The EMSO ERIC Strategic Workshop represents a crucial opportunity to discuss and implement the strategic direction of EMSO ERIC, bringing together leading researchers and key players from the entire EMSO ERIC community.
The workshop will feature thematic sessions that provide a comprehensive overview of current trends and future directions in EMSO marine research and service provision. There will also be plenary sessions with key representatives from international organisations, research institutions, EU projects, and technology companies.
Key topics:
- EMSO scientific and technological strategy
- New opportunities and challenges in marine research
- International collaborations and partnerships
- Scaling up data provision and AI integration
- Capacity building and EMSO Academy
- Future EMSO Services: Design for a joint operation
- Partnership with the private sector
Experience the workshop in-person or online! Registration is required. Registration Deadline: March 5th
EMSO ERIC was created in September 2016 and will soon reach its 10 th anniversary. Since 2016, the European landscape of research infrastructures has evaluated and the European research agenda moved along the political societal and economical context. After the up-coming Infra call 2025, with the next EU framework programme important changes are expected. EMSO has to be ready and this cannot be improvised on a short term. Sharing our achievements and aligning our vision on a common future are key milestones.
The scope of the workshop is threefold:
1) Day 1 is dedicated to review the scientific and technology strategy in and across EMSO
Regions and to assess the needed technologies and methods (moving platforms, modelling) to better
address the regional scales of observations in the future. Emphasize will be given on the
multidisciplinary aspects and on needed collaborations (current ones and potential future ones).
2) Day 2 is dedicated to review the EMSO practices and technologies and to elaborate on the
future ones. The service for Physical Access will be presented. Past and currently deployed
technologies will be presented. We will discuss the needed technologies to progress from fixed-point
observation to fixed region observation as well as the corresponding methodologies to analyse the
data and obtain meaningful scientific results. Sensors and technologies providers are invited to
participate to present some future possibilities.
3) Day 3 will build on the previous two days to propose the future EMSO services and
discuss their structuring and integrative implementation. Operational objectives will be
discussed to propose thematic/scientific centres and technical services. Services and
thematic centres operated in some other ERIC will serve as examples. The current EMSO
catalogue of services will be presented. The EMSO communication strategy and capacity
building will be discussed.
Workshop Agenda
EMSO Strategic Workshop
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11 March 2025
| Time | Session/Topic |
| 08:30 | Registration |
| 08:45-09:15 | Welcome messages & Introduction to the Workshop and Day 1 (slides) (Live Drawing)
Ingrid Puillat, EMSO ERIC Director General |
| Morning session | Scientific strategy in the EMSO Regional Facilities (Part 1)
Chair: Alberto Basset, Executive Board member of LifeWatch ERIC, EMSO Advisory Committee |
| 09:15-09:30 | Achievement with regards to the previous strategy
Juan Jose Dañobeitia Canales, Prof. Marine Geophysics/ Head of International & Antarctic |
| 09:30-10:00 | Towards the future
Ingrid Puillat, EMSO ERIC Director General |
| 10:00-10:30 | Introduction of four EMSO Key Scientific Questions (KSQ) and Scientific sub-questions (slides)
Dominique Lefèvre, Researcher, CNRS-MIO, EMSO Science Service Group leader |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:30 | Contribution of Regional Facilities (RFs) to the EMSO KSQs (Live Drawing)
Virgiliu Niculescu, Senior Geophisicist, INCD GeoEcoMar Romania Costantin Fangoulis, Researcher, HCMR
Vanessa Cardin, Senior Researcher, OGS Davide Embriaco, Western Ionian Sea RTL, INGV
Laurent Coppola, Researcher, Sorbonne Université Roberto Bozzano, Researcher, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
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| 12:30-13:00 | Keynote Speech
"EMBRC EMO BON: connection observation to application" (Live Drawing) Nicolas Pade, Executive Director of the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-ERIC), France |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch Break |
| Afternoon session | Scientific strategy in the EMSO Regional Facilities (Part 2)
Chair: Marinus E. (Rick) Donselaar, Professor (Associate) Delft University of Technology, EMSO Advisory Committee |
| 14:00-15:15 | Contribution of Regional Facilities (RFs) to the EMSO KSQs (Cont’) (Live Drawing)
Paulo Relvas, Professor, Researcher, CCMAR Silvana Neves, Head of Research in Marine Observation and Restoration, PLOCAN Pierre Marie Sarradin, Directeur d'Unité, Ifremer
Alan Berry, Research Infrastructure Manager, Marine Institute Joaquin Del Rio, OBSEA-UPC RF Leader Nadine Lanteri, Responsable RF, Ifremer
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| 15:15-15:45 | Keynote Speech
"Advancing Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting: An Overview of the Copernicus Marine Service and Its Role in the Digital Twin Ocean" (Live Drawing) Marina Tonani, Ocean Forecasting & Digital Ocean Expert, Mercator Ocean International |
| 15:45-16:15 | General discussion on the EMSO scientific strategy |
| 16:15-16:45 | Coffee Break |
| 16:45-17:15 | Collaborative activities and General discussion on the scientific strategy of EMSO
EMSO scientific synergies and Specific expertise (collaborative work on 4 paper boards) |
| 17:15-17:45 | Towards improvement of the EMSO observational capacity
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| 17:45-18:00 | Conclusions of the Day (Live Drawing)
Restitution of live drawing |
| 18:00-19:30 | Restricted meeting for debriefing and preparation of next sessions (Days 2 and 3) |
| 19:30-21:00 | Aperitive and pitches from private companies
ASN | SEA Srl | Macartney | FUGRO | NORTEK | RBR France | Nanometrics | GURALP | CYTOBUOY | WSense | Subphoton | Subsea Data System |
EMSO Strategic Workshop
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12 March 2025
| Time | Session/Topic |
| 09:00-09:20 | Welcome & Introduction to the Workshop Day (slides)
Ingrid Puillat, EMSO ERIC Director General |
| Morning session | Technology strategy (Part 1)
Chair: Laurent Delauney, JERICO ESFRI Roadmap Application Co-coordinator, Ifremer |
| 09:20-10:20 | Logistics and Engineering (Live Drawing)
● Inventory on the EMSO capability (e.g.: O2, video cameras, DAS, and acoustics) (slides) Alfredo Martins, Research Coordinator, Professor, INESCTEC ● EGIM next steps (slides) Nadine Lantéri, Responsable RF, Ifremer ● Service for Physical Access (slides) Joaquin del Rio, OBSEA-UPC RF leader ● Needs of calibration facilities, best practices (slides) Beatrice Tomasi, Senior Researcher, NORCE/University of Bergen General Discussion on Future generation of sensors (IoT) |
| 10:20-10:30 | Technological challenges for a significant improvement in coverage and resolution in Global Ocean Observing Systems (slides)
Juan Jose Dañobeitia Canales, Prof. Marine Geophysics/ Head of International & Antarctic |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-11:30 | Keynote Speech
"Submarine telecommunication cables and scientific opportunities in Europe" (Live Drawing) Eckhard Bruckschen, CTO, IOEMA Fibre Limited, and Antoine Queval, Business Development for SMART Cables, Alcatel Submarine Network |
| 11:30-12:30 | Logistics and Engineering (Live Drawing)
Giuditta Marinaro, Dr., INGV
Jérôme Blandin, Long-term subsea observation systems engineer, Ifremer Alfredo Martins, Research Coordinator/Professor, INESC TEC
Carlos Barrera, Head of Unit – Ocean Vehicles. PLOCAN
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| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch Break |
| Afternoon session | Technology strategy (Part 2)
Chair: Yann-Hervé de Roeck, Director General of Euro-Argo |
| 13:30-14:00 | Keynote Speech
“The European marine data management landscape and marine knowledge value chain” (slides) (Live Drawing) Dick M.A. Schaap, Managing director of MARIS |
| 14:00-15:30 | Data Management (Live Drawing)
Aljaz Maslo, EMSO Data Officer Enoc Martinez, PhD/Researcher, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Stefano Cacciaguerra, Senior Technologist, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) Stefano Chiappini, Senior Technologist, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) General Discussion |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break |
| Afternoon session | Technology strategy (Part 3)
Chair: Alfredo Martins, Research Coordinator/Professor, INESC TEC |
| 16:00-17:30 | Round table on Collaboration with the private sector (Live Drawing)
Giorgio Cacopardo (SEA Srl), Vincenzo Mauro (MacArtney Italy srl), Giancarlo Cristofalo (FUGRO), Cristobal Molina (Nortek), Didier Chlec'h (RBR France), Marián Jusko (Nanometrics), Vikram Rao (CytoBuoy), Neil Watkiss (Guralp), Eckhard Bruckschen (IOEMA Fibre Ltd), Antoine Queval (ASN), Christophe Joly (Wsense) Discussion |
| 17:30-18:00 | Conclusion of Day 2
Restitution of live drawing |
| 18:00-19:00 | Restricted meeting for debriefing and preparation of next sessions |
EMSO Strategic Workshop
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13 March 2025
| Time | Session/Topic |
| 09:00-09:15 | Introduction (slides)
● Welcome Ingrid Puillat, EMSO ERIC Director General |
| Morning session | Operational strategy (Part 1)
Chair: Vito Vitale, Research Director, CNR - Institute of Polar Sciences (ISP) |
| 09:15-09:45 | Keynote Speech
"Research Infrastructures Service Provision concept and added value" (Live Drawing) Elisabetta Marafioti, Professor of Strategy and Organization at University of Milano-Bicocca |
| 09:45-10:15 | EMSO Current Services (Live Drawing)
EMSO Services: current and potential capabilities (slides) Laura Beranzoli, EMSO Science Officer Discussion |
| 10:15-10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45-11:30 | EMSO Current Services
● Communication Services: from outreach and Public Engagement to the EMSO Academy and Capacity Building (slides) Sara Pero, EMSO Communication Officer Discussion |
| 11:30-13:00 | Future operational services (Live Drawing)
● Video presentation of other Research Infrastructures' services (EPOS, EuroARGO, SIOS) ● ROUND TABLE: "EMSO services in the future"
Daniele Bailo (EPOS), Yann Herve De Roeck (Euro-ARGO), Dominique Lefevre (MIO-CNRS, EMSO), Heikki Lihavainen (SIOS), Enoc Martinez (UPC, EMSO), Alfredo Martins (INESC TEC, EMSO), Nicolas Pade (EMBRC) |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch Break |
| Afternoon session | Operational strategy (Part 2)
Chair: Jean-Marie Flaud, Scientific Expert, Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR) |
| 14:00-14:30 | Keynote Speech
"In situ measurements for Ocean Color validation: the AERONET-OC network" (slides) (Live Drawing) Barbara Bulgarelli, Scientific Officer, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission |
| 14:30-15:30 | Services operational structure (Live Drawing)
Ingrid Puillat, EMSO ERIC Director General
Alberto Basset (LifeWatch | slides), Stefano Lorito (EPOS | slides)
Alberto Basset (LifeWatch), Stefano Lorito (EPOS), Ingrid Puillat (EMSO) |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break |
| Afternoon session | Operational strategy (Part 2, cont')
Chair: Jorge Miguel Alberto de Miranda, Executive Director, AIR Centre |
| 16:00-17:15 | Role of National Nodes in the operation of services (Live Drawing)
Ingrid Puillat, EMSO ERIC Director General
Advancing Seafloor Seismic Observations in the Marmara Sea for Earthquake and Tsunami Hazard Assessment Tuğçe Ergün, Marine Units coordinator, Assistant professor at Bogazici University and researcher
Olga Iermakova, Head of the Department of Economic and Ecological Development of Seaside Regions, State Organization “Institute of Market and Economic&Ecological Researches of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine” Oleksandr Laiko, Deputy-director for scientific work, State Organisation "Institute of Market and Economic-Ecological Research of the NAS of Ukraine" Discussion |
| 17:15-18:00 | Conclusions
Restitution of live drawing End of the Workshop |
| 18:00-19:00 | Restricted meeting for debriefing |
Workshop Gallery
Venue: Occidental Aran Park, Via Riccardo Forster 24, 00143, Rome, Italy
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