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Round table on future digital ocean applications worldwide

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...

Frédéric CASTEL

Journalist and foreign press correspondent

Pierre BAHUREL

Mercator Ocean InternationalDirector General

MKD

Mohan Kumar DAS

National Oceanographic and Maritime Institute (NOAMI)Executive Director

Sarah KEELEY

ECMWFOcean Modelling Team Leader, Research Department

INSPIRE Area

Jun 7, 2025

10:30 AM10:35 AM

Introduction

Alain RATIER

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

INSPIRE Area

Jun 7, 2025

10:35 AM10:55 AM

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

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...

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)

INSPIRE Area

Jun 7, 2025

10:55 AM11:20 AM

Impacts of climate change on ocean health

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...

Jean-Pierre GATTUSO

CNRS-Sorbonne University-IddriSenior Research Scientist

INSPIRE Area

Jun 7, 2025

11:20 AM11:45 AM

Plastic pollution of the ocean

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...

Daphné LECELLIER

GEO Blue PlanetProgramme Manager

INSPIRE Area

Jun 7, 2025

11:45 AM12:10 PM

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

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...

KVS

Karina von SCHUCKMANN

Mercator Ocean InternationalSenior Advisor, Ocean Science for Policy

INSPIRE Area

Jun 7, 2025

12:20 PM1:20 PM

TABLE RONDE – En finir avec les plastiques en Méditerranée !!!

TABLE RONDE Animation : Gérard VALLÈS, journaliste, membre de la section Prospective du Conseil économique, social et environnemental régional (CESER) Occitanie - ...

Pierre BAHUREL

Mercator Ocean InternationalDirector General

Gérard VALLÈS

CESERJournaliste, membre de la section Prospective

Nathalie VEYRE

CESERConseillère

Maria RUYSSEN

Ifremer - SeteDirectrice

Marie-Jeanne NICOLI

Conseil économique, social environnemental et culturel de Corse (CESECC)Présidente

Anne CLAUDIUS-PETIT

Région Sud-PACAConseillère régionale, Présidente de la Commission Transition énergétique, stratégie des déchets, qualité de l’air

Jean-Louis CHAUZY

CESERPrésident du CESER Occitanie, Président du Réseau des CES de l’Arc méditerranéen

NVDB

Nathalie VAN DEN BROECK

CESERice-Présidente déléguée du CESER Sud PACA, membre du CESE

INSPIRE Area

Jun 7, 2025

1:30 PM1:50 PM

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

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...

Craig DONLON

European Space Agency - ESAHead of ESA Earth Observation System Architect Office

INSPIRE Area

Jun 7, 2025

1:50 PM2:10 PM

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

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...

Fabrice MESSAL

Mercator Ocean InternationalUX and User Learning Manager Copernicus Marine Service

INSPIRE Area

Jun 7, 2025

2:10 PM2:30 PM

Expected impact of climate change on extreme coastal sea level events

Lotfi AOUF

METEO FRANCESenior scientist

INSPIRE Area

Jun 7, 2025

2:30 PM2:50 PM

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

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...

Andrew PERSHING

Climate CentralVice President for Science

INSPIRE Area

Jun 7, 2025

2:50 PM3:45 PM

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

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...

KVS

Karina von SCHUCKMANN

Mercator Ocean InternationalSenior Advisor, Ocean Science for Policy

Paul GROSS

Gross WeatherPresident, Meteorologist Emeritus, Wdiv-Tv

FCS

Francisca CORTÉS SOLARI

Philanthropie Cortés Solari and the MERI FoundationFounder and Executive Chairman

Les mers Méditerranée - Conférence de Laurent Ballesta I Photographe Naturaliste

Laurent BALLESTA

Photographe Naturaliste

INSPIRE Area

Jun 9, 2025

10:30 AM10:35 AM

The European Ocean Observing System (EOOS) - Framework within the ocean observing landscape

Inga LIPS

L4M Consulting Ltd.Outgoing EOOS Chair

INSPIRE Area

Jun 9, 2025

3:10 PM3:15 PM

National coordination and integration at the French Ocean Observing System (Fr-OOS)

Fabrizio D'ORTENZIO

Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche - LOV - CNRSExecutive Secretariat of Fr-OOS, CNRS Co-Coordinator, Scientific Delegate at INSU

INSPIRE Area

Jun 9, 2025

3:15 PM3:40 PM

Moderated discussion on the coordination of ocean observations in Europe and EOOS is fit for the...

Zoi KONSTANTINOU

European Commission - DG MAREPolicy Officer on Marine Knowledge

Fabrizio D'ORTENZIO

Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche - LOV - CNRSExecutive Secretariat of Fr-OOS, CNRS Co-Coordinator, Scientific Delegate at INSU

Inga LIPS

L4M Consulting Ltd.Outgoing EOOS Chair

INSPIRE Area

Jun 9, 2025

4:00 PM4:10 PM

Introducing the new EU OCEAN Pact

Charlina VITCHEVA

European Commission -DG MAREDirector General

INSPIRE Area

Jun 9, 2025

4:10 PM4:15 PM

The EU OCEAN Pact and Copernicus

- Elisabeth Hamdouch - Deputy Head of Unit for Copernicus, DG DEFIS, European Commission

Elisabeth HAMDOUCH

European Commission - DG DEFISDeputy Head of Unit for Copernicus

INSPIRE Area

Jun 9, 2025

4:15 PM4:20 PM

The EU OCEAN Pact and Research & Innovation

Pavel MISIGA

European Commission - DG RTDHead of the Oceans, Seas and Waters Unit

INSPIRE Area

Jun 9, 2025

4:20 PM4:25 PM

The EU OCEAN Pact and International Partnerships

- Speaker from Directorate General for International Partnerships - DG INTPA

Carole RIGAUD

European Commission - DG INTPAProgramme Officer

INSPIRE Area

Jun 9, 2025

4:30 PM4:40 PM

Celebrating Copernicus Marine 10-year anniversary

Elisabeth HAMDOUCH

European Commission - DG DEFISDeputy Head of Unit for Copernicus

INSPIRE Area

Jun 9, 2025

4:40 PM4:50 PM

History of the Copernicus Marine Service development

Laurence CROSNIER

Mercator Ocean InternationalHead of Markets & Services Department

INSPIRE Area

Jun 9, 2025

4:50 PM4:55 PM

ESA as a building block of Copernicus Marine

Pierre POTIN

European Space Agency - ESAHead of the Copernicus Space Office - Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes

Agenda

All sessions

Round table on future digital ocean applications worldwide

Introduction

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

Impacts of climate change on ocean health

Plastic pollution of the ocean

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

TABLE RONDE – En finir avec les plastiques en Méditerranée !!!

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

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

Expected impact of climate change on extreme coastal sea level events

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

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

Les mers Méditerranée - Conférence de Laurent Ballesta I Photographe Naturaliste

Introduction - Why and how talking about marine biodiversity today?

State of the Ocean

Advances in Biodiversity Monitoring

DataViz: Thalas Ocean’s video

Action for SDG 14: Solutions

Wrap-up

Welcome to participants by moderator

The European Ocean Observing System (EOOS) - Framework within the ocean observing landscape

National coordination and integration at the French Ocean Observing System (Fr-OOS)

Moderated discussion on the coordination of ocean observations in Europe and EOOS is fit for the...

Introducing the new EU OCEAN Pact

The EU OCEAN Pact and Copernicus

The EU OCEAN Pact and Research & Innovation

The EU OCEAN Pact and International Partnerships

Celebrating Copernicus Marine 10-year anniversary

History of the Copernicus Marine Service development

ESA as a building block of Copernicus Marine

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