10th EMODnet Technical Working Group meeting (Autumn 2021) - Agenda and presentations

Remote Meeting: Zoom

Dates: 8th September 2021 (14:00-17:00) + 9^th September 2021 (14:00-17:00) + 10th September 2021 (09:00-13:00) (All times are CEST)

Meeting Chairs: Zoi Konstantinou (DGMARE) & Conor Delaney (EMODnet Secretariat)

Meeting Agenda

Wednesday 8^th September 2021 - SC

14:00 – 17:00: EMODnet SC Joint Session* with TWG and MKEG:

*This Session will be open for Members of the EMODnet Technical Working Group (E-TWG) and the EC Marine Knowledge Expert Group (MKEG)

1. Welcome and Updates (EMODnet Secretariat and DG MARE) (15’)

• Welcome, practical arrangements and guidelines for remote meetings
• Introduction to the meeting agenda and agenda adoption
• EMODnet current status and perspectives & Marine Knowledge Expert Group updates (EC, DG MARE)

2. Repatriation: update on work achieved and future updates (Secretariat & VLIZ) – 15’
3. Centralization process: short updates on progress, implementation process and next steps (further discussion possible in closed session on 9 September AM) (Secretariat, VLIZ, with ALL thematic lots) – 10’
4. Updates from EMODnet 7 Thematics & Data Ingestion (All Coordinators) – 60’

• Key updates and forward look (5’ per Thematic Coordinator) – 40’

• Q&A - 20’

Comfort Break – 10’

5. EMODnet Conference and Jamboree de-brief and feedback - 20’ (Secretariat, ALL)
6. EMODnet online survey and targeted assessment: summary of results - 20’ (Secretariat, ALL)
7. EMODnet Communication: updates on latest videos – 10’ (Secretariat)
8. External partnerships and interactions - 30’ (Secretariat, DG MARE, ALL)

• European partnerships: Copernicus Marine Service & Other
• European Ocean Observing: Update on EC Consultation, EC Ocean Observation event and future developments
• EMODnet for society: EU4Ocean #MakeEUBlue
• Global partnerships: EMOD-PACE, IODE, GEOSS & GEO-Blue Planet, UN Ocean Decade
• External events: Recent and upcoming

9. Closing remarks and Any Other Business (AOB) - 5’

17:00 Open Session Closes

End of Meeting no later than 17:00 (earlier if possible)

Thursday 9th September 2021 - TWG

MEETING STARTS AT 14:00 (60’)

10. Welcome & introduction (Zoi Konstantinou and Conor Delaney) (10‘)

• Practical arrangements – remote meeting.
• Expected outcomes of this meeting.

11. Updates and progress since previous Technical Working Group Meeting (Tim Collart, Conor Delaney, Joana Beja, Francis Strobbe) (60‘)

• Action List from previous TWG – Meeting Document 2. (EMODnet Secretariat)
• Jira: Overview of usage. (EMODnet Secretariat) JIRA overview of usage
• OGC service monitoring Update. (VLIZ)
• INSPIRE compliance and updates. (EMODnet Secretariat) INSPIRE compliance and updates

• Review and discussion on the collection of metrics for reporting (EMODnet Secretariat/CINEA)

SHORT COMFORT BREAK - 15’

12. EMODnet Harmonisation (120‘)

• Overview of the Repatriated website, News Room and Europa Analytics. (EMODnet Secretariat) Status repatriation

• New CP GeoNetwork and its impact on product sharing:
  • Overview of the updated GeoNetwork (VLIZ) Geonetwork updates
  • The metadata updates that are need to leverage the features of the new GeoNetwork (EMODnet Secretariat)
• Discussion on the Product Catalogue (EMODnet Chemistry)
• Discussion on how to improve the reporting of geospatial indicators (EMODnet Secretariat) Progress monitoring: geographic coverage

MEETING ENDS NO LATER THAN 17:00 (earlier if possible)

Friday 10th September 2021 – TWG

MEETING STARTS AT 09:00 (120’)

13. EMODnet Centralisation. Progress performance monitoring, reporting and harmonisation (Secretariat, VLIZ, & All)

• Centralisation technical overview: A deep dive into the technologies behind the new central portal map viewer. (VLIZ/Bilbomatica)

• Centralisation discussion and feedback from TWG.
• AOB

SHORT COMFORT BREAK - 15’

14. Next Technical Working Group Meeting: format, date and location (Secretariat & all).
15. Wrap up, actions, next meeting*.

ENDS NO LATER THAN 13:00 (earlier if possible)