EEA Conference on Coastal Atlas Development, Copenhagen, Denmark, 9 - 10 July 2008

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EEA Conference on Coastal Atlas Development

9 July – 10 July
Conference Room
EEA, Kongens Nytorv 6, Copenhagen, Denmark
Last update: 12 July 2008

Chair and Host of Workshop: Ronan Uhel of EEA

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WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

Time	Day 1 - Wednesday, 9 July 2008
1:30-2:00p	Registration Secretariat
2:00-2:15p	Opening Statement Prof. Jacqueline McGlade – Exec. Dir. EEA
2:15-2:30p	Introduction to the Agenda and Conference Objectives Chaired by Ronan Uhel, EEA
Session I	Ongoing Developments: Networks, Policies, Information
2:30-3:15p	International Coastal Atlas Network (ICAN) [pdf] Prof. Dawn Wright, OSU and Dr. Ned Dwyer, CMRC
3:00-3:20p	European Policy Context – Formation of EU Coastal and Maritime Policy and Information Needs [pdf] Mr. Iain Shepherd and Ms. Birgit Snoeren, European Commission - Important policy decisions and developments took place in Europe in 2007 regarding the management of coastal, marine and maritime resources, all calling for ecosystem-based management and related information (“EU Atlas of the Seas”).
3:30-3:50p	EEA Activities Related to the Coastal Atlases - Assessments, ICZM Evaluation and Future Plans [pdf] Mr. Andrus Meiner, EEA - EEA has initiated, together with the member countries, the regional seas Conventions and the European Commission, several activities that will benefit greatly from the realisation of coastal/marine mapping projects.
4:00-4:20p	Coffee Break
Session II	Understanding Better Users Requirements and Matching Services
-	User Requirements of Coastal Regions in Europe and a World Network of Coastal Regions Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) Indicators and atlas approaches that would help coastal management in the regions.
4:45-5:05p	U.S. Experience - Federated Information Sharing [pdf] Mr. Tony Lavoi, NOAA Approach towards "connecting" states’ atlases for federal assessments of coastal issues.
5:10-5:30p	Experience from Interreg Projects on Testing Observatories and Indicators [pdf] Ms. Francoise Breton, ETC-LUSI
5:30-6:00p	Demonstration of ICAN's Coastal Atlases Interoperability Project [pdf] Dr. Yassine Lassoued, Dr. Ned Dwyer (CMRC); Ms. Tanya Haddad (OCMP)
	Dinner and evening activities on your own

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Time	Day 2 - Thursday, 10 July 2008
Session III	Information Structures and Services at Work: Cutting Across Scales and Borders
9:00-11:30a	Experiences from Countries and Regions with Information Management and Communication 15 min each + 5 min Q/A - Belgium, Ms. Kathy Belpaeme (Co-ordination Centre for Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Belgium) [pdf] - France, Mr. Ronan Uhel, EEA, on behalf of IFEN Coastal Observatory, IFREMER [pdf] - Ireland, Mr. Eoin O’ Grady (Marine Institute) [pdf] - Spain, Mr. Gonzalo C. Malvárez (University Pablo de Olavide) and José Ojeda-Zújar (University of Sevilla) [pdf] - Towards a Mediterranean Coastal Information System, Mr. Jean Pierre Giraud (UNEP MAP Plan Bleu) [pdf] - The Mediterranean Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management: What Indicators are Needed?, Mr. Ivica Trumbic (UNEP MAP - PAP/RAC) [pdf] - DEDUCE, Ms. Francoise Breton, ETC-LUSI [pdf] - UK, Dr. Mike Osborne (SeaZone Solutions Ltd., UK) [pdf]
11:30-11:50a	Coffee Break
11:50a-12:20p	US-Europe: The EcoInformatics Cooperation [web site] Dr. Stefan Jensen, EEA
12:20-12:45a	African Coastal Atlas Developments [pdf] Ms. Lucy Scott (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity) and Mr. Selorm Ababio (University of Ghana)
12:45-2:00p	Lunch
Session IV	Opportunities and Proposals for Projects and Cooperation
2:25-2:35p	FP7 Research Opportunities on Environment [pdf] Mr. Miguel Nuevo-Alarcon, European Commission Related EU web site
2:35-2:45p	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): Contributing to Coastal Atlases Development [pdf] Dr. Eamonn Ó Tuama, GBIF
2:45-3:30p	General and Concluding Discussion EEA/ICAN Explore opportunities that are becoming available as a result of ICAN work and will allow for support and contributions to the respective work in Europe, as well as opportunities for US collaboration.
	End of conference (ICAN workshop group will meet informally on Friday 11 July for further concluding discussions and way forward)

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