The list below consists of mainly external events, relevant for EU4OceanObs and involving the participation of the EU action coordinators of the GEO Blue Planet Initiative and/or G7 Future of the Seas & Oceans Initiative.

International Marine Debris Data Harmonization Workshop

Yokohama, Japan

The overall goal of this international technical workshop is to enhance the level of data including associated metadata identification to support global data harmonization for selected key marine debris indicators that will underpin the successful mitigation of plastic [...]

EuroSea Final General Assembly and Symposium 2023

Paris

The EuroSea project entitled ‘Improving and Integrating European Ocean Observing and Forecasting Systems for Sustainable use of the Oceans’ is a EU-funded Horizon 2020 Innovation Action running from November 2019 to December 2023. Bringing together 55 institutes from [...]

10th EuroGOOS International Conference

Galway, Ireland

European operational oceanography for the ocean we want – addressing the UN Ocean Decade Challenges The EuroGOOS International Conference takes place every three years to take stock of the progress in the development of the oceanographic services for [...]

EuroGEO Workshop 2023

Bolzano, Italy

Towards an integrated and convergent EuroGEO EuroGEO brings together and coordinates activities in Europe that contribute to the initiatives of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO). GEO is at a crossroad with defining its post-25 strategy (currently under [...]

EurOcean 2023 Conference

Galicia, Spain

EurOCEAN conferences are major European marine science-policy conferences providing a forum for the marine and maritime research community and wider stakeholders to interface with European and Member State policymakers and strategic planners.

GEO BON Conference

Montreal, Canada

The Global Conference on Biodiversity and Monitoring is organised by GEO BON and its partners from 10 to 13 October 2023 in Montreal, Canada. One year after COP15 of the UN CBD and the landmark agreement of a [...]

GEO Blue Planet 6th Symposium

Seoul, Korea

The 6th GEO Blue Planet Symposium to be held in Seoul, Korea from 31 October 31 – 2 November 2023 in Seoul, Korea. These GEO Blue Planet symposiums are designed to increase regional linkages, promoting linkages between stakeholders [...]

GEO Week 2023 & Ministerial Summit Cape Town

GEO Week 2023 will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, from 6-10 November 2023. The week will include the GEO-19 Plenary from 8-9 November and the GEO Ministerial Summit on 10 November. Organized by the Group on Earth [...]

EMODnet Open Conference 2023

Brussels, Belgium

The EMODnet Open Conference 2023 is a public, in-person event in Brussels, Belgium. This provides a unique opportunity to gain access to cutting-edge marine data service updates, influential speakers, have your say in EMODnet’s evolution and expand your network, connecting and exchange [...]