanetProgramme Manager

SVG

Simon van GENNIP

Mercator Ocean InternationalHead of Ocean Monitoring team

The Copernicus Ocean State Report is an annual flagship publication by the Copernicus Marine Service, offering cutting-edge scientific insights into the health and changes of the global ocean and...

11:45 AM12:10 PM

The state of the ocean in our changing climate: key findings of the 8th Copernicus Ocean State...

KVS

Karina von SCHUCKMANN

Mercator Ocean InternationalSenior Advisor, Ocean Science for Policy

Craig Donlon will provide an overview of the European Space Agency data sets that have been developed to monitor the ocean from space. As part of the Climate Space Initiative, these climate records...

1:30 PM1:50 PM

Changes in the ocean monitored from space: examples from the ESA Climate change Initiative

Craig DONLON

European Space AgencyHead of ESA Earth Observation System Architect Office

The Copernicus Marine Service's viewers, dataviz and indicators make it possible to exploit the data and highlight the information they contain. They make the wealth of scientific knowledge...

1:50 PM2:10 PM

Evidence and visualisation of changes in the ocean from digital ocean indicators

Fabrice MESSAL

Mercator Ocean InternationalUX and User Learning Manager Copernicus Marine Service

METEO FRANCESenior scientist

2:10 PM2:30 PM

Expected impact of climate change on extreme coastal sea level events

Lotfi AOUF

The oceans have absorbed 90% of the extra heat from human-caused climate change. The rising temperatures in the oceans are changing weather patterns and making ocean-driven storms like hurricanes...

2:30 PM2:50 PM

How warming in the ocean impacts people through changing weather and altered ecosystems

Andrew PERSHING

Climate CentralVice President for Science

A couple of key messages proposed as priorities for communication in the media by the ocean and climate scientists on stage will be confronted to the perspective of media communication...

2:50 PM3:45 PM

Round table and open discussion on when and how weather and climate presenters could communicate...

Paul GROSS

Gross WeatherPresident, Meteorologist Emeritus, Wdiv-Tv

Sabrina SPEICH

KVS

Karina von SCHUCKMANN

Mercator Ocean InternationalSenior Advisor, Ocean Science for Policy

Mercator Ocean InternationalOceanographer Expert in Biogeochemistry and Marine Biology

10:30 AM10:35 AM

Introduction - Why and how talking about marine biodiversity today?

Stefano CIAVATTA

(Current) Status of ecosystem biodiversity, in relation to key pressures (pollution, climate change, overfishing), and socio-economic implications (trying to bring a broad perspective including...

10:35 AM11:20 AM

State of the Ocean

Marcial BARDOLET

Mediterranean Posidonia NetworkHead of the Posidonia Seagrass Surveillance Service

Stefano CIAVATTA

Mercator Ocean InternationalOceanographer Expert in Biogeochemistry and Marine Biology

Cyrielle DELVENNE

VLIZMarine Project & Data Manager

Advances in Biodiversity Monitoring

Showcasing solutions in monitoring biodiversity changes, including solutions addressing water quality, biodiversity, and coastal erosion -

Hervé CLAUSTRE

Laboartoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, CNRS and Sorbonne UniversitéSenior Scientist

Léa DAVID

EcoOcéan InstitutResearcher

Paola TEPSICH

CIMA Research FoundationResearcher

CVV

Cooper van VRANKEN

Fishing Vessel Ocean Observing Network (FVON)Ocean Data Network and Scientific GOOS Coordinator

Projection of Thalas Ocean’s video during the break

12:00 PM12:20 PM

DataViz: Thalas Ocean’s video

Thomas CAPITEN

Thalas OcéanPrésident

Exploring practical solutions and best practices for addressing biodiversity challenges, including marine protected areas, sustainable fisheries, and coastal restoration.  -

12:20 PM1:20 PM

Action for SDG 14: Solutions

Thomas CAPITEN

Thalas OcéanPrésident

Stefano CIAVATTA

Mercator Ocean InternationalOceanographer Expert in Biogeochemistry and Marine Biology

Audrey HASSON

Mercator Ocean InternationalHead of the GEO Blue Planet Initiative

Fabrice MESSAL

Mercator Ocean InternationalUX and User Learning Manager Copernicus Marine Service

FEM

Frank E. MULLER-KARGER

USF College of Marine ScienceDistinguished University Professor

Wrap-up

Synthesis of the key takeaways and next steps

FEM

Frank E. MULLER-KARGER

USF College of Marine ScienceDistinguished University Professor

- Speaker from Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries - DG MARE

4:00 PM4:10 PM

Introducing the new EU OCEAN Pact

- Speaker from Directorate General for Defence Industry and Space - DG DEFIS

4:10 PM4:15 PM

The EU OCEAN Pact and Copernicus

- Speaker from Directorate General Research and Innovation - DG RTD

4:15 PM4:20 PM

The EU OCEAN Pact and Research & Innovation

- Speaker from Directorate General for International Partnerships - DG INTPA

4:20 PM4:25 PM

The EU OCEAN Pact and International Partnerships

European Commission - DG DEFISDirector General

4:30 PM4:40 PM

Celebrating Copernicus Marine 10-year anniversary

Timo Pesonen

Mercator Ocean InternationalGeneral Director of MOi on behalf of the Copernicus Marine Service

4:40 PM4:50 PM

History of the Copernicus Marine Service development

Pierre BAHUREL

European Space Agency - ESASentinel-1 Mission Manager

4:50 PM4:55 PM

ESA as a building block of Copernicus Marine

Pierre POTIN

4:55 PM5:00 PM

EUMETSAT as a building block of Copernicus Marine

Phil EVANS

EUMETSATDirector General

Mercator Ocean InternationalScientific Director

5:00 PM5:10 PM

Copernicus Marine achievements: A world leading EU Marine Service

PLT

Pierre-Yves LE TRAON

Mercator Ocean InternationalHead of Markets & Services Department

5:10 PM5:20 PM

Real time demonstration of the Copernicus Marine Service

Laurence CROSNIER

Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change - CMCCResearcher

5:20 PM5:35 PM

Panels: Testimonies from Copernicus Marine European partners and users

Emanuela CLEMENTI

Yannice FAUGERE

CNESOcean Program Manager

Dominic PATTINSON

OSPARExecutive Secretary

BPG

Begoña PÉREZ GÓMEZ

Puertos del EstadoHead of the Oceanography Department

Laia ROMERO

Lobelia EarthManaging Director

European Commission - DG DEFISEarth Observation Head of Unit

5:35 PM5:45 PM

Copernicus Marine, a roadmap for the future

Mauro FACCHINI

Mercator Ocean InternationalGeneral Director of MOi on behalf of the Copernicus Marine Service

5:50 PM5:55 PM

History of EU Digital Twin Ocean development

Pierre BAHUREL

Mercator Ocean InternationalHead of Digital Ocean Program

5:55 PM6:05 PM

EU Digital Twin Ocean achievements

Alain ARNAUD

Mercator Ocean InternationalProduct Manager

6:05 PM6:15 PM

Real time demonstration of the European Digital Twin Ocean

Jerome GASPERI

Fabrice MESSAL

Mercator Ocean InternationalUX and User Learning Manager Copernicus Marine Service

Master of CeremoniesLecturer and event facilitator

6:15 PM6:30 PM

Panel discussion: How to support the EU Ocean Pact implementation with the Copernicus and EU...

Closing words by our Master of Ceremony

Henri LANDES

eXXpeditionOcean Advocate & Skipper l Director at eXXpedition

Jun 10, 2025

10:30 AM10:40 AM

Welcome notes

Emily PENN

Jun 10, 2025

10:40 AM11:00 AM

State of the Ocean

Dominic PATTINSON

OSPARExecutive Secretary