Tuesday, 25 November 2025 | 14:30 - 16:00

Breakout Session 3 - EMODnet technical services: current status and future developments

Format:In-personLocation:Nhow hotel Brussels - Creative room 1

Co-Chairs: Tim Collart, EMODnet Secretariat, Seascape Belgium; Bart Vanhoorne, VLIZ, Belgium 

Rapporteurs: Kara McKee and Matteo Mikos, EMODnet Secretariat, Seascape Belgium 

This session will provide a demonstration of EMODnet Portal including the data and web services and metadata catalogue, also diving into the back-end activities to improve interoperability and optimise user searches, e.g., via metadata catalogue harmonisation and tagging. The session will look to the future to discuss how EMODnet's core services can evolve to deliver a stable and long-term service, whilst also being agile to innovate, for example where this increases interoperability and the user experience. The session will include a small section on EMODnet's role as the in situ data component of the European Digital Twin Ocean. However, this is covered in full at the Digital Ocean Forum (DOF) taking place the same week 27-28 November in Brussels.