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INSPIRE Area
Jun 3, 2025
10:30 AM
10:55 AM
Opening of the morning session
Andreia
Carvalho
Mercator Ocean International
Evgeniia
KOSTIANAIA
IOC - UNESCO
Consultant | UN Ocean Decade ECOP Programme Global Coordinator
INSPIRE Area
Jun 3, 2025
10:55 AM
12:05 PM
Session 1: Citizen science, ocean digitalization and capacity development projects
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...
Joshua
BAGHDADY
University of Hawai'i
Research Engineer
Natalie
FOX
Citizens of Surf
Founder of Ocean Decade Action: Citizens of Surf
Garabet
KAZANJIAN
American University of Armenia
Assistant Professor
Houssine
NIBANI
AGIR - Al Hoceima Marine Observatory
Marine Ecologist
Clémentine
NORDON
Citoyens pour le Climat
INSPIRE Area
Jun 3, 2025
12:20 PM
1:30 PM
Session 2: Inspiration: successful projects making a positive impact for our shared future
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...
Joshua
BAGHDADY
University of Hawai'i
Research Engineer
Stéphane
DIERICK
Sailcoop
Co-founder
Solène
JONVEAUX
Coral Guardian
Scientific manager - Coral restoration
Marin
LESAGE
Children For The Oceans
Co-founder
Massimiliano
ROSSO
CIMA Research Foundation
Associate Director
Coco
TAMLYN
Coral Guardian
Director
INSPIRE Area
Jun 3, 2025
3:00 PM
3:15 PM
Opening of the afternoon session
Sigi
GRUBER
European Commission
Active Senior Advisor
INSPIRE Area
Jun 3, 2025
3:15 PM
4:30 PM
Session 3: UN Ocean Decade ECOP Programme: transformation that ECOPs are bringing to ocean...
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...
Astrid
DELORME
Ifremer
Postdoctoral researcher
Yvy
DOMBAL
ECOP-Pacific Northern Province, New-Caledonia - Guardians of the Islands
Juana
JIMENEZ
ECOP Belgium - Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Marine Scientist & ECOP Belgium coordinator
Evgeniia
KOSTIANAIA
IOC - UNESCO
Consultant | UN Ocean Decade ECOP Programme Global Coordinator
Shenghui
LI
ECOP-China
Tara
MASCARENHAS
The SOI Foundation
Director of Programs
Houangninan Emmanuel
MIDINOUDEWA
BMCC / ECOP-Benin
Mathieu
POUPON
Princeton University
PhD Student
Anabel
von JACKOWSKI
Stockholm University/ECOP Programme
Postdoctoral Researcher
INSPIRE Area
Jun 3, 2025
4:40 PM
6:00 PM
Session 4: Youth and ECR networks: highlights, benefits, ways to cooperate and participate.
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...
Gayathra
BANDARA
Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA)
Laura
KHATIB
Guardians of the Blue
Co-founder
Evgeniia
KOSTIANAIA
IOC - UNESCO
Consultant | UN Ocean Decade ECOP Programme Global Coordinator
Jihyun
LEE
World Ocean Day | The Ocean Project
Global Outreach Coordinator
Virginia
MOREJON
European Marine Board ECOP Network
PhD
Lisa
PASTOR
Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN)
Léa
VICHERAT
Youth4Ocean
INSPIRE Area
Jun 3, 2025
6:15 PM
6:45 PM
Day #1 - One Ocean Science Congress - Key takeaways
Yann
Drillet
Mercator Ocean International
Head of r&d
Karina
von SCHUCKMANN
Mercator Ocean International
Senior Advisor, Ocean Science for Policy
INSPIRE Area
Jun 4, 2025
10:30 AM
11:45 AM
Accelerating Ocean Knowledge and Governance: From OneArgo’s Global Vision to Argo-Dome’s Regional...
The ocean drives Earth’s climate, sustains vital ecosystems, and supports the global economy.
Yet, much of it remains under-observed, limiting our ability to improve weather forecasts, ensure...
Philip
BOYD
University of Tasmania
Professor of Marine Science
Sergio
CAMBRONERO SOLANO
Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche - LOV
PhD Candidate
Hervé
CLAUSTRE
Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, CNRS and Sorbonne Université
Senior Scientist
William
LLOVEL
CNRS - LOPS
Physical Oceanographer
Antoine
MANGIN
ACRI-ST
Scientific Director
Tamaryn
MORRIS
South African Environmental Observation Network - SAEON
Ocean and Polar Coordinator
Elisabeth
REMY
Mercator Ocean International
Head of service - Observations for analysys and forecasting systems
Toshio
SUGA
Tohoku University
Professor of Physical Oceanography
Susan
WIJFFELS
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Senior Scientist
Nathalie
ZILBERMAN
UC San Diego
Associate Researcher
INSPIRE Area
Jun 4, 2025
11:55 AM
12:15 PM
Addressing regional variability by monitoring the water column with underwater gliders: examples...
In 2018, a new active underwater volcano emerged in the Mozambique Channel, near the island of Mayotte. In 2020, the French Ministry of Ecology launched a continuous monitoring program for CO2/CH4...
Laurent
BEGUERY
ALSEAMAR
Offshore Service manager
INSPIRE Area
Jun 4, 2025
12:15 PM
12:45 PM
SMART Cables for Observing the Ocean and Earth: Present and Future
The main objective is to demonstrate that SMART Cables are decisively transitioning from concept to reality, with the first two operational systems scheduled for installation in 2026, representing a...
Jérome
AUCAN
Pacific Community-SPC
Head - Pacific Community Center for Ocean Science (PCCOS)
Jean-Marc
DANIEL
Ifremer
Deputy Director General of Strategy
Emma
HESLOP
IOC - UNESCO
Program specialist - GOOS
INSPIRE Area
Jun 4, 2025
12:55 PM
1:15 PM
NAUTILOS: innovating ocean sensing for a sustainable future
Low cost sensors that can be installed on citizen boats-Presentation of the Horizon 2020 NAUTILOS (New Approach to Underwater Technologies for Innovative, Low-cost Ocean obServation) project, that...
Antonio
NOVELLINO
ETT S.p.A.
Scientist
INSPIRE Area
Jun 4, 2025
1:15 PM
1:25 PM
Spoke 3 of the RAISE project (Robotics and AI for Socio-Economic Empowerment)
Presentation of the Italian RAISE (Robotics and AI for Socio-economic Empowerment) project Spoke 3 "Environmental Caring and Protection Technologies, towards a Zero Emission Environment". It aims to...
Antonio
NOVELLINO
ETT S.p.A.
Scientist
INSPIRE Area
Jun 4, 2025
1:25 PM
1:35 PM
BigWaveTracker: Digitalising the World's Biggest Waves
Nazaré, Portugal, is home to some of the biggest waves on the planet, towering up to 30 metres high and drawing surfers and spectators from around the world. But while we can see these saltwater...
Luis Pedro
ALMEIDA
CoLAB +ATLANTIC
Product manager and developer
INSPIRE Area
Jun 4, 2025
3:45 PM
4:15 PM
CONNECT - Building blocks for a national marine observing system in the Maltese Islands
With a 360 degree view of the sea surrounding the Maltese Islands, and a marine area under national jurisdiction up to the 12 nm limit that is 14 times the size of the land, the challenge to...
Aldo
Drago
Malta College of Arts, Science & Technology
Professor in Oceanography
INSPIRE Area
Jun 4, 2025
4:30 PM
6:00 PM
Observing the Ocean : The role of France with the French Ocean Observing System (Fr-OOS)
The French Ocean Observing System (Fr-OOS) is the national coordination of French marine observation infrastructures. The objective of the Fr-OOS is to consolidate and develop the national...
Lotfi
AOUF
METEO FRANCE
Senior scientist
Nicolas
ARNAUD
CNRS
Director National Institute for Earth Sciences and Astronomy (INSU) of CNRS
Corinne
BOREL
French Ministry of Higher Education and Research
Head of the Research and Innovation Strategy Department
Valérie
CARIOU
SHOM
Enginneer
Lucie
COCQEMPOT
Ifremer
Oceanographic observation coordinator and member of Secrétariat Exécutif Fr-OOS - Board of Director
Fabrizio
D'ORTENZIO
Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche - LOV - CNRS
Executive Secretariat of Fr-OOS, CNRS Co-Coordinator, Scientific Delegate at INSU
Sebastien
DUPRAY
Cerema
Director of Risks, Water, and Maritime Affairs
Sheila
HEYMANS
European Marine Board -EMB
Executive Director
François
HOULLIER
Ifremer
CEO
Frederic
HUYNH
IR Data Terra
Directeur
Nicolas
KOLODZIEJCZYK
University of Brest
Physical Oceanographer
Annaïg
Le GUEN
CNRS
Co-Director of the French National Research Infrastructure ILICO on Coastal and Littoral Systems
Pierre-Yves
Le TRAON
Mercator Ocean International
Scientific Director
Alain
LEFEBVRE
Ifremer
Dominique
LEFEVRE
CNRS-MIO
Senior Researcher
Marc
MORONI
French Ministries for Territorial Development and Ecological Transition
Deputy Director
Joanna
POST
IOC - UNESCO
Head of Ocean Observations and Services Section
Erwann
QUIMBERT
IR Data Terra - Ifremer
Directeur du pôle Océan ODATIS
INSPIRE Area
Jun 4, 2025
6:15 PM
6:45 PM
Day #2 - One Ocean Science Congress - Key takeaways
Yann
Drillet
Mercator Ocean International
Head of r&d
Karina
von SCHUCKMANN
Mercator Ocean International
Senior Advisor, Ocean Science for Policy
INSPIRE Area
Jun 5, 2025
10:30 AM
10:40 AM
Why “monitoring the ocean from space”
Jacqueline
BOUTIN
CNRS - LOCEAN
Director of Research
INSPIRE Area
Jun 5, 2025
10:40 AM
12:20 PM
Monitoring from space to better understand the ocean
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Sea Level rise
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Anny Cazenave (LEGOS)
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Wave & wind
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Lotfi Aouf (Meteo France)
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Currents
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MH Rio (ESA-European Space Agency)
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Salinity
-...
Lotfi
AOUF
METEO FRANCE
Senior scientist
Jacqueline
BOUTIN
CNRS - LOCEAN
Director of Research
Anny
CAZENAVE
LEGOS
Emeritus Researcher
Hubert
LOISEL
Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale (ULCO)
Oceanographer and Professor
Marie-Hélène
RIO
ESA
Ocean Applications Scientist
Em. Imen
TURKI
CNRS-Rouen Normandy University
Associate Professor - Senor Researcher
INSPIRE Area
Jun 5, 2025
12:20 PM
1:30 PM
Applications and social benefit
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Transforming EO data for operational applications
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Estelle Obligis (Eumetsat)
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Ocean applications at European Space Agency (ESA)
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Marie Helene Rio (ESA)
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Marine...
Svetlana
JEVREJEVA
National Oceanography Centre - NOC
Principal Research Scientist
Estelle
OBLIGIS
EUMETSAT
Marine Applications team leader
Marie-Hélène
RIO
ESA
Ocean Applications Scientist
INSPIRE Area
Jun 5, 2025
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
Ocean models : the numerical ocean in four dimensions
Overview of European and international efforts to monitor and forecast the ocean using models,
including Copernicus Marine Service, OceanPredict and OceanPrediction DCC forecasting systems,...
Laurent
BERTINO
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center - NERSC
Senior Researcher
Yann
Drillet
Mercator Ocean International
Head of r&d
Quentin
Febvre
Ifremer
Engineer
Andrew
SAULTER
UK Met Office
Head, Ocean Forecasting R&D
Raphaelle
Sauzede
CNRS
INSPIRE Area
Jun 5, 2025
4:00 PM
5:00 PM
Training EDITO Model Lab - from model development to what if scenarios on the digital twin of the...
EDITO-Model Lab Training Workshop
aims to involve relevant end-users (decision-makers and citizens) and encourage them to test the project’s simulations of What if Scenarios available on the...
Francisco
CAMPUZANO
+ATLANTIC CoLAB
Project Manager and researcher
Wei
CHEN
Hereon
Researcher
Yann
Drillet
Mercator Ocean International
Head of r&d
Fabrice
MESSAL
Mercator Ocean International
UX and User Learning Manager Copernicus Marine Service
Lorinc
MESZAROS
Deltares
Advisor/Researcher
Jens
MURAWSKI
Danish Meteorological Institute-DMI
Research Scientist
Joanna
STANEVA
Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht (Hereon)
Head of Department - Hydrodynamics and Data Assimilation
INSPIRE Area
Jun 5, 2025
5:00 PM
6:00 PM
Marine Environment Reanalyses Evaluation Project - MER-EP I Towards an improved knowledge of the...
Kick off of the Marine Environment Reanalysis Evaluation Project MER-EP
that will focus on observations-model systems used to reconstruct the ocean state since the latter 20th century,...
Laurent
BERTINO
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center - NERSC
Senior Researcher
Marilaure
GREGOIRE
University of Liege
Doctor of Engineering - Department of Astrophysics, Geophysics & Oceanography
Chunxue
YANG
Italian National Research Council - CNR
Research Scientist
INSPIRE Area
Jun 6, 2025
10:30 AM
10:40 AM
Welcome address
Welcome address by Christian ESTROSI, Mayor of Nice, Pierre BAHUREL, Director General of Mercator Ocean International on behalf of the Copernicus Marine Service and Jean JOUZEL, President of Météo...
Pierre
BAHUREL
Mercator Ocean International
Director General
Christian
ESTROSI
Nice Town Hall / Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolitan Area
Mayor of Nice
INSPIRE Area
Jun 6, 2025
10:40 AM
10:45 AM
Introduction
Alain
RATIER
Meteo et Climat
Member of the Board, former General Director of EUMETSAT
INSPIRE Area
Jun 6, 2025
10:45 AM
11:15 AM
The Copernicus Marine Service: architecture, observations, models and services
The EU Copernicus Marine Service, implemented by Mercator Ocean International, is a world-leading, reference digital information service on the world ocean and EU regional seas. It monitors in...
Pierre-Yves
Le TRAON
Mercator Ocean International
Scientific Director
INSPIRE Area
Jun 6, 2025
11:15 AM
11:35 AM
The challenge of observing the ocean in three dimensions: Argo and other automated in situ...
The ocean plays an essential role in regulating Earth's climate, influencing weather conditions, providing sustenance for large populations, moderating anthropogenic climate change, encompassing...
INSPIRE Area
Jun 6, 2025
11:35 AM
12:00 PM
Swath altimetry: a revolution in space-based observation of the ocean
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....
Yannice
FAUGERE
CNES
Ocean Program Manager
INSPIRE Area
Jun 6, 2025
1:30 PM
1:50 PM
Towards multi-scale digital twins of the ocean for simulating “what if" scenarios
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...
Yann
Drillet
Mercator Ocean International
Head of r&d
INSPIRE Area
Jun 6, 2025
1:50 PM
2:10 PM
Multi-coupled forecasts: the added value of coupling the ocean and the atmosphere
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...
INSPIRE Area
Jun 6, 2025
2:10 PM
2:30 PM
The digital ocean in the UN Decade for Ocean Science and Sustainable Development: an overview
The UN Ocean Decade is addressing ten challenges, one of which is building a digital representation of the ocean. The digital ocean will be free and accessible to all and help users from a range of...
Adam
LEADBETTER
IOC - UNESCO
Lead Manager, Decade Coordination Office for Ocean Data Sharing (DCO-ODS)
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