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Provisional programme of the conference (list of the 2h-sessions)

Last update: July, 29^th

EUROGOOS OCEAN TECHNOLOGY FORUM

EuroGOOS, through its Technology Plan Working Group aims to launch a permanent EOOS Ocean Technology Forum to discuss the adequacy of existing observing technologies in meeting current and evolving ocean observations requirements and to strengthen the links between ocean technology users, developers, and providers in Europe. The EOOS Ocean Technology Forum should bring together the European marine instrument manufacturers, technicians, technologists, and scientists around a variety of subjects to serve innovation and competitiveness.

Organised by:

EuroGOOS (EOOS) and Ifremer

In partnership with:

OGS (Italy)

Keywords:

ocean, observing technology, innovation, instrumentation

Contact:

Laurent Delauney, Ifremer - laurent.delauney@ifremer.fr

OPEN ACCESS TO MARINE OBSERVATION DATA: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES

Addressing global-scale challenges involving the marine environment relies on acquiring a comprehensive understanding of all of its compartments (from the sea floor to the atmosphere). Building integrated multi-scale products and models presupposes that the data collected through the observation of these compartments is available and interoperable. A wide variety of fields -physics, chemistry, geology, biology and many others- are involved in marine observation. Each of them has its own best practices regarding data description, archiving, quality control and publishing. This calls for interdisciplinary initiatives to reach a sufficient level of interoperability and thus leverage the potential of cross-discipline data products that will be made available to the scientific community.

Organised by:

Station Biologique de Roscoff - CNRS/Sorbonne Université and IFREMER

In partnership with:

Data Terra/ODATIS, SeaDataCloud, EMODNet, VLIZ, Copernicus Marine

Keywords:

Open Data, FAIR principles, Interoperability, Data Stewardship

Contact:

Mark Hoebeke, Station Biologique de Roscoff – mark.hoebeke@sb-roscoff.fr

GENOMIC OBSERVATORY: A NEW TOOL TO OBSERVE MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEMS

Long-term observation of the marine environment is absolutely essential to understand the functioning of ecosystems and assess their health. In recent years, the development of genomic tools has profoundly changed the way we monitor biodiversity by promoting a holistic view of ecosystems. Yet, many methodological and conceptual challenges remain (automated sample acquisition, data processing and use in environmental monitoring by national agencies). In this session we aim at gathering various actors (academic, environmental managers, private companies) to exchange on challenges and opportunities associated with the development of concerted marine genomic observatories. It will be organized around a few introductive talks and a round table discussion.

Organised by:

Station Biologique de Roscoff and Institut France-Québec pour la Coopération Scientifique en Appui au secteur Maritime (IFQM)

In partnership with:

CNRS and Sorbonne University

Keywords:

environmental genomics, biodiversity, long-term monitoring, ecosystem health, technological development

Contact:

Eric Thiébaut, Station Biologique de Roscoff – thiebaut@sb-roscoff.fr

ECOACOUSTICS, UNDERWATER SOUNDS OF BENTHIC INVERTABRATES

In this “Ecoustics” session, the underwater acoustic landscapes will be considered as a proxy for the structure, functioning and dynamics of marine ecosystems. If events of ecological interest are noisy and/or drive the emission of a sound source, the measurement and analysis of acoustic landscapes makes it possible to obtain a set of valuable environmental knowledge. "Ecoustics" will show that passive acoustics allows to describe the activity rhythms of benthic soniferous invertebrates (like marine mammals) at either individual, population and assemblages levels and to deduce the ecological properties of the objects heard. In addition,“Ecoustics” will be of interest in measuring in the laboratory and in situ the impact of anthropogenic noise on behavior or on the lifecycle of invertebrates.

Organised by:

Institut France-Québec pour la Coopération Scientifique en Appui au secteur Maritime (IFQM)

In partnership with:

LIA Bebest, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (to confirm)

Keywords:

ecoacoustic, invertebrates, underwater sounds, noise impact

Contacts:

Coralie Pauchet, IFQM – ifqm@univ-brest.fr / Laurent Chauvaud, CNRS - laurent.chauvaud@univ-brest.fr

COASTAL OBSERVATION ACROSS EUROPE – THE ROLE OF IMAGES AND INSTRUMENTATION

The SEA-EU alliance brings together 6 internationally-recognised universities – Brest, Kiel, Cadiz, Gdansk, Split, Malta - which have in common a coastal situation and an intensive involvement in research to gain a better understanding and management of the marine environment. Projects supported by P2I (Pôle Image et Instrumentation, a technical platform mutualized between the marine research laboratories of UBO) will be presented: on sandy beaches morphological monitoring, or, on mussel distribution monitored by drone aerial imagery. This will be completed by contributions from SEA-EU partners using images in their coastal research, creating the occasion to illustrate the research diversity and complementarity of SEA-EU in Coastal observation.

Organised by:

UBO ad CNRS

In partnership with:

SEA-EU alliance: i.e. CAU (Kiel), UCA (Cadiz), UG (Gdansk), UNIST (Split) and UM (Malta)

Keywords:

Europe, coastal, image, observation

Contact:

Delphine Muths, UBO – delphine.muths@univ-brest.fr

SEA-EU: EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES ROLE IN COASTAL OBSERVATION

This session aims to explore what are the strategies and key commitment of each of the 6 universities on marine observation: how each university is contributing to local/national/European mission of Coastal /Marine/Ocean Observation? What human and material resources are made available? What are the big-scale projects in which our university are respectively involved? This session will be then open to question and discussion in order to determine a plan for future action at the European scale.

Organised by:

UBO

In partnership with:

UCA, CAU, UM, UG, UNIST

Keywords:

university, observation, Europe

Contact:

Delphine Muths, UBO - delphine.muths@univ-brest.fr

NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR MARINE ENVIRONNEMENT MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT POLICIES

The French Biodiversity Agency is organizing a special session on new technologies for marine environment monitoring and management policies including EU-MSFD, EU-WFD, EU-Natura 2000 Directives, MPA. This session aims at presenting a large of range of tools and techniques and the associated methodology applied to monitor the marine environment and allow the assessment of marine waters state carried out within the management policies’ framework. The session focuses on monitoring and evaluation of marine biodiversity state and human induced-pressures, ranging from local to biogeographic scale. Innovative technologies include telemetry, acoustics, spectral imagery, satellites images, large-scale survey, autonomous platforms such as gliders, and imaging in-flow instruments, etc…

Organised by:

Office Français de la Biodiversité (French Biodiversity Agency)

Keywords:

EU-directives ; Marine Policies ; Marine environnement ; monitoring ; New technologies

Contact:

Julie Charmasson, OFB - julie.charmasson@ofb.gouv.fr

LITTORAL ALTIMETRY BY AIRBORNE LASERS AND LITTO3D PROGRAMME

The national Litto3D^® program aims to produce a digital altimetric reference model, continuous land-sea, along the metropolitan and ultramarine coast. It implements means of surveying by airborne lasers (bathymetric LIDAR) making it possible to measure depths in areas of foreshore that are difficult to access, in addition to multibeam echosounders on board ships.

Organised by:

Shom

Keywords:

Litto3D, Littoral, Laser, DTM, Hydrography

Contact:

Christophe Vrignaud - christophe.vrignaud@shom.fr

CONTRIBUTION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO MARITIME AND COASTAL ACTIVITIES

The use of current technologies and the observations they produce are important for maritime and littoral issues. The definition, application, and management of maritime and littoral public policies depends on the acquisition and diffusion of a variety of data: DCSMM, DCSPEM, SNML, SNGITC, Littoral law… Observations by satellites and drones, and maritime traffic analyses are essential both for local authorities, as much for security and as for detecting illegal activities, to insure the protection of the environment and the preservation of natural resources. The traffic analyses also allow the identification of areas at risk to help authorities take preventive measures such as the establishment of specific maritime routes or planning maritime area activities.

Organised by:

CEREMA

In partnership with:

Shom

Keywords:

Coastal, Maritime, Observation, Analysis, Traffic

Contact:

Michel Cousquer, Cerema - Michel.Cousquer@cerema.fr

MOQESM - ROBOTICS FOR MARINE OBSERVATION

Mobile robotics has developed in structured and already mapped environments. In unknown and unstructured environments, deep caves, seabed, robotics ... it becomes essential where humans can hardly intervene in safely, where the operator can't help robots by tele-operation. Autonomous and intelligent, the robot must explore and mapping its environment, take decisions, locate itself and be able to come back. Technological progress allows the development of innovative approaches to solve essential problems of perception of the environment and safe navigation while ensuring compliance with certain constraints (complete coverage of an area, avoidance of obstacles...).

Organised by:

ENSTA Bretagne and Lab-STICC

In partnership with:

LIRMM Montpellier and GDR Robotique

Keywords:

Marine and underwater robotics, Underwater and coastal mapping, Perception and localisation, Underwater intervention and manipulation, Monitoring, security and safety

Contact:

Annick Billon-Coat, ENSTA Bretagne - annick.billon-coat@ensta-bretagne.fr

https://www.ensta-bretagne.fr/jaulin/moqesm2020.html

THE FUTURE OF OBSERVATIONS FROM SEABED TO SPACE: TRAINING TO SUPPORT MARINE SCIENCE

This session will focus on the training and capacity needs for the future of marine science, with specific focus on what is needed for observation. It will highlight current and new professional specialisms that are needed to sustain the future of ocean observations. The session will feature short presentations on related topics from a panel of experts. The session will also allow significant interaction from the participants, with opportunities for questions and discussion with the panel and other participants. The session will enable different stakeholder groups to discuss opportunities for delivering the required training and capacity development, and how these opportunities can be actively taken forward. Participants will learn about training needs in relation to a number of topics relevant to marine science and ocean observations, and more about the potential roles for their sector in supporting or enabling this training and capacity development.

Organised by:

European Marine Board (EMB)

Keywords:

Training, marine science, observations, capacity

Contact:

Paula Kellett, European Marine Board - pkellett@marineboard.eu

COOPERATION MODELS FOR OCEAN KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION

Observation of ocean and marine systems is a key issue for better knowledge, ecosystems preservation and long-term development of sea-based human activities. In order to create synergies and foster innovation, many collaboration patterns between research organisations and private-sector stakeholders have emerged. This session investigates different ways of collaboration in France and in Europe, by relying on the following networks: EurOcean, Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique and Campus mondial de la mer. A round-table will address the key challenges for innovation networks: How do these partnerships contribute to observation? How to increase their contribution to the blue economy by developing new products and services based on observation data and knowledge diffusion?

Organised by:

Campus mondial de la mer

In partnership with:

Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique, EurOcean and OECD

Keywords:

innovation, companies, networks, research, blue economy

Contact:

Jérémie Bazin, Technopôle Brest-Iroise – jeremie.bazin@tech-brest-iroise.fr

MARINE SCIENCES, INDUSTRY AND TERRITORIES: OBSERVING PATHWAYS AND LOCAL STRATEGIES TO DEVELOP BLUE ECONOMY

Worldwide, part of the economic activity of coastal areas is linked to the presence of higher education and / or research organizations through, among other things, applied research, transfer, innovation or business creation. Scientific research, without being one of the major determinants of growth and employment in sparsely populated areas, is likely to encourage them. This whole-day sessions aims to explore science-industry-society relations in the territories, in the light of understanding keys proposed by social sciences. What do science and the development of technologies linked to marine resources “do” to the non-exclusively urban areas? How do the latter, in turn, build their economic development strategies by integrating these specificities? In what ways can these dynamics be supported? What are the success factors? This exchanges day will be divided into two parts: the morning will be dedicated to scientific communications in plenary and the afternoon will be devoted to testimonies and roundtables bringing together speakers from various backgrounds.

Organised by:

Blue Valley

In partnership with:

PETR Pays de Morlaix

Keywords:

marine sciences, local development, Blue economy, innovation, science and society

Contact:

Joy Toupet, PETR Pays de Morlaix - joy.toupet@paysdemorlaix.com

SHOM - 300 YEARS OF FRENCH HYDROGRAPHY

Legacy of 300 years of French hydrography and Shom innovation projects in 2020.

Organised by:

Shom

Keywords:

Shom, 300 years, hydrography, innovations

Contact:

Marie-Françoise Lalancette - marie-francoise.lalancette@shom.fr

INTERREG TIGER - GROWING THE SUPPLY CHAIN FOR COST EFFECTIVE RELIABLE COMPOSITE BLADES AND CENSOR DESIGN FOR TIDAL TURBINES

Growing the supply chain for composite tidal turbine blades and sensors to improve cost reductions is a priority for the INTERREG TIGER project (2019-2023). The project seeks to bring turbine developers and supply chain companies together in the Channel region through this unique collaboration project. Presently, the use of carbon is becoming more important in tidal turbine blade design, but turbine developers continue to be confronted by limitations imposed by harsh ocean marine environments. The purpose of this supply chain event, being held in conjunction with Sea Tech Week 2020 in Brest is to cluster potential supply chain companies with expertise in the tidal energy sector and other marine and high performance environments to share experience and explore new solutions to similar design and production challenges. Key issues include weight reduction, mould reuse and increasing durability of materials in harsh saltwater environments.
Design and production companies are invited who have:

Experience of monitoring impact of turbulences on composite fatigue
Use of new composite materials including eco-friendly materials (i.e. recyclable/bio-sourced materials)
Reduced costs moulding and industrial processes for manufacture of composite blades
Integration of dynamic monitoring and sensor systems in composite materials
Performance coatings and antifouling (especially wrapping techniques as opposed to painting

Organised by:

Morbihan Hydro Energies and Ore Catapult (Lead Partner: Interreg Tiger)

In partnership with:

Bureau etudes – engineering design companies and consultancies / Research institutes – carbon in water (ERT Jules Verne) / Dutch, French, Irish and British / Yacht and hydrofoil designers and manufacturers / List being developed by MHE from existing and past projects

Keywords:

Carbon, Cost reduction, Moulding, Sensors, Fatigue

Contact:

Simon Pascoe – s.pascoe@mhe.bzh

WAVE AND WIND OBSERVATIONS APPLIED TO OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGIES

Improving knowledge of metocean conditions is crucial to optimise the design of renewable energy recovery systems such as floating wind turbines. Indeed, such machines can be exposed to extreme winds and waves in storms, which can jeopardize their mechanical structure. A detailed knowledge of meteoro-oceanic conditions is also necessary for fatigue calculations and the planning of marine operations. It is therefore essential to better understand and characterise these phenomena, which are very difficult to observe with in-situ instruments. To overcome this, remote sensing means deployed from terrestrial or satellite supports are promising alternatives.

Organised by:

France Energies Marines

In partnership with:

Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands), Naval Energies, and Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (Germany)

Keywords:

observation, wind, wave, offshore renewable energies

Contact:

Jean-François Filipot, France Energies Marines – Jean.Francois.Filipot@france-energies-marines.org

ICE, WHICH MARKET OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMART-GRID BUSINESSES?

Give the opportunity to businesses lCE (Intelligent community energy) certified:

to have a vision of non interconnected islands (NIZ) representing an opportunity on a market point of view;
to meet with NIZ representatives and decision makers;
to meet with ordering parties able to explain their issues;
to meet with other businesses so that they can think about setting up consortia (to answer issues expressed by ordering parties).

Organised by:

Technopôle Brest-Iroise

In partnership with:

Technopole Quimper-Cornouaille, Pôle mer Bretagne Atlantique, Marine South East, Bretagne développement innovation.

Keywords:

smart-grids; non interconnected zones; marine energies

Contact:

Jérémie Bazin – jeremie.bazin@tech-brest-iroise.fr

SPACE-BASED INNOVATIONS OFFER INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS FOR THE MARITIME SECTOR

In Brittany, the ecosystem has been structured to support local stakeholders (research laboratories, start-ups, SMEs, major groups, etc.) in these areas, from laboratory research to international development. This session aims to present the support systems for the maritime and spatial ecosystem:

MORESPACE Booster lead by the Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique aims at accelerating the use of satellite data and techniques in the maritime sector through the intersection of the digital, space and maritime sectors to promote the development and/or improvement of new services.
BreTel is a regional structure which aims to promote and support the development and use of space technologies and applications in Brittany by animating, federating and supporting the regional spatial ecosystem.
ESA BIC Nord France is a structure set up by the European Space Agency to support the development of space-related start-ups.