European Commission

The Info Day presenting the call FP7-OCEAN-2010 "The ocean of tomorrow" took place on 16 September 2009 in Charlemagne Conference Centre in Brussels.
140 persons attended the conference.

Morning session : [webstream ]

Janez Potočnik, Commissioner for Science and Research, and Joe Borg, Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs welcomed the participants. They underlined the importance of the joint effort among different FP7 Themes and the appropriateness of the interdisciplinary approach of the call as an important step towards the implementation of the EU marine and maritime strategy, in the spirit of the EU's Integrated Maritime Policy.

The morning session, chaired by Maive Rute, Director of Directorate E 'Biotechnologies, Agriculture, Food' in the the Research DG, went on with a general presentation of the rationale for this call, its modalities for implementation, and the presentation of the three topics.

It was followed by a floor discussion with all Commission services, chaired by Tim Hall Head of Unit RTD E4 'Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Aquaculture'. Questions concerned specific points on the text of the 3 topics as well as more general comments on the call itself.

Afternoon session: [webstream ]

The 2 hour brokerage session organised in the afternoon allowed participants to get to know each other better. 25 "flash" presentations were given by participants related to a project idea, to their competence in the specific field, or to their interest in starting or joining a consortium.

It was followed by a short final discussion on future joint calls and a conclusion.

PROGRAMME

10:00 Janez Potočnik European Commissioner for Science and Research - download pdf [17.9kb]

10:15 Joe Borg European Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs - download pdf [16.3kb]

10:30 Andras Siegler, Director, Transport Directorate - the Research DG
EU Strategy for marine and maritime research, Implementation roadmap - download pdf [18kb]

10:45 Manuela Soares, Director, Environment Directorate - the Research DG
Environmental challenges in the context of the EU Strategy for marine and maritime research - download pdf [21kb]

11:00 Maive Rute, Director, Biotechnologies, Agriculture, Food Directorate - the Research DG
Call “The ocean of tomorrow”: rationale, context, content - download pdf [23.8kb]

11:15 Tim Hall, Head of Unit, Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Aquaculture Unit Biotechnologies, Agriculture, Food Directorate - the Research DG
Call “The ocean of tomorrow”: description of the topics, modalities for implementation - download pdf [54.9mb]

11:45 Floor discussion with all Commission services concerned

12:30 Lunch Break

14:00 Brokerage session - Flash presentations
Moderator: Pierre Mathy, Head of Unit, Management of Natural Resources Unit, Environment Directorate - the Research DG

	Interest		Presentation title	Organisation	Name	Download PDF
topic1	topic2		The ARCSUS proposal Consortium	MarkMar ehf. University of Iceland Iceland	Sigurdur Bogason	download [2.7mb]
	topic2		Laboratory of applied bioacoustics	Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics Technical University of Barcelona (UPC) Spain	Michel André	download [3.8mb]
topic1	topic2	topic3	Vectors of Changes in Marine Life, Impact on Economic Sectors – a developing consortium	Plymouth Marine Laboratory United Kingdom	Melanie Austen	download [22.5kb]
	topic2		Deltares in ‘Oceans of Tomorrow’	DeltaRes, The Netherlands	Michiel Blind	download [6.9mb]
	topic2		End-to-end simulations of marine animals’ population dynamics under the pressure of climate change and fisheries	CLS, Satellite Oceanography Division, Marine Ecosystem Modeling and Monitoring by Satellites (MEMMS team) France	Philippe Gaspar	download [2.7mb]
	topic2		Factors affecting pelagic prey fish: impacts on fisheries and tourism	Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen United Kingdom	Simon Greenstreet
	topic2		Latitudinal gradient of marine biotic and abiotic factors in the Macaronesian Archipelagos (Central Eastern Atlantic Ocean): effects on marine resources	Research Center of Biodiversity and Environmental Management (BIOGES) Spain	Ricardo J. Haroun	download [13mb]
	topic2		A coordinated holistic european approach to protect marine life and livelihood and to assess and regional implement environmental Directives and Conventions	Newcastle University United Kingdom	Ehsan Mesbahi
	topic2		Jellyfish blooms in the Mediterranean ecosystems and impact on human activities	Universita del Salento, Italy	Stefano Piraino	download [6.5mb]
	topic2		Wave Energy Centre Capacities And Vision For Potential Collaboration	Wave Energy Centre Portugal	Gonçalo Viegas	download [3.2mb]
	topic2		Genomics for the ocean	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Laboratory for animal diversity and systemics Belgium	Filip Volckaert	download [19.8mb]
		topic3	Monitoring of the sea bed	StatoilHydro, Norway	Hans Aksel Haugen	download [1.6mb]
		topic3	ECO2 initiative proposal	Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) Germany	Klaus Wallmann	download [1.4mb]
topic1	topic2		The challenges of integrated assessment for integrated management	Université de Bretagne Occidentale UMR-AMURE, centre de droit et d’économie de la mer France	Denis Bailly	download [8.5mb]
	topic2	topic3	Bridging European Marine Information: Gaps and Potentialities	EurOcean, Portugal	Cristina Costa	download [5.6mb]
topic1	topic2	topic3	Presentation of PLOCAN oceanic platform	Plocan : Plataforma Oceanica de Canarias Spain	Eric Delory	download [14mb]
topic1	topic2		Presentation of JRC IES RWER activities	EC JRC, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Rural, Water and Ecosystem Resources Unit	Georg Hanke	download [1.6mb]
topic1	topic2	topic3	Marine and Maritime research at the Strathclyde Marine Institute	University of Strathclyde, Marine Institute United Kingdom	Atilla Incecik	download [1.4mb]
topic1	topic2	topic3	Presentation of the Waterborne Technology Platform Coordination of R&D for Maritime Transport in Europe	University of Strathclyde, Marine Institute United Kingdom	Atilla Incecik	download [9.2mb]
	topic2	topic3	Knowledge management for marine FP7 project partnerships	Aqua TT, Ireland	Erin Caitlin Mcveigh-Smith	download [584kb]
	topic2	topic3	Deap sea minerals - climate change	University of Mainz Institute of Physiological Chemistry Germany	Werner Müller	download [4.5mb]
		topic3	Research Centre (MMRRC) at University of Limerick in the area of sub-sea survey	University of Limerick, Ireland	Sean Nolan	download [14.3mb]
topic1		topic3	Deep Sea Observatories Networks: the needs and the solutions	IFREMER, France	Roland Person	download [17.6mb]
topic1	topic2	topic3	Ocean governance: challenge of change	Centre for Environmental and Marine Sciences (CEMS), University of Hull Scarborough Campus United Kingdom	Sunil Murlidhar Shastri	download [327kb]
topic1	topic2	topic3	Baltic Research Center	University of Gdańsk Institute of Oceanography Baltic Research Center Poland	Adam Sokołowski	download [2.8mb]

16:00 Questions & Answers session

16:15 Concluding remarks by the European Commission
Waddah Saab, coordinator for the EU Strategy for marine and maritime research

THE OCEAN OF TOMORROW, THE CALL AT A GLANCE

Excellence in marine and maritime research, and in particular improved integration between all the relevant scientific disciplines, are needed to address complex sea-related issues in the framework of the EU maritime policy. This is an essential objective of the Communication A European Strategy for Marine and Maritime Research (COM (2008) 534), adopted in September 2008, which suggested, among other actions, to launch joint calls under FP7 in 2009-2010 on major research topics requiring a cross-thematic approach. The ocean of tomorrow call, which has been launched on 30 July 2009, is the first Commission initiative to implement this commitment.

The objective of the call is to build the knowledge base for a sustainable growth of sea-based activities. It will do this in two ways: by improving understanding of marine ecosystems’ response to a combination of natural and anthropogenic factors, and by providing a scientific foundation for feasible, sustainable management measures supporting policies and possible related technologies.

The call will be implemented through three topics:

• [topic 1] Quantification of climate change impacts on economic sectors in the Arctic. (€11 milllion)
• [topic 2] Vectors of changes in marine life, impact on economic sectors. (€12.5 million)
• [topic 3] Sub-seabed carbon storage and the marine environment. (€10.5 million)

The call has been published on CORDIS on 30 July 2009 under the Cooperation Themes: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology; Energy; Environment; Transport; Socioeconomic sciences and Humanities: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7
It will be led by the Directorate ‘Biotechnologies, Agriculture, Food’ of the the Research DG.

The only official documentation regarding the call FP7-OCEAN-2010 'The ocean of tomorrow' is displayed on CORDIS website: http://cordis.europa.eu- Contact: RTD-OCEAN-CALL@ec.europa.eu

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