ODYSSEA 2nd General Assembly

Registration

09:00 – 09:05

Welcome & logistics

Georgios&Adelio

09:05 – 10:00

Objectives Partner Meeting Lisbon/ Update current status and challenges ODYSSEA

Georgios & Simon vD

10:00 – 10:30

ODYSSEA Training: General framework

– Daniel CEBRIAN-MENCHERO (SPA-RAC)

– Mercedes de Juan (VPORTS)

1. Implementation obligations of the Barcelona Convention Parties (and Parties to the Protocol ASP/BD) regarding monitoring of the status of Mediterranean environment
2. Implementation of the Ballast Water Convention in the framework of the Barcelona Convention

10:30 – 11:00

Βreak

11:00 – 13:00

ODYSSEA Training: Initial implementation of the Observatory

Laura/Yann/Ghada (Marion will take lead)

1. Explaining the benefits for users (what are the overall benefits of operating an observatory?)
2. Exploring the use-cases scenarios, linked to business cases. The 3 selected cases as decided during the WP leaders meeting in Athens will be explored first
3. Additional uses cases will be also be explored, especially different kind of cases than the 3 selected in Athens to cover a broad range of use cases and stakeholders

13:00 – 14:00

Βreak

14:00 – 16:00

Use & Business Cases for V1 and V2 of the platform

Yann,Ghada, Laura, Nicolas, Adelio, SimonvD

(Laura will take lead)

1. Selecting Use case #4 – #10
2. Exploring for each case the exact use and case and decide what business model would fit best.
3. What markets are to be served for each case?
4. What barriers of entry are to be expected for each case?

16:00 – 16:30

Βreak

16:30 – 17:30

Initiate networking with other projects and institutional actors

Menelaos

Presentations by Dr Ilias Mavroeidis,                

Programme Management Officer – Governance at UN Environment / Mediterranean Action Plan Coordinating Unit &Dr Sana Benismail, Institut National des Sciences et Technologie de la Mer(Tunisia) & CLAIM H2020 project:  collaboration perspectives with the ODYSSEA project.

17:30 – 18:00

Wrap Up Day One

Georgios, Ghada, Bracha& Simon vD

Recap

09:15 – 10:30

Platform Development

Ghada& Nicolas

1. 30 minutes demo of Platform V0
2. For each use case, what does the user need or want to see and how are we going to get there?
3. Dashboard/Interface for the user

10:30 – 11:00

Βreak

11:00 – 13:00

Platform Development– detailed planning

Nicolas& Simon K

Parallel Session

Training Program for the Observatory Managers and Operators

11:00 – 12:00

ODYSSEA Training: Design of the Observatory

Georgios

1. Define Spatial boundaries of Observatory
2. Fitting technical design of units according to geographical, end users and ODYSSEA needs
3. Map end-users operating within Observatory limits
4. Initial approach to end-users
5. Reporting needs and marine data requests

Initial approach to relevant authorities

12:00 – 13:00

ODYSSEA Training: Initial implementation of the Observatory

-WCMC

-YANN

– GHADA

1. Logistics for deployment
2. Defining the exact location for sensors deployment
3. Services Definition (Variables, Resolution, Frequency)

13:00 – 14:00

Βreak

14:00 – 15:00

ODYSSEA Training: Outreach and citizens science

Arik Rosenblum & Assaf Ariel (EcoO.)

Inbar Schwartz (SPNI)

Claire Laudy (Thales)

1. Dissemination and outreach tools
2. Overview of citizens science programs
3. Sea Watch application
4. Tweet harvesting and semantic information analysis

15:00 – 16:00

First mid-term report

Bracha& Simon

16:00 – 16:30

Βreak

16:30 – 17:30

ODYSSEA Training: Sustainability and Maintenance of the Observatory

Georgios &SimonvD

1. The conditions of observatory sustainability
2. Business cases for operationalization of Observatories
3. Define a business plan to maintain the system after project completion (describe potential solutions)
4. Addressing emerging needs (new information and new technology)
5. Adding additional models and sensors

17:30 – 18:00

Wrap Up Day One

Georgios, Ghada, Bracha& Simon vD

Recap

09:15 – 10:30

Interface and integration of  data obtained by equipment into the platform

Laurent, Rob, Sergio, Raanan, Nicolas, Simon K

Parallel Session

10:30 – 11:00

Βreak

11:00 – 13:00

Equipment development & scheduling

Laurent, Rob, Sergio, Raanan

Parallel Session

11:00 – 13:00

Business Planning

Yann, Menelaos & Simon

Parallel Session

13:00 – 14:00

Βreak

14:00 – 16:00

Interface and integration of the models into the platform

Katerina, Ghada& Nicolas

Parallel Session

16:00 – 16:30

Βreak

16:30 – 17:30

Interaction between EMODNet and ODYSSEA

Patrick Gorringe (representing EMODNet and EuroGOOS)

Providing a ‘big picture’ perspective

17:30 – 18:00

Summary & Scheduling next meetings, telecos

Georgios, Ghada, Bracha& Simon vD

09:15 – 10:45

Use of the observatory in operational mode – Local platform

– Adelio

– Katerina

– Marco

1. Local platform operation &management
   1. Numerical Modelling (theory, setting up, implementation)
   2. Data management: External Networks & databases, (New) Sensor data assimilation, data quality control procedures, metadata
2. User services
   1. Customized forecasts for pre-defined end user groups
   2. Warning alerts and alarms

10:45 – 11:15

Interactive session with the participants (Questions about the morning sessions)

11:15 – 11:45

Βreak

11:45– 13:00

Use of the observatory in operational mode–ODYSSEA platform

– Nicolas

– Simon Keeble

1. Use the ODYSSEA platform to retrieve historic marine data to aid users understand the complexity of their environment 
2. Use the ODYSSEA platform to aid users to retrieve operational marine forecasts 
3. Use of ODYSSEA platform to optimize the siting and spatial planning of marine activities based on analysis of historic data
4. Data management
   1. Format
   2. Archiving
   3. Transfer to ODYSSEA platform
   4. Service-level agreement
5. Operational forecasting (using open data handling platforms)

13:00 – 14:00

Βreak

14:00 – 15:00

Maintenance of the Observatory

Laurent

Rob

1. Technical issues regarding maintenance of sensors
2. Technical issues regarding computerized data transfer responsibilities of observatories managers

15:00 – 16:00

Interactive session with the participants

Questions about session T5 and the workshop in its whole

Evaluation of the Workshop efficiency

16:00 – 16:30

Βreak

16:30 – 17:30

Interaction between EMODNet and ODYSSEA

Patrick Gorringe (representing EMODNet and EuroGOOS)

Providing a ‘big picture’ perspective

Summary &  Scheduling next meetings, telecos

Georgios, Ghada, Bracha& Simon vD