24.09.2007
12:00 – 19:00 Arrival of the participants
19:00 Welcome reception
25.09.2007
a.m.
08:30 Registration of the participants
09:00 - 10:00 Official opening.
Introduction: Atanas Palazov & Gennady Korotaev – Black Sea operational oceanography – achievements and challenges
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
Session 1: Hristo Slabakov memorial session - Regional cooperation promoting operational services
Chair: Nadia Pinardi Reporter: Nikolay Valchev
10:30 – 12:00 Valery Eremeev BSGOOS activity towards an efficient Black Sea cooperation and integration with European initiatives
Atanas Palazov National and European Projects strengthening the Black Sea operational capacity
Simion Nicolaev Black Sea Observing System: requirements for implementation of ecosystem based fisheries management
Nadia Pinardi Mediterranean operational forecasting products and services
Nikolay Valchev Understanding end users needs a key element of successful operational services
12:00 – 12:30 Discussion on related topics and issues emerged
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break
p.m.
Session 2: Observing systems – state of the art and needs
Chair: Vlado Dadic Reporter: Jon Rees
14:00 – 15:30 Kakhaber Bilashvili Black Sea observing systems inventory and identification of gaps in the existing monitoring networks
Viorel Malciu Sea level services in the Black Sea
Vitaly Ivanov Ukrainian coastal zone observing system
George Kordzakhia Current State and Perspectives of Operational Oceanographic Activities in Georgia
Frederic Melin Phytoplankton biomass and productivity in the Black Sea derived from the ocean colour record
Jon Rees Ecosystem observations in the Southern North Sea
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:30 Antonio Guarnieri ADRICOSM-The Italian national observing system integrated as MOON sub-regional program
Vlado Dadic CROMOS - Croatian marine observing system
Kai Soetje Operational oceanography at The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, BSH - Services, Users, data management
Enrique Alvarez Fanjul ESEOO-The Spanish national observing system integrated as MOON sub-regional program
Rosalia Santoleri The Mediterranean satellite observing system for operational oceanography
17:30 – 18:00 Discussion on related topics and issues emerged
19:00 Dinner
26.09.2007
a.m.
Session 3: Forecasting for environmental security
Chair: Gennady Korotaev Reporter: Isaac Gertman
09:00 – 10:30 Gennady Korotaev Design of the Black Sea operational forecasting system
Temel Oguz Black Sea ecosystem modeling and forecasting
Simona Stefanescu Operational modelling activities for the Black Sea in Romania
Jean-Michel Lefevre Operational system for the sea state forecasting in the Black Sea
Dimitar Trukhchev Components of oceanographycal monitoring as a base of Western Black Sea forecasting
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Rashit Ibrayev Basin Scale modelling techniques
Sarantis Sofianos The Mediterranean Operational Oceanography Network forecasting system
Isaac Gertman Operational forecasting for the South Eastern Levantine Basin
George Triantafylloy POSEIDON phase II; The Greek monitoring and forecasting system: Toward the development of a biophysical forecasting system for the Mediterranean Sea
Entcho Demirov GOAPP - Canadian network for Global
Ocean-Atmosphere Predictions
12:30 – 13:00 Discussion on related topics and issues emerged
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
p.m.
Session 4: Communication, coordination of data exchange and data policy
Chair: Vladimir Vladimirov Reporter: Giuseppe Manzella
14:00 – 15:30 Atanas Palazov Building communication and data management capacity as an essential requisite of the basin scale observing and forecasting system
Nickolay Mikhailov Regional information and data exchange practices
Vladimir Vladimirov Web-based Sources of Data for the Black Sea: Progress During Last 10 Years
Thomas Hammarklint Real-time data exchange - experiences and future outlooks
Giuseppe Manzella Operational Data Management and Services
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 16:30 Vladimir Vladimirov Oceanographic data exchange and data exchange policy
Murray Brown Practical Strategies for Building a National Ocean Data Resource
16:30 – 17:00 Discussion on related topics and issues emerged
19:00 Official dinner
27.09.2007
a.m.
Session 5: Black Sea integration in a sustained Pan-European system
Chair: Bente Lilja Bye Reporter: Dick Schaap
09:00 – 10:30 Johannes Guddal Joint marine meteorological and oceanographic observing and forecasting system: ultimate goal and common efforts
Bente Lilja Bye Integration of the Black Sea into the European sea level services
Erik Buch ECOOP – European coastal ocean observing system
Dick Schaap SEADATANET - a pan-European infrastructure for ocean and marine data management
Roland Person European Seas Observatory Network
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00 POSTER SESSION
12:00 – 12:30 Discussion on related topics and issues emerged
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break
p.m.
Session 6: Future challenges and initiatives
Chair: Hans Dahlin Reporter: J. Michael Hemsley
14:00 – 15:30 Francois Gerard Bridging the gap between oceans and coasts, the challenge for GOOS in the next decade
Hans Dahlin Overview of initiatives for European operational systems: competitiveness through merging the efforts
J. Michael Hemsley Ocean Observing in the United States of America - The Integrated Ocean Observing System and the Ocean Observatories Initiative
Georgi Kortchev The WMO Marine Meteorology and Oceanography Programme: Current status and future activities
Nikolaos Mihalopoulos NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme
15:30 – 16:00 Discussion on future challenges and initiatives
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 – 17:30 Final discussion and conclusions
17:30 Closure of the workshop |
