- common fisheries policy | sustainable fisheries | fisheries policy
- Thursday 22 June 2017, 00:00 (CEST)
Practical information
- When
- Thursday 22 June 2017, 00:00 (CEST)
- Languages
- English
Description
Aberdeen, June 22 2017
Abstract
Oceans regulate the Earth’s climate and are integral to all known sources of life. As we know, ocean processes are of biological, geological, chemical or physical nature, occurring at micro- to kilometre scales, from less than seconds to centuries, turning the understanding and the sustainable management of the ocean into a multiscale and multi-disciplinary effort. Collection of insitu observations from a volume that covers over 70% of the planet is also inherently challenging and remains generally difficult and costly in time and resources. Clearly, advances are needed to monitor at a level that effective understanding and stewardship of the oceans can be achieved.
The Oceans of Tomorrow (OoT) projects, funded by the European Commission’s FP7 program, are developing a new generation of sensors supporting physical, biogeochemical and biological oceanographic monitoring. The sensors range from acoustic to optical fluorometers to labs on a chip. Through the development of sensor and information technologies for observation systems as well as improved analytical approaches, key gaps in our ability to monitor the environment are being addressed. By creating multi-sensor capabilities that can easily operate on different platforms, economies of scale in sensor manufacturing and full interoperability across monitoring platforms is becoming a reality.
This workshop will address advances in sensors, platforms interfaces and information systems for a new generation of observation capabilities. It will be a discussion forum looking at current capabilities and to future needs and developments.
Agenda
Session 1 (Morning)
Presenter | Project | Organization | Title |
Jay Pearlman | Introduction | IEEE | Innovation in Sensors and Observations |
Matt Mowlem | SENSEOCEAN | NOC | SenseOCEAN: Development of biogeochemical sensors for autonomous platforms and observatories |
Jan van der Meer | BRAVOO | University of Lausanne | BRAVOO: Biosensors for Near Real-Time Marine Toxicant Monitoring |
Luca Sanfilippo | SMS | SYSTEA | SMS: Innovations in emerging pollutants ocean monitoring using biosensing technology |
Antonio Novellino | SCHeMA | ETT | SCHeMA - Integrated In situ CHemical MApping probes: objectives and main achievements |
Session 2 (Afternoon)
Presenter | Project | Organization | Title |
Eric Delory | NeXOS | PLOCAN | NeXOS: Development and end-to-end integration of compact, low-power, multifunctional ocean sensors. |
Dennis Gowland | EnviGuard | Northbay Shellfish Ltd. | ENVIGUARD: a real-time multi-sensor in a small package with a big future |
Matteo Bonasso | MariaBox | KONTOR 46 | MariaBox: first prototype of a novel instrument to observe natural and chemical pollutants in seawater |
Sergio Martinez | COMMON SENSE | LEITAT | COMMON SENSE: Cost-effective sensors, interoperable with international existing ocean observing systems |
Session 3 Panels (Afternoon)
1. Applications Panel | Organization | Areas of interest |
David Murphy | Aqua TT | Transitioning Technology |
Gordon Drummond | SubseaUK | Technology for subsea environment |
Gareth Davis | Aquatera | Marine Energy |
Iain Shepherd | EC DG Maritime Affairs & Fisheries | Environment/Fisheries |