BioGeoSea I 1st Annual Meeting(Invitation Only)

Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 p.m. → Sep 10, 2026, 9:05 p.m. Europe/Berlin

5-1.214 - ATLANTIC - Conference room on the first floor (GEOMAR - East shore, Kiel, Germany)

Nicole Köstner, Toste Tanhua

Event Overview

The annual meeting of the EU project BioGeoSea brings together project partners to review progress, share scientific and technical insights, and strengthen collaboration across disciplines and institutions. After the first project year, the meeting provides a platform to present key results, discuss challenges, and align methodologies, data integration, and next steps for the coming project phase.

Set within the broader transition toward integrated and policy-relevant ocean observing systems, the meeting also addresses the evolving EU ocean observation framework. A dedicated panel discussion (7 September) will explore how initiatives such as OceanEye support scalable, coordinated ocean observation in line with BioGeoSea’s mission.

In addition, the BioGeoSea General Assembly will also take place during the annual meeting (10 September).

Format

Plenary talks (hybrid) · Panel discussions (hybrid) · Group Meetings · Poster session ·  · Networking 

 

Call for posters & topics for talks

In the registration form you can indicate if you would like to show a poster or would like to propose a scientific talk. Your contributions are very welcome!

Templates for presentations and posters

Mon, September 7

12:00 p.m. Reception & light Networking Lunch

Arrival, Registration, Hanging posters etc.

1 Opening & Welcome

Speaker: Toste Tanhua (GEOMAR)

2 BioGeoSea - Updates

Speaker: Toste Tanhua (GEOMAR)

3 Updates from EU Ocean (P)Act & EU Ocean Observing Initiative

Speaker: Larissa Lorinczi (European Commission)

4 Panel discussion: From Observation to Action: Essential Ocean Variables in the Ocean Eye Framework

Speakers: Larissa Lorinczi (European Commission), Prof. Katja Matthes (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel), Karina von Schuckmann (TBC) (Mercator Ocean International), Ángel Muñiz Piniella (TBC) (European Marine Board), Toste Tanhua (GEOMAR)

4:15 p.m. Coffee break

5 BioEcoOcean - Updates

Speaker: Dominik Krzymiński (TBC) (IOPAN)

6 ObsSea4Clim - Updates

Speaker: Steffen Olsen (TBC) (DMI)

7 Do we have the right BGC EOVs? - Debate & discussion

Speaker: Maciej Telszewski (IOPAN)

8 Indicator Development: Open Discussion on Progress, Challenges and Next Steps

Speaker: Abed Hassoun (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel)

9 Closing Day 1

Speaker: Toste Tanhua (GEOMAR)

Tue, September 8

10 Welcome Day 2

Speaker: Toste Tanhua (GEOMAR)

11 WP1 - Progress & Next Steps

Speakers: Abed Hassoun (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel), Maciej Telszewski (IOPAN)

12 WP5 - Progress & Next Steps

Speakers: Dina Eparkhina (EuroGOOS), Nicole Köstner (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel)

13 Science Snippet: Strengthening the role of the ocean in the planetary boundaries framework

Speaker: Nicolas Gruber (ETH Zurich)

14 WP2 - Progress & Next Steps

Speakers: Christian Lønborg (Aarhus University), Ute Schuster (University of Exeter)

15 Science Snippet: Increasing the resilience of the BGC-Argo programme: initial tests of a new nitrate sensor

Speaker: Giorgio Dall'Olmo (OGS)

16 Science Snippet: Using automated sensors to unravel short term nitrogen dynamics in coastal waters

Speaker: Christian Lønborg (Aarhus Unviersity)

11:00 a.m. Coffee break

17 WP3 - Progress & Next Steps

Speakers: Stefano Ciavatta (Mercator Ocean International), Nicolas Gruber (ETH Zurich)

18 WP4 - Progress & Next Steps

Speaker: Marilaure Grégoire

19 Science Snippet: Estimating the bias of pH measurements from biogeochemical Argo floats in high latitude

Speaker: Tobias Steinhoff (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel)

20 Science Snippet: TBD

12:50 p.m. Lunch

WP meetings & AFC meeting

21 AFC Meeting (internal)

22 WP1 & WP5 Meeting

23 WP2 Meeting

24 WP3 Meeting

25 WP4 Meeting

26 Ethic Assessment Report

Speaker: Michele Barbier

27 Science Snippet: Agreement on Marine Biodiversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement)/Nagoya Protocol

Speaker: Jan Dierking (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel)

28 Poster pitches

4:15 p.m. Poster Session & Coffee break

29 AFC meets SC

Meeting of the BioGeoSea Advisory and Foresight Committee (AFC) and the BioGeoSea Steering Committee (SC)

30 Closing Day 2 & walking to the peer

Speaker: Toste Tanhua (GEOMAR)

31 Networking Event (MS Stadt Kiel)

Networking during a boat cruise on the MS Stadt Kiel, dinner included, pick-up at the GEOMAR building (east shore), drop-off at the west shore
(The ship will leave on time - 6pm sharp!!)

Wed, September 9

32 Welcome Day 3

Speaker: Toste Tanhua (GEOMAR)

33 Shaping Our Stakeholder Engagement: First Steps and Next Actions - Part A

Speaker: Dina Eparkhina (EuroGOOS)

34 A Brief Spotlightt: GEOMAR Ocean Observation Services (GEOMAR OOS) a service Hub for Ocean Carbon Observations

Speaker: Jessica Gier (CH / SOOP)

35 Science Snippet: CARIMED (title TBC)

Speaker: Marta Álvarez (CSIC)

36 Science Snippet: Oxygen (Use of AI for interpolation) (title TBC)

Speaker: Marilaure Grégoire (TBC) (University of Liege)

10:20 a.m. Coffee break

Break-outs: Part A

37 Break-out 1: Indicators: Scientific refinement

Speaker: Abed Hassoun (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel)

38 Break-out 2: Cross-project modelling workshop (Part A)

Speakers: Stefano Ciavatta (Mercator Ocean International), Nicolas Gruber (ETH Zurich)

39 Break-out 3: Shaping Our Stakeholder Engagement: First Steps and Next Actions - Part B

Speaker: Dina Eparkhina (EuroGOOS)

12:30 p.m. Lunch break

Break-outs: Part B

40 Break-out 4: Applications and case studies & Operationalization and legacy

Speaker: Abed Hassoun (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel)

41 Break-out 5: Cross-project modelling workshop (Part B)

Speakers: Stefano Ciavatta (Mercator Ocean International), Nicolas Gruber (ETH Zurich)

42 Break-out 6: Data Management - Planning & best practices??? (TBC)

Speaker: Hela Mehrtens (DFD)

3:00 p.m. Coffee break

3:30 p.m. GEOMAR tour

5:00 p.m. Refreshment and pick-up of snack bags for Canoeing

6:00 p.m. Community building - Canoeing in the Schwentine

Thu, September 10

BioGeoSea General Assembly: Welcome Day 4

Convener: Toste Tanhua (GEOMAR)

BioGeoSea General Assembly: Overview 1st Reporting (title TBC)

Convener: Mina Koleva (European Commission)

BioGeoSea General Assembly: Report from the Project Coordination Office

Convener: Nicole Köstner (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel)

10:30 a.m. Coffee break

43 Panel discussion: Biogeosea in a socioeconomic perspective

Speakers: Dina Eparkhina (TBC) (EuroGOOS), Felix Beyers (TBC) (rifs Potsdam), Nathalie Hilmi (TBC) (Centre scientifique de Monaco), Patrycja Antosz (TBC) (NORCE research), Toste Tanhua (GEOMAR)

44 Conclusions from the Break-outs and way forward

45 Outlook & Farewell

Speaker: Toste Tanhua (GEOMAR)

1:15 p.m. Farewell Lunch