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Wednesday, 26 November 2025 | 10:45 - 12:15

Session 5: EMODnet service evolution

Location:Nhow hotel Brussels - Plenary (-1 floor)
  • EMODnet for the European Ocean Pact: The EMODnet community Vision 2035 

    • Kate Larkin, Head of the EMODnet Secretariat
  • Panel on EMODnet service evolution for the European Ocean Pact 

    This Panel brings together representatives of EMODnet’s diverse stakeholder community to share their perspectives on how EMODnet should evolve as an essential marine data service for the European Ocean Pact, including strengthening the service offer across the coastal, deep-sea and polar domains, identifying complimentarity with other EU data services and key partnerships e.g, for the European Digital Twin Ocean, and how EMODnet can further strengthen its cooperation with other regions worldwide and with global ocean data sharing and interoperability activities for the global ocean data ecosystem.   

  • Panellists 

    • Nicolas Pade, EMBRC  

    • Maria Grigoratou, Executive Secretary, European Polar Board 

    • Alessandra Cacciari, European Commission, DG DEFIS  

    • Lennert Tyberghein, VLIZ, Belgium  

    • Adam Leadbetter, IOC/UNESCO IODE UN Ocean Decade Ocean Data Sharing Coordination Office

    • Dominique Durand, COVARTEC AS, LandSeaLot

7 speakers

  • Programme Officer - EU policies - Copernicus Expert

    EC - DG DEFIS

  • CEO

    COVARTEC AS

  • European Polar Board

  • Head, EMODnet Secretariat

    Seascape Belgium

  • Lead Manager, Decade Coordination Office for Ocean Data Sharing

    Decade Coordination Office for Ocean Data Sharing, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO

  • Executive Director

    EMBRC-ERIC

  • Manager

    VLIZ