5th EMODnet Steering Committee Meeting - Draft Agenda

Date: from 14:00 on Wednesday 9 December until 17:30 on Thursday 10 December 2015

Location: Brussels, DG MARE, Rue Joseph II 79/99 - MARE ROOM J99 00/53

Draft Meeting agenda

Day 1 - Wednesday 9 December 2015 meeting starts at 14:00

1. Welcome and adoption of the agenda

2. Status update of actions from previous meeting & short EMODnet progress update

3. Updates and followup from EMODnet Conference and Jamboree (October 2015)

4. External developments and interactions

• Follow up on EMODnet-MSFD coordination meeting (8-9 December 2015)
• Follow-up on EMODnet-INSPIRE interactions and workshop (7-8 December 2015)
• IPChem (JRC): updates from interactions with EMODnet Chemistry
• EMODnet and other major initiatives and developments (EOOS, Copernicus, Fisheries, RSC,…)
• Updates on EMODnet involvement in RTD projects

Coffee Break 15:30-16:00

5. Updates and messages from running EMODnet sea-basin checkpoints

6. Updates from the Coastal Mapping project

Day 1 - meeting end expected at 18:00

Joint Dinner – Location to be decided

Day 2 - Thursday 10 December meeting starts at 9:00

7. Updates from Technical Working Group – VLIZ

• Central portal Query Tool
• EMODnet technical working group meeting (October 2015)
• Updates Single Sign-On
• List of priority issues & actions planned to address them

Coffee Break 10:30-11:00

Item 7 continued

Lunch 12:30-13:30

8. Update from the thematic lots on specific issues of concern

Coffee Break 15:30-16:00

9. EMODnet events and calendar 2016

• Preparations EMODnet phase III
• Joint EMODnet Checkpoint Event 2016
• EMODnet@EMD2016
• Other opportunities to raise the profile of EMODnet?

10. Administrative and reporting issues

11. AOB

12. Next SC Meeting date and location

13. Wrap up and closing of the Meeting

Day 2 – meeting expected to end at 17:30