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- 29 September 2025
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- EMODnet
18th EMODnet Technical Working Group Meeting Spring 2025
Date and time: 14-15 October 2025 (AM sessions)
Location: Remote (Zoom)
Meeting Chair: Zoi Konstantinou (EC, DG MARE), Conor Delaney (Technical Coordinator, EMODnet Secretariat)
Participants: EMODnet Secretariat, EMODnet Portal Technical team, EMODnet Thematic and Data Ingestion Coordinators, CINEA, EC DG MARE
Draft agenda
Tuesday 14 October 2025, 09:30-12:30 CEST
09:30 EMODnet TWG convenes
09:30 – 09:40 – Opening
- Welcome & introduction (Zoi Konstantinou (DG MARE) & Conor Delaney (EMODnet))
- Action list from 17th TWG (Conor Delaney)
09:40 – 11:00 - Updates from Central Portal technical team
- JIRA overview and usage (Shared beforehand and not covered in the meeting) (Tim Collart)
- OGC service monitoring (Tim Collart)
- Europa Analytics map viewer button tracking (Conor Delaney)
- MapViewer update: accessibility changes (Conor Delaney)
- Taskforce on Metadata harmonisation (Conor Delaney)
- Review of current status of EMODnet metadata harmonisation (Tim Collart)
- Future Task force plans (Conor Delaney)
11:00 - 11:30 - Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Technical Updates from EMODnet Thematics & Data Ingestion (All ) - 60'
- Bathymetry - 15'
- Biology - 15'
- Data Ingestion - 15'
- Chemistry - 15'
12:30 End of day 1
Wednesday 15 October 2025, 09:30-12:30 CEST
09:30 EMODnet TWG convenes
09:30 - 10:30 Technical Updates from EMODnet Thematics & Data Ingestion - 60'
- Geology - 15'
- Human Activities - 15'
- Physics - 15'
- Seabed Habitats - 15'
10:30 – EDITO II. - 10' (Conor Delaney)
- Update on the formation of the community expert group
10:40 Review of the progress in the lots taking responsibility for updating their static content of the Central Portal (15'): (Nathalie Tonné/Conor Delaney)
- Who has taken control of their content?
- Questions and Discussion.
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:20 Technical Discussion open floor
- Metadata and other insights from the NESBp project (Nathalie and Merel)
- External links maintenance (Conor and Joana)
- External sites using EMODnet's colours/visual style (Conor and Joana)
- New products from thematic lots in coming months (Nathalie and Joana)
12:20 – 12:30
- AOB - 20'
- Wrap up, actions, next meeting and EMODnet conference.
- Next Technical Working Group Meeting: format, date, and location (Secretariat & all).
12:30 End of day 2