The Future of the 21st Century Ocean: Marine Sciences and European Research Infrastructures
An International Symposium
FRANCE, Brest, Le Quartz: 28 June - 1 July 2011

Call  for posters and registrations are now open at
http://www.europolemer.eu/en/marine-esfri-symposium.php

Deadline for Early bird registration and for poster abstract submission: April 1, 2011

Program and list of invited speakers available at
http://www.europolemer.eu/en/program_0.php

Scope of the symposium:
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.
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Séverine Thomas
Executive Director of Groupement d'Intérêt Scientifique Europôle Mer

Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer / European Institute for Marine Studies
Technopôle Brest-Iroise
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