EMSO Strategic Workshop

Draft Agenda

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13 March 2025 

 

Time Session/Topic
09:00-09:15 Welcome & Introduction of the Day 

Ingrid Puillat, EMSO ERIC Director General
Morning session Operational strategy (Part 1) 

Chair: Vito Vitale, Italian National Research Council (CNR)
09:15-09:45 Keynote Speech  

TBC
09:45-10:15 EMSO Current Services

Today status (EMSO Catalogue of Services)

Discussion
10:15-10:45  Coffee Break
10:45-12:00 EMSO Current Services 

● The EMSO Academy and Capacity Building
● The EMSO Public Engagement and Outreach Service

Sara Pero, EMSO Communication Officer

 

Discussion 
12:00-13:15 Future operational services

● Video presentation of other ERICs’ services (EPOS, ICOS, EuroARGO, EMBRC)
● ROUND TABLE: EMSO services in the future

  • Improvements of current services
  • New services
  • Joint services/research activities with other RIs
13:15-14:30 Lunch Break
Afternoon session Opterational strategy (Part 2) 

Chair: Jean-Marie Flaud, ESFRI Delegate
14:30-15:00 Keynote Speech 

“In situ measurements for Ocean Color validation: the AERONET-OC network”

Barbara Bulgarelli, Scientific Officer, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
15:15-15:45 Scientific Thematic Centres (TC)

● Definitions of thematic centres and examples of other ERICs (link with national nodes)
● ROUND TABLE: Thematic centre from other RIs and ERICs

Discussion on possible EMSO Thematic centres and targeted users

 
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:45-17:30 Role of Regional Facilities in National Nodes
● Current status and future developments
● Potential new RFs from not yet EMSO Members
● Potential new RFs from the Black Sea not yet EMSO Members
17:30-18:00 Conclusions

End of the Workshop
18:30-19:00 Restricted meeting for debriefing and preparation of Friday session