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SHAREMED logo SHAREMED focuses on increasing the capabilities to assess and address hazards related to pollution and environmental threats in Mediterranean transnational waters.
This goal will be achieved by sharing knowledge, observations and technologies as well as building common frameworks, tools and services to assess and possibly forecast impacts of environmental threats to the marine ecosystems. Different sites will follow a common procedure but can focus on different aspects and environmental threats, depending on the site and size specificity.
The project will focus on selected causes of environmental hazard to be chosen in agreement with stakeholders and regional strategies among pollution, changes in trophic regime, weather/climate changes.
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Andromeda logo Current methods for microplastic (MP) analysis can be divided in low-cost versus more advanced methods. ANDROMEDA recognizes that further development and validation is needed for both approaches. There is a need for low-cost methods that can identify a broad range of MP polymers with acceptable accuracy. Advanced methods need to be further developed to push the limit of detectability for smaller sizes of MP and nanoplastics (NP) and which are able to analyze MP types that are currently difficult to analyze by microspectroscopy. Moreover, to study plastic degradation mechanisms over a reasonable time frame, lab-based accelerated degradation approaches are required to mimic natural fragmentation and additive chemical leaching. Within ANDROMEDA, in situ MP detection, efficient sampling and cost-effective laboratory methods will be developed and optimized to analyze MP. Approaches will be based on hyperspectral imaging, chemical markers and fluorometric detection techniques. Advanced analysis techniques making use of µFTIR, Raman imaging and SEM-EDX will be applied to quantify and characterize MP and NP down to 1 µm, 0.2 µm or lower. Specific tasks will be dedicated to challenging types of MP such as microfibers, TWPs and paint flakes. UV, hydrolytic and thermo-oxidative methods to study accelerated plastic degradation at the lab scale will be developed and used to prepare partially degraded reference materials. Comprehensive degradation studies will be conducted to study in detail the mechanisms of UV and microbial degradation, as well as investigating the influence of parameters such as T, pH and hyperbaric pressure, where special attention will be paid to additive chemical leaching.
SMS logo SMS delivers a novel automated networked system that enables real-time in situ monitoring of marine water chemicals in coastal areas by the detection of a series of contaminants regulated by the MSFD.
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M3-HABs logo The M3-HABs project (Risk Monitoring, Modelling and Mitigation of Benthic Harmful Algal Blooms along Mediterranean coasts; http://m3-habs.net), co-funded by the ENPI-CBCMED Programme, addressed the need to develop a pan-Mediterranean strategy to monitor benthic Harmful Algal Blooms (specifically Ostreopsis spp.), developing common monitoring and management strategies, based on early detection and forecasting tools.
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JERICO-RI logo The JERICO-S3 project aims to bring the JERICO-RI to another level of integration and of relevance for society at large, by adding new innovative infrastructures, while integrating biogeochemical and biological observations in an operational way and increasing its inherent value through cooperation with other providers of coastal observations and information. The overarching target of JERICO-S3 is to provide researchers with continuous and more valuable coastal data and datasets, coupling physical and biological information, as well as extending the cooperation with Marine Infrastructures in Europe (CMEMS, EuroARGO, EMSO, ICOS, EMBRC) and outside Europe (USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc).
ODYSSEA logo ODYSSEA will develop, operate and demonstrate an interoperable and cost-effective platform that fully integrates networks of observing and forecasting systems across the Mediterranean basin, addressing both the open sea and the coastal zone. The platform will collect its data from the many databases maintained by agencies, public authorities, and institutions of Mediterranean EU and non-EU countries, integrating existing earth observation facilities and networks in the Mediterranean Sea building on key initiatives such as Copernicus, GEOSS, GOOS, EMODnet, and others with marine and maritime links. Through ODYSSEA’s end-user centred approach, in which the various groups of end-users and stakeholders, within and external to the Consortium, will be involved from Day 1 of the project in the design, development and operation of the platform, including identification of gaps in data collection and accessibility. High priority gaps will be filled through multiple approaches that include developing a network of coastal observatories, deploying novel in-situ sensors at sea (a.o. microplastic sensors), oceanographic modelling and integrating existing mobile apps for citizen scientist networks. Applying advanced algorithms to organise, homogenise and fuse the large quantities of data in common standard type and format as well as other types of formats, the ODYSSEA platform will provide both primary data and on-demand derived data services, including forecasts, from ALL Mediterranean countries through a SINGLE PUBLIC PORTAL to various end-user groups and stakeholders. End-user requirements will drive the creation of secondary data sets which the platform will provide as new and packaged services matching the specialised information needs of users. ODYSSEA will improve accessibility to existing data as well as increase the temporal and geographic coverage of observational data in the Mediterranean.
iMarDIS logo SEACAMS2 is a €35M ERDF and Welsh Government funded investment designed to increase investment in the Ocean Renewable Energy (ORE) sector in Wales. Collaborative research with industry is addressing key questions from the ORE industry designed to de-risk investment decisions for the sector. SECAMS2 researchers have developed and apply cutting edge observational systems and advanced numerical models to assess the energy resource and determine environmental potential impacts of renewable energy devices on benthic and pelagic ecosystems. In response to user demands for single point of access to all SEACAMS data a new data infrastructure (iMarDIS) has been developed. Designed from the outset with users, iMarDIS is a state-of-the-art cloud based infrastructure capable of hosting the multi-terabyte data derived from data intensive science. A web portal provides a data discovery and download service that accesses iMarDIS via an API.
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COMMON SENSE logo COMMON SENSE is devoted to provide innovative sensors for emerging pollutants, making the data accessible through a web platform, in order to support the implementation of the MSFD and CFP.
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MED4EBM logo MED4EBM project was financially supported by the European Union under the ENI CBC Med Program and it involved six partners: the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)-Jordan Country Office as lead beneficiary, the Planning and Development Consulting (PROGES), the association Amici della Terra (AdT), the Royal Marine Conservation Society of Jordan (JREDS), the National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies (INSTM) and the Tyre Coast Nature Reserve (TCNR). MED4EBM project intends to assist Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) actors and stakeholders in four Mediterranean coastal areas, the coasts of Aqaba (Jordan), Tarsia lake (Italy), Kneiss islands nature reserve (Tunisia) and Tyre Coast Nature Reserve (Lebanon), to jointly develop and apply a common reference-model and methodology to make ecosystem-based ICZM much easier to design and implement by applying innovative methods and tools. The project will develop spatial planning software and operational protocols for data analysis, integration and forecasting in support of decision-makers; and enhance cross border capacity of public authorities to plan for, sustainably manage, use and monitor their coastal ecosystems, using an effective participatory approach with relevant stakeholders and local communities. ICZM stakeholders and institutional actors can thus easily establish ecosystem-based ICZM local/national and regional/cross-border cooperation and coordination platforms. Governments and other ICZM stakeholders can use these platforms to take informed decisions for establishing Ecosystem-Based governance protocols for coastal and marine resources. Institutions concerned with ICZM in the four Project’s target areas will also jointly undertake the spreading of the common methodology they have developed around the Mediterranean by establishing a joint EBM and ICZM regional Forum and Centre.
CERTO logo Water quality is a worldwide issue affecting food production, industry, nature, recreation and ultimately human wellbeing. Satellites offer a cost-effective solution to monitor water quality at a global scale; however, a variety of methods and approaches are currently used in three Copernicus services for different water bodies such as oceans and lakes while transitional waters are not covered well by any service. CERTO will develop a harmonized capability to monitor water quality from lakes, through deltas, lagoons, estuaries, coastal waters and to the open ocean.
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Med OSMOSIS logo MED OSMoSIS is a project focusing on developing and testing innovative modules/applications regarding Maritime Surveillance and open data exchanges that will enhance the interoperability between stakeholders interested particularly in safety, security and rescue scenarios in the Mediterranean Sea. Its expected results include a rapid deployment of interoperable technical solutions, systems and ICT infrastructure, highlighting all demands among the integration and cooperation challenges appearing in modern maritime governance within the limits of CISE.
LifeWatch ERIC logo LifeWatch ERIC is the e-Science European infrastructure consortium for biodiversity & ecosystem research, operating through and investing on three essential components: open access data (FAIR compliant), reproducible analytics and mobilised communities. The datasets and disruptive technologies available through LifeWatch ERIC, like our Virtual Research Environments (Tesseract), LifeBlock platform and semantic resources, make it possible to dig deeper and increase our understanding of biodiversity organisation and ecosystem functions and services, to test scenarios of change, and finally to help respond to urgent societal demands, such as those included in the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Decade of Ocean Science.
Marina Lipizer Marina Lipizer
OGS, Italy
Marina Lipizer is marine scientist at the National Institute of Oceanography and of Experimental Geophysics (OGS), involved in research in biological, chemical and physical oceanography, with particular interest on phytoplankton bloom dynamics and on long - term ecosystem variability in coastal areas. She collaborates with the National Oceanographic Data Centre (OGS – NODC) for the management and scientific validation of data of chemical and biological oceanography, in particular those related to Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). In the last years she has been particularly involved in strengthening the science-policy-society dialogue, with particular focus on environmental directives such as MSFD and MSP. She recently coordinated the Interreg ADRION project HarmoNIA, focussed on marine pollution.
Aldo Drago Aldo Drago
University of Malta, Malta
Prof. Aldo Drago, is currently the Co-Ordinator of the Physical Oceanography Research Group (PO-Res. Grp., ex Physical Oceanography Unit, PO-Unit) within the Department of Geosciences. The PO-Res.Grp undertakes oceanographic research, in a holistic perspective, including operational marine observations and forecasts, specialised data management analysis and participation in international cooperative research ventures. The PO-Res.Grp promotes activities in operational oceanography with the installation and maintenance of permanent sea monitoring systems, and the provision of meteo-marine forecasts and related downstream services. Under his direction, the PO-Res.Grp has strengthened its activities, know-how and capability through the participation in several EU funded regional and pan-European scientific projects, INTERREG and MED Programme projects.
Cosimo Solidoro
OGS, Italy
SHAREMED project leader

Andreja Ramšak
NIB, Slovenia
Maria João Botelho Maria João Botelho
IPMA, Portugal
M. João Botelho (MJB) is a researcher of the Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), head of the Division of Oceanography and Marine Environment and head of the National Reference Laboratory of Marine Toxins at IPMA. Her expertise is on accumulation and biotransformation mechanisms of marine toxins in bivalves and her research is focused in fate and pathways of marine toxins and biosensors development to toxin detection. MJB participated in more than 24 research projects and contracts and published more than 29 peer-reviewed articles.
Donata Canu
OGS, Italy
Chiara Lapucci
LaMMA, Italy
Caroline Cusack
Marine Institute, Ireland
CoCLIME

Richard Sempéré Richard Sempéré
Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, France
ANDROMEDA

Richard Sempéré (RS), PhD, is oceanographer, marine and atmospheric geochemist at AMU-M I O. He is also Director of research at CNRS.
Nives Kovač Nives Kovač
Senior Scientific Associate
National Institute of Biology, Marine Biology Station
SMS

Assoc. Prof. Nives Kovač is researcher (senior research fellow) at the Marine biological station (department of National Institute of Biology, Slovenia) and a Faculty Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the Faculty of Education, University of Primorska. She has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) and more than 30 years of research experiences.
Petros Varelidis
Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency, Greece
INVALIS

Mariachiara Chiantore Mariachiara Chiantore
CoNISMa, Genoa University, Italy
M3-HABs

Mariachiara Chiantore, project coordinator of M3-HABs is Associate Professor in Ecology at the University of Genoa. She has authored and co-authored over 100 papers on international journals. Main research interests refer to biodiversity and functioning of coastal benthic communities, connectivity and resilience, aquaculture and integrated multi trophic aquaculture, ecology of benthic toxic microalgae, ocean acidification, restoration of species and habitats.
Cristina Fossi
University of Siena, Italy
PLASTICBUSTERS MPAs

Carlo Brandini
Lamma, Italy
SICOMARplus

João Vitorino João Vitorino
Hydrographic Institute, Portugal
JERICO

João Vitorino is a physical oceanographer at Instituto Hidrografico (IH, the Portuguese Hydrographic Office). He is presently the responsible scientist for IH contribution in the H2020 projects JERICO-S3 and JERICO-Design.
Olga Sedioli Olga Sedioli
Regione Emilia Romagna, Italy
Interreg ADRION Cluster

Olga Sedioli, employee at Emilia-Romagna Region, in the Directorate General for Territory and Environment Protection. Coordinator of PORTODIMARE project and of ADRION Thematic Cluster n. 2. Standing member of the EUSAIR Pillar 3 Thematic Steering Group.
Christian Grenz
MIO-AMU, France
Fabio Brunetti
OGS, Italy
Adam Gauci
University of Malta, Malta
Adam Gauci is a data scientist at the Physical Oceanography Research Group within the Department of Geosciences. He has been involved in a number of projects including the setting up and calibration of the CALYPSO HF Radar System to monitor in real-time sea surface currents across the Malta Channel, the running of a number of meteo-marine observation stations, as well as the organisation of international courses delivered by experts in the related fields of research. He has experience in FP7, Italia-Malta, MED and MCST Programs by being involved in consortium negotiation, budgeting, procurement, tendering, technical installations, setup of data transfer protocols, as well as in the implementation of added value services and their respective validation. Obtained his Ph.D. with the Department of Intelligent Computer Systems at the University of Malta with research on the applications of Machine Learning techniques on mega-dimensional datasets. His interdisciplinary investigations support the cooperation between domain-specific researchers which has become increasingly important in scientific fields of study.
Martin Pfannkuchen Martin Pfannkuchen
Center for Marine Research
Ruder Boskovic Institute

Dr. rer. nat. Martin Pfannkuchen is the head of the Center for Marine Research (Ruder Boskovic Institute) in Rovinj, Croatia. The Center for Marine Research in Rovinj performs research in the northern Adriatic Sea.
Georgios Sylaios
Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
ODYSSEA

David Mills David Mills
School of Ocean Sciences, United Kingdom
IMARDIS

Dr David Mills, Marine Scientist with more than 30 years experience in multidisciplinary marine science. His experience encompasses the development and application of marine observing and modelling systems and more recently data infrastructures to provide better evidence and new knowledge for policy, industry and wider societal users.
Affiliation: Senior Research Fellow and Director of IMARDIS, Bangor University Centre for Applied Marine Science, Wales.
Ghada el Serafy
Deltares, Netherlands
HiSEA

Sergio Martínez Sergio Martínez
Universitat de Barcelona
Sergio Martínez is Electronical engineering and computer scientific by Universitat de Barcelona. He focus his professional career in the development of innovative automated solutions. He was the coordinator of COMMON SENSE, and nowadays is involved among others in IMPAQT, ODYSSEA and ASTRAL project.
Bechir Bejaoui Bechir Bejaoui
The National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies, Tunisia
Co-Evolve4BG

Béchir BEJAOUI is a researcher at the National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies (INSTM, Tunisia). He is working on hydrodynamical and biogeochemical modelling of marine ecosystems. He coordinating IMAS-Icheul project funded by USAID in the frame of PEER program and the Co-Evolve4BG project funded by the EU in the frame of the ENI CBC MED programme.
Full affiliation: National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies, Tunisia
Amel Zouari Bellaaj Amel Zouari Bellaaj
The National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies, Tunisia
MED4EBM

Amel Bellaaj Zouari, PhD in Biology, I am searcher in the National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies and member of the Laboratory Marine Environment. My fields of interest are the Microbial Ecology of aquatic microroganisms communities and the Ecosystem functioning and management. Currently, I coordinate MED4EBM Project.
Steve Groom
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
CERTO

Prof. Steve Groom has over 30 years’ experience in satellite and aircraft remote sensing with special interest in ocean colour, coccolithophores, inland waters and near-real time, operational environmental monitoring. He is Head of Science for Earth Observation Science, the largest science area at PML with over 30 tenured staff and has managed over 50 commissioned research projects funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UK Space Agency, the European Commission (EC), Copernicus, and European Space Agency (ESA).
Toste Tanhua Toste Tanhua
Geomar, Germany
EUROSEA

Dimitrios Panagopoulos Dimitrios Panagopoulos
Environmentalist, Officer of Unit B' of the Special Service of EU Structural Funds
for the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy

Dimitrios Panagopoulos is an environmentalist who works for the Special Service of EU Structural Funds for the Ministry of Maritime Affairs & Insular Policy in Greece. The main objectives and challenges he and his colleagues face within his organization are to work on the strategic financing guidelines of the Ministry and to anticipate several challenges related to the implementation of Integrated Maritime Policy. In particular, subjects such as port and insular policies, the scope of an integrated maritime surveillance supported by new innovative technologies as well as the strategic transition in digitalization, are some of the priorities in mapping, programming and specialization of new projects.
Maria Ana Martins
IPMA, Portugal
Dragana Drakulović
UoM, Montenegro
Chiara Altobelli Chiara Altobelli
OGS, Italy
Chiara Altobelli is actually involved in scientific communication and project management at the Italian National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS), Oceanography section. She worked as a researcher in the field of marine biologist at the Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) and as a technical officer at the Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea Protection of Italy (MEIT) involved in national coordination of the environmental monitoring within the Mediterranean basin as required by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2008/56/CE).
Christina Zeri Christina Zeri
HCMR, Greece
Christina Zeri, Chemist Oceanographer, Research Director, Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR). Her work focuses on marine pollution from metals and plastics and she is active in the monitoring activities for WFD and MSFD in Greece.
Carlos Vale Carlos Vale
CIMAR, Portugal
Carlos Vale (CV) holds habilitation in chemical oceanography and contamination of the coastal zone, and a degree in chemical engineering (IST). Presently, CV is principal researcher at CIIMAR, and he was coordinator researcher of Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), director of the Sea Branch of IPMA, member of the Scientific Board of the Master Marine Science (ICBAS, University of Porto), and Vice-President of the International Council for the Exploitation of the Sea (ICES). He co-supervised more than 15 PhD and 25 MSc students and was sponsor of 11 post-docs. CV has more than 40 years of experience in marine science and environmental chemistry. He participated in more than 50 research projects and contracts. CV published more than 240 peer-reviewed articles and 40 book chapters (h-index 49).
Jelena Knezevic
UNEP/MAP - MEDPOL
Fabio Trincardi
CNR – BLUEMED, Italy
Elisa Berdalet Elisa Berdalet
CSIC, Spain
Dr. Elisa Berdalet (berdalet@icm.csic.es) is Scientific Researcher at the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), in Barcelona, Spain.
Her studies focus on physical-biological interactions in plankton ecosystems, harmful algal blooms (specially on the benthic dinoflagellate Ostreopsis), and ice-ocean interactions in the Antarctica.
She is the Chair of the GlobalHAB SSC IOC/UNESCO - SCOR program GlobalHAB, aimed to the coordination of the international research on Harmful Algal Blooms.
Vanessa Cardin Vanessa Cardin
MONGOOS
OGS, Italy

Vanessa Cardin is a senior researcher at OGS with expertise in monitoring the marine environment as well as in the study of processes related to the air-sea interaction in Mediterranean Sea. She is the Co-Chair of the Mediterranean Oceanographic Network of the Ocean Observing System (MONGOOS), P.I. of the South Adriatic Observatory and OGS delegate at EuroGOOS.
Jordi Isern-Fontanet
ICM – CSIC, Spain
Christos Arvanitidis Christos Arvanitidis
LifeWatch ERIC, Spain
Dr Christos Arvanitidis LifeWatch ERIC CEO, Seville, Spain. Research Director in the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, former head of the Biodiversity laboratory. Involved in >70 research and education projects, coordinated 10. Research Funding ID: >40 M€. More than 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles, including 3 monographs. Associate Editor in Diversity, Frontiers in Marine Science, Biodiversity Data Journal; Handling Editor in Mediterranean Marine Science; Guest Editor in Marine Ecology Progress Series and Journal of Sea Research; Member of the editorial board of Transitional Waters Bulletin; Reviewer in more than 45 international peer-reviewed journals. Member of: Pool of experts and biodiversity drafting team of UN World Ocean Assessment; National expert on the GES Descriptor “Biodiversity” to EU (MSFD Implementation phase); ICES Task Group 6 working on the seafloor integrity (EU MSDF); Executive Board of MARS (European Network of Marine Research Institutes and Stations); Society for the Marine European Biodiversity Data (SMEBD); Editorial Board of the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS); Scientific Advisory Council of the International Polychaete Association (IPA); Scientific Council of the Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie marine et continentale (IMBE). Coordinator of the LifeWatchGreece Research Infrastructure and national delegate to LifeWatch ERIC. Arvanitidis' research focuses on marine biodiversity, biodiversity informatics, functional diversity, and coastal ecosystems. He works on the comparisons of marine biodiversity information patterns deriving from various biological organization levels and scales of observation, trying to develop new approaches to explore their interrelationships.
Giovanni Coppini
CMCC, Italy
CMEMS

Jean-Francois Cadiou Jean-Francois Cadiou
IFREMER - European and International Affairs department, France
Expert in marine environment, pollution, marine observation and monitoring systems. Former Director of the department of Oceanography and Ecosystem Dynamics at Ifremer, he has been involved in several programs and projects related to pressures and impacts on the Mediterranean coastal ecosystems.
Karim Hilmi
Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, Morocco
Andrea Taramelli Andrea Taramelli
ISPRA , Univ. Pavia, Italy
Dr Andrea Taramelli is Professor Associate at IUSS University, Pavia and Senior Scientist in Remote Sensing and Surface Coastal Process at the Institute for Environmental Protection and Research Rome. He is Italian national delegate at the European Commission Copernicus User Forum and Copernicus Committee and national expert at the European Maritime Spatial Planning technical group. He is a member of the ‘Technical Space Committee” at the Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri. Member of the Joint Scientific Committee of ASI-ISPRA, head of the Space Economy implementation Group in ISPRA and delegate to the Comitato di Sorveglianza della Space Economy at Ministry of Sustainable Industrial Development.
Xavier Garcia
CSIC, Spain
Pablo Palomo
Fundacion Valenciaport, Spain
Federico Falcini
OGS, Italy
Eleni Hatziyanni Eleni Hatziyanni
DG Mare
Eleni Hatziyanni is a Policy Officer at the European Commission - DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, contributing to the development of Maritime Policy and Blue Economy in the context of Sea-basin Strategies and Maritime Regional Cooperation, by focusing on the Mediterranean Basin, as well as on the European Strategy of Adriatic Ionian Region (EUSAIR). She holds a Ph.D. and a M.Sc. in Marine Ecology-Environmental Biology and a Diploma in Geology, while her Post Doc Research focused on Marine Spatial Planning and Integrated Coastal Zone Management.
Pierre Bahurel
Mercator Ocean International - CMEMS
Kate Larkin Kate Larkin
EMODnet
Kate Larkin is Deputy Head of the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) Secretariat, and Head of Research and Marine Knowledge at Seascape Belgium.
She is a marine scientist with a PhD in deep-sea biogeochemistry. Her expertise in the area of ocean observation includes post-doctoral research on North Atlantic ocean time-series, the FP7 EuroSITES open ocean observatory network, and her work with the European Marine Board think tank on ocean observing and marine research infrastructures. In her current role she interacts with stakeholders across the full marine knowledge value chain, spanning data collection to user uptake and including partnerships and dialogue with research, policy, industry and society.
George Petihakis George Petihakis
EUROGOOS
George Petihakis is a senior researcher at the Hellenic centre for Marine Research (HCMR) with expertise in monitoring/observation of the marine environment and ecosystem modelling. He is the Chair of the Executive Board of Directors of EuroGOOS, JPI Oceans Management Board member and Regional Node Leader at EMSO-ERIC. 
Alessandra Sensi Alessandra Sensi
UfM
Alessandra Sensi is Head of Sector for Environment and Blue Economy at the Union for the Mediterranean Secretariat. She was Programme Manager for the Environment, Green and Blue Economy, Climate Change portfolio at the European Commission, EuropeAid, ENPI South, in Brussels until 2012; previously she worked for FAO in Rome; for the United Nations Environment Programme / Global Environment Fund in Nairobi and Geneva; for the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vietnam and for Eurostat in Luxembourg.
Rosalia Santoleri
CNR -COI
Giordano Giorgi Giordano Giorgi
INFO-RAC, ISPRA
Scientific coordinator for INFO/RAC (Regional Activity Centre for Information and Communication) of UNEP/MAP, MS Italy representative in EU working groups WG DIKE and TG DATA of the Common Implementation Strategy of the MSFD and Member of the Coordination Committee ISPRA-Italian Ministry of Environment and the Protection of Land and Sea (MATTM) for the implementation of the MSFD.