Europole Mer : research consortium on marine science and technology in Brittany

Scope

Research Infrastructures (RI), corresponding to the long term needs of the European research communities in marine science, are listed by the European Commission in the ESFRI (European Strategic Forum for Research Infrastructures) Roadmap or within the Integrated Infrastructure Initiatives (I3) of the Framework Program 7. These RIs are major contributors to the European Research Area with the ongoing support of national research agencies. RIs are a key component of the GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) and the GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of  systems).

Europole Mer invites scientists, managers of RIs and stakeholders to discuss scientific challenges faced by RIs.

Specific programs: EMBRC provides access to models and related genomic resources of marine organisms. Euro-Argo is the European contribution to Argo, a global ocean observing system required for climate change research and operational oceanography. EMSO manages deep seafloor observatories for continuous monitoring of the environment and for security. JERICO is a joint European research infrastructure network of coastal observatories.

Outcome
The general aims of the symposium are:

• to identify the major challenges for marine science of this century,
• to foster interactions between managers and users of the RIs, including sponsors, scientists, industry and stakeholders.

Registration

On-line registration open as of January 31, 2011.

Abstract submission

Call for poster abstract submissions open as of January 31, 2011.
No call for abstract submission for oral presentations, invited speakers only.