Program Overview

Keynote: “Interoperability and Standardization for Marine Sensors and Observation Data” (Dick Schaap*, MARIS)

	Monday, August 29th	Tuesday August 30th	Wednesday, August 31st
8:00		Registration
8:30
9:00		Welcome, Keynote	Presentation Session
9:30
10:00		Presentation Session
10:30		Coffee Break	Coffee Break
11:00		Presentation Session	Open Session: Discussion, Roadmap
11:30
12:00
12:30		Lunch Break	Lunch Break
13:00			Open Session: Discussion, Opportunities for Cooperations
13:30		Presentation Session
14:00
14:30
15:00	Registration
15:30		Coffee Break	Coffee Break
16:00	Tutorials	Presentation Session	Developer Meet-Ups
16:30
17:00
17:30
18:00	Tutorials
18:30
19:00	Icebreaker	Get-Together
open end

* Dick Schaap is the managing director of MARIS B.V., a company developing web based services and applications in the fields of oceanographic data management, geographical interfaces and websites with complex information structures. He is a longtime strategist in the domain of ocean and marine data management and has extensive experience in the coordination of a range of EU projects on marine data management infrastructures. As the technical coordinator of SeaDataNet – the pan-European infrastructure for ocean and marine data management – and of the Ocean Data Interoperability Platform (ODIP) with participation of leading data management experts from EU, USA, Canada and Australia, he acutely aware of the need for interoperability and standardization in the marine community. He is also heavily involved in the definition, development and implementation of the European Marine Observations and Data Network (EMODnet) and its range of thematic data portals.