Meeting Venue: Pollentia Club, Alcudia, Mallorca

Dates: from 14:00 Wednesday 21 March till 16:00 on Friday 23 March 2018

DAY 1, Wednesday 21 March 2018

1. Welcome & introduction (Jan-Bart Calewaert/Phil Weaver)

• Welcome to participants
• Adoption of the SC Meeting Agenda

2. Updates from DG MARE (Iain Shepherd)

• Marine Knowledge Expert Group (Charlotte Herman)

3. Updates from EASME (Anja Detant/Greta Borg) Presentation EASME
4. Report from the Technical Working Group (Pascal Derycke, Simon Claus & all)

• Lessons learned at the Open Sea Lab Secretariat - Lessens learnt OSLI
• Development of Central Portal

15:30-16.00: Coffee Break

5. Status update of list of actions from previous meetings (Secretariat & all) Secretariat - Assignation DOI
6. Updates from the Secretariat (Secretariat)

• EMODnet activities, events and calendar 2018 Secretariat - EMODnet Activities

MEETING END OF DAY 1 EXPECTED AT 18:00

DAY 2, Thursday 22 March 2018

7. EMODnet Progress Monitoring (Trust IT & Secretariat)

• Results of the PilotTrust-IT - Search Engine Optimisation

• Revised list of Indicators and Marine ID (related to outputs of the previous TWG)

8. Towards a better EMODnet visual identity (Trust IT, Secretariat) including templates

• Visual Guidelines and results of the scoring Presentation Trust-IT

9. Communication Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement Strategy Phase III, including SEO (Secretariat + Trust IT) Presentation EMODnet Secretariat

10:30-11.00: Coffee Break

10. Short updates from the EMODnet thematic projects (Thematic projects coordinators)

Please refer to the list of tasks specified in Section 1.4.1 of the call for tenders and keep your presentation to 15 min max

EMODnet Bathymetry

EMODnet Geology

EMODnet Seabed Habitats

EMODnet Physics

EMODnet Chemistry

EMODnet Biology

EMODnet Human Activities

13:00-14.00: Lunch Break

Short updates from the EMODnet thematic projects (Thematic projects coordinators), continued

11. Short update from Data Ingestion (Dick Schaap)

EMODnet Data Ingestion

15:30-16.00: Coffee Break

12. Interactions and needs for collaboration across the different thematic lots (thematic projects coordinators)
13. EMODnet Data Policy and EMODnet Data Catalogue (Secretariat and all) Secretariat - Portfolio
14. Short updates from the Checkpoints (Checkpoint coordinators) - Please keep your presentation to 15 min max.

Baltic Sea Checkpoint

Artic Checkpoint

Atlantic Checkpoint

Black Sea Checkpoint

DAY 3, Friday 23 March 2018

Short updates from the Checkpoints (Checkpoint coordinators), continued

15. Checkpoints in the future (Checkpoint coordinators and all)

• Outputs of the Checkpoint Methods Workshop (Rome, 19-20 September 2017) and proposal for a minimum list of indicators
• Contribution to EOOS

10:30-11.00: Coffee Break

16. Interactions between EMODnet and other initiatives MSFD, MSP, RSC, CMEMS (Secretariat & all)
17. Looking forward: EOOS Conference & Jamboree (Secretariat & all)

​Secretariat - EOOS conference

Secretariat - EOOS for EMODnet

13:00-14:00: Lunch

18. Next Steering Committee Meeting: format, date and location (Secretariat & all)
19. Administrative and reporting issues & AOB (Secretariat & all)
20. Wrap up and closing of the Meeting (Secretariat & all)

END OF MEETING EXPECTED BY 16:00