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INSPIRE Area
Jun 9, 2025
3:10 PM
3:15 PM
National coordination and integration at the French Ocean Observing System (Fr-OOS)
Fabrizio
D'ORTENZIO
Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche - LOV - CNRS
Executive Secretariat of Fr-OOS, CNRS Co-Coordinator, Scientific Delegate at INSU
INSPIRE Area
Jun 9, 2025
3:15 PM
3:40 PM
Moderated discussion on the coordination of ocean observations in Europe and EOOS is fit for the...
Zoi
KONSTANTINOU
European Commission - DG MARE
Policy Officer on Marine Knowledge
Fabrizio
D'ORTENZIO
Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche - LOV - CNRS
Executive 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 PM
4:10 PM
Introducing the new EU OCEAN Pact
Charlina
VITCHEVA
European Commission -DG MARE
Director General
INSPIRE Area
Jun 9, 2025
4:10 PM
4:15 PM
The EU OCEAN Pact and Copernicus
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Elisabeth Hamdouch
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Deputy Head of Unit for Copernicus, DG DEFIS, European Commission
Elisabeth
HAMDOUCH
European Commission - DG DEFIS
Deputy Head of Unit for Copernicus
INSPIRE Area
Jun 9, 2025
4:15 PM
4:20 PM
The EU OCEAN Pact and Research & Innovation
Pavel
MISIGA
European Commission - DG RTD
Head of the Oceans, Seas and Waters Unit
INSPIRE Area
Jun 9, 2025
4:20 PM
4:25 PM
The EU OCEAN Pact and International Partnerships
- Speaker from Directorate General for International Partnerships - DG INTPA
Carole
RIGAUD
European Commission - DG INTPA
Programme Officer
INSPIRE Area
Jun 9, 2025
6:35 PM
6:50 PM
EUMETSAT & Mercator Ocean : Towards an Agreement on Long-Term Cooperation
Pierre
BAHUREL
Mercator Ocean International
Director General
Phil
EVANS
EUMETSAT
Director General
Alain
ARNAUD
Mercator Ocean International
Head of Digital Ocean Program
Maria
HOOD
Mercator Ocean International
Senior Advisor for Strategic Planning and International Collaborations
INSPIRE Area
Jun 10, 2025
10:30 AM
10:40 AM
Welcome notes
Emily
PENN
eXXpedition
Ocean Advocate & Skipper l Director at eXXpedition
INSPIRE Area
Jun 10, 2025
10:40 AM
11:00 AM
State of the Ocean
- Nutrients - Plastic - Heavy metals - Sound
Dominic
PATTINSON
OSPAR
Executive Secretary
INSPIRE Area
Jun 10, 2025
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
Advances on monitoring
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Global Plastics Hub
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Christopher Corbin (UNEP)
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Satellite I Eutrophication
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Hayley Evers-King (Eumetsat)
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Modelling I Oil Spills
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Christophe Logette...
Hayley
EVERS-KING
EUMETSAT
Lead Marine Applications Expert
Christopher
COBIN
UNEP's Cartagena Convention Secretariat and Caribbean Environment Programme
Coordinator
Christophe
LOGETTE
Centre de documentation, de recherche et d'expérimentations sur les pollutions accidentelles des eaux - CEDRE
Director
INSPIRE Area
Jun 10, 2025
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
Keynote on plastic citizen science monitoring and shift platform
Emily
PENN
eXXpedition
Ocean Advocate & Skipper l Director at eXXpedition
INSPIRE Area
Jun 10, 2025
12:00 PM
12:30 PM
Action for SDG 14 solutions
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Charting the Environmental Footprint of Maritime Transport – Insights...
Amelia
MACAPIA
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - WHOI
Bioacoustics Researcher
Georg
HANKE
European Commission JRC
Scientific Officer
Samy
DJAVIDNIA
European Maritime Safety Agency - EMSA
Environment & Sustainability Senior Project Officer
INSPIRE Area
Jun 10, 2025
12:30 PM
1:00 PM
Panel discussion and Q&A
Amelia
MACAPIA
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - WHOI
Bioacoustics Researcher
Dominic
PATTINSON
OSPAR
Executive Secretary
Georg
HANKE
European Commission JRC
Scientific Officer
Samy
DJAVIDNIA
European Maritime Safety Agency - EMSA
Environment & Sustainability Senior Project Officer
INSPIRE Area
Jun 10, 2025
1:00 PM
1:15 PM
DataViz demo
Tracking plastic
INSPIRE Area
Jun 10, 2025
1:15 PM
1:30 PM
Wrap up
Audrey
HASSON
Mercator Ocean International
Head of the GEO Blue Planet Initiative
INSPIRE Area
Jun 10, 2025
1:45 PM
1:55 PM
Opening remarks
Alain
ARNAUD
Mercator Ocean International
Head of Digital Ocean Program
INSPIRE Area
Jun 10, 2025
1:55 PM
2:05 PM
Scientific Keynote - Theme: Ocean 2050 – What challenges for innovation and science?
Overview of key oceanic challenges by 2050 (biodiversity, plastic pollution, warming, sea level rise) and the critical role of science and AI in addressing them.
Nayat
SANCHEZ-PI
Inria Research Center in Chile
Director
INSPIRE Area
Jun 10, 2025
2:05 PM
2:15 PM
Inspiring keynote
by
Dr. Zoï Konstantinou
- DG MARE Policy Officer on Marine Knowledge
Zoi
KONSTANTINOU
European Commission - DG MARE
Policy Officer on Marine Knowledge
INSPIRE Area
Jun 10, 2025
2:15 PM
2:40 PM
Pitch Session – “Innovating for the Oceans”
Theme:
Startups and companies engaged in BlueTech and AI
Objective:
Highlight concrete innovations supporting water quality, pollution reduction, maritime decarbonization,...
Samuel
DUPONT
Bioceanor
CEO
Frédéric
MITTAINE
COSMA
Founder & CEO
James
HARRISSON
Blue Coast Carbon
CEO
Seydina Issa
LAYE SAMBE
Mayor of Dakar/Yoff - Senegal
Claire
DORVILLE
French Ministry Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forests, the Sea, and Fisheries
Project Manager General Commission for Sustainable Development
INSPIRE Area
Jun 10, 2025
2:40 PM
3:00 PM
Institutionnal closing and announcements
INSPIRE Area
Jun 10, 2025
3:15 PM
3:50 PM
Welcome session
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Opening remarks
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Pierre Bahurel (Mercator Ocean International)
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Crucial role of OceanPrediction DCC for the Ocean Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
-...
Pierre
BAHUREL
Mercator Ocean International
Director General
Enrique
ALVAREZ FANJUL
Mercator Ocean international
OceanPrediction DCC technical coordinator
Marc
MORONI
French Ministries for Territorial Development and Ecological Transition
Deputy Director
Marina
LIPARI
European Commission - DG INTPA
Policy Officer
Alison
CLAUSEN
IOC - UNESCO
Deputy Global Coordinator, UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
INSPIRE Area
Jun 10, 2025
3:50 PM
4:10 PM
Session on Central & South America Regional Team
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Presentation of project OP4CR - OceanPrediction for Costa Rica
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Valentina Giunta (Mercator Ocean International)
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Cocos Marine Conservation Area
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Esteban Herrera (Costa...
Valentina
GIUNTA
Mercator Ocean International
Manager OP4CR project
Esteban
Herrera
SINAC-ACMC
Director of Protected Wildlife Areas / Cocos Marine Conservation Area (ACMC)
INSPIRE Area
Jun 10, 2025
4:10 PM
4:40 PM
Session on African Regional Team
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Presentation of project OPERA – Ocean Prediction Enhancement for Regions in Africa
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Lillian Diarra (Mercator Ocean International)
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Support to science, technology, innovation,...
Ibukun
ADEWUMI
IOC Sub Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States
Head
Lillian
DIARRA
Mercator Ocean International
OPERA project manager
Carole
RIGAUD
European Commission - DG INTPA
Programme Officer
INSPIRE Area
Jun 10, 2025
4:40 PM
5:00 PM
Promoting Ocean forecasting and its applications via the OceanPrediction DCC regional teams
Roundtable with participation from India, Asia,, Europe, Med. Sea, South and Central America
Moderator
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Jennifer Veitch (SAEON)
Panel
-
Emanuela Clementi...
Mauro
CIRANO
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Professor in Physical Oceanography
Emanuela
CLEMENTI
Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change - CMCC
Researcher
Swadhin
BEHERA
JAMSTEC
Leading Scientist in global ocean and climate research
INSPIRE Area
Jun 10, 2025
5:15 PM
5:20 PM
Welcome and initial remarks (on behalf of GOOS)
Joanna
POST
IOC - UNESCO
Head of Ocean Observations and Services Section
INSPIRE Area
Jun 10, 2025
5:20 PM
5:30 PM
Towards a Decade digital ecosystem (on behalf of DCO Data sharing)
DCO Data Sharing coordinator
Adam
LEADBETTER
IOC - UNESCO
Lead Manager, Decade Coordination Office for Ocean Data Sharing (DCO-ODS)
INSPIRE Area
Jun 10, 2025
5:30 PM
5:40 PM
The ocean forecasting component of the Decade Digital Ecosystem (on behalf of the OceanPrediction...
Enrique
ALVAREZ FANJUL
Mercator Ocean international
OceanPrediction DCC technical coordinator
INSPIRE Area
Jun 10, 2025
5:40 PM
6:00 PM
Open dialogue on challenges and ways forward towards a Decade Digital Ecosystem
Moderator:
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Enrique Alvarez Fanjul (Mercator Ocean International)
Panel:
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Peter Burger (Data & Knowledge Management Officer (IOC-UNESCO)
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Joanna Staneva ...
Peter
BURGER
IOC - UNESCO
Data & Knowledge Management Officer
Enrique
ALVAREZ FANJUL
Mercator Ocean international
OceanPrediction DCC technical coordinator
Emma
HESLOP
IOC - UNESCO
Program specialist - GOOS
Joanna
STANEVA
Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht (Hereon)
Head of Department - Hydrodynamics and Data Assimilation
Ronnie
NOONAN-BIRCH
Ocean Frontier Institute
Science & Policy Manager
INSPIRE Area
Jun 11, 2025
10:30 AM
10:35 AM
Introduction
Objectives and organization of the session
Angélique
MELET
Mercator Ocean International
Head of Ocean Climate Service
Begoña
PÉREZ GÓMEZ
Puertos del Estado
Head of the Climate Change and Prediction Department
INSPIRE Area
Jun 11, 2025
10:35 AM
10:55 AM
State of the Ocean
Poll on Sea Level Rise facts
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All panel
Angélique
MELET
Mercator Ocean International
Head of Ocean Climate Service
Begoña
PÉREZ GÓMEZ
Puertos del Estado
Head of the Climate Change and Prediction Department
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