8th EuroGOOS International Conference

The title of the conference is "Operational Oceanography Serving Sustainable Marine Development". Priorities of the conference are:
* Highlight the progress in linking and aligning European ocean observing stakeholders and initiatives towards building an integrated and sustained European Ocean Observing System (AtlantOS, INTAROS, and others);
* Highlight the progress made in integrating and aggregating European marine data to enhance its societal and economic potential (Copernicus Marine Service, EMODnet, SeaDataNet, and others);
* Identify community priorities regarding the evolution of the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service;
* Evaluate the role of marine research infrastructures in the operational oceanographic system;
* Emphasise new initiatives under way for polar seas (observation and predictive capabilities);
* Explore some of the new technologies for coastal operational oceanography;
* Elaborate the role of acoustic technologies in the ocean observing system;
* Evaluate the ongoing efforts to integrate ocean observing and data initiatives at a global level, meeting the societal, policy and economic needs

Deadline for abstracts: 30 may 2017. More info on http://eurogoos.imr.no