June 13, 2024
08:00
THE EUROPEAN DIGITAL TWIN OCEAN: A leap in ocean knowledge & sustainable action
08:00 - 08:10
Welcome and Introduction to the Digital Ocean Forum 2024
KatrinaSichel
08:10 - 08:40
High-Level Interventions
JohanHanssens (Flanders Department for Economy, Science and Innovation)IlianaIvanova (European Commission)PascalLamy (EU Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters)OlivierPoivre d’Arvor (Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs)
08:40 - 08:45
Video: The European Digital Twin Ocean
EXPLORING THE CAPABILITIES OF THE EUROPEAN DIGITAL TWIN OCEAN
08:45 - 08:55
Unveiling the European Digital Twin Ocean prototype
KestutisSadauskas (European Commission)
08:55 - 09:20
European Digital Twin Ocean Demonstrations and 3 visual showcases
EDITO: the European Digital Twin Ocean public infrastructure
1- Safeguarding marine environments and coastal communities from plastic pollution
2- Nature Based Solutions
3- Unravelling marine food webs towards marine biodiversity conservation, an EDITO-Blue Cloud cooperation
PierreBahurel (Mercator Ocean International)KelliJohnson (Hereon)SaraPittonet Gaiarin (Trust-IT)Simonvan Gennip (Mercator Ocean International)
09:20
09:20 - 10:00
Panel “Digital Twin Ocean: a game changer for Ocean knowledge and action”.
MargheritaCappelletto (Ministry of Universities and Research, Italy)MarilaureGregoire (University of Liege)ThomasKlein (Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management)KateLarkin (EMODnet)CarlotaMuniz (VLIZ - Flanders Marine Institute)
10:00
10:00 - 11:30
Lunch break - Exhibition - Booths
11:30
A COMMUNITY VISION FOR THE EUROPEAN DIGITAL TWIN OCEAN: Weaving a thriving ecosystem of interoperable digital twins in support of the EU Green Deal, Mission Ocean & the UN Agenda 2030
11:30 - 11:40
Keynote
GustavKalbe (European Commission)
11:40 - 12:00
Current Digital Twins developments
3 TEDx-like pitches from initiatives selected through a call for expression of interest
1- Prediction and adaptation to rising seas and climate change (LISCOAST)
2- Monitoring water quality for oyster aquaculture in the Galway Bay (BIODIVERCOAST)
3- Early warning system for meteo-tsunamis in the western Mediterranean
TomaszDabrowski (Marine Institute)EmmaReyes (SOCIB)MichalisVousdoukas (Joint Research Centre)
12:00
12:00 - 12:45
Panel “an ecosystem of interoperable twins”
Representatives of national & international initiatives
LodewijkAbspoel (Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management - Netherlands - Digitwin North Sea Project)Pier LuigiButtigieg (Alfred Wegener Institute - UN Ocean Decade & ODIS)LouMasson (Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux - JNDF project)EvangelosSpyrakos (University of Stirling - DOORS Project)
12:45 - 13:15
Coffee Break - Exhibition - Booth
13:14
THE FUTURE OF THE EUROPEAN DIGITAL TWIN OCEAN: Your Ocean, Your Twin
13:15 - 13:35
Keynotes
MauroFacchini (European Commission)FlorikaFink-Hooijer (European Commission)
13:35 - 13:45
Short pitches (I): “What will the future look like?”
FranciscoCampuzano (+ATLANTIC CoLAB - Pipeline-DITO)HansPolet (Flanders Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Research – ILVO, ILIAD Fisheries)JoannaStaneva (Hereon)
13:45 - 13:55
Keynote: a vision for the European Digital Twin Ocean
NadiaPinardi (University of Bologna - DCC for Coastal Resilience)
13:55 - 14:40
Panel “The long-term vision for the European Digital Twin Ocean”
Early Career Ocean Professionals, citizen initiatives, societal and ethical aspects, users
JackieAshkin (University of Leiden)TonyCandela (Mercator Ocean International)WilcoHazeleger (University of Utrecht - DestinE Scientific Advisory Board)MariluzParga (SUBMON citizen science)FranziskaStressmann (European Citizen Science Association, OTTERS project)
14:40
14:40 - 14:50
Short pitches (II): “What will the future look like?”
IgorMayer (Breda University - ILIAD-MSP)TillRasmussen (Danish Meteorological Institute - NOrdic CryOSphere Digital Twin)JanStahlberg (Siliconhagen)
CLOSURE
14:50 - 15:00
Conclusion speech
JohnBell (European Commission)
15:00
NETWORKING RECEPTION
