BioGeoSea I 1st Annual Meeting(Invitation Only)

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

5-1.213 - PACIFIC - 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), Ángel Muñiz Piniella (European Marine Board), Johannes Karstensen (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel), Toste Tanhua (GEOMAR), Dina Eparkhina (Moderator) (EuroGOOS)

4:00 p.m. Coffee break

5 BioEcoOcean - Updates

Speaker: Dominik Krzymiński (IOPAN)

6 ObsSea4Clim - Updates

Speakers: Justyna Bekier Baird (DMI), Johannes Karstensen (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel)

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 & Group picture

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: Autonomous observations of climate-relevant gases and nutrients in the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean

Speaker: Fehmi Dilmahamod (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel)

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: Identifying key practices for biogeochemistry

Speaker: Jay Pearlman (IEEE France Section)

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

Speaker: Toste Tanhua (GEOMAR)

31 Networking Dinner (on own costs)

We would like to round off the day together with a trip across the Kiel Fjord. We will take the F1 ferry from Kiel city centre to Möltenort, departing at approximately 19:10 from Kiel Central Station or at 19:25 from the Reventlou ferry terminal. In Möltenort, we will have dinner at the “Strandhotel Seeblick”. Afterwards, we will return to Kiel Central Station by bus.

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 Spotlight: GEOMAR Ocean Observation Services (GEOMAR OOS) a service Hub for Ocean Carbon Observations

Speaker: Jessica Gier (CH / GEOMAR OOS)

35 Science Snippet: CARIMED: a ship-based data synthesis product for a marginal sea at the frontline of global change

Speaker: Marta Álvarez (CSIC)

36 Science Snippet: AI-based prediction of oxygen: from coastal hypoxia to the deep ocean

Speaker: Marilaure Grégoire (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: Sharing approaches to compute EOVs/indicators across modelling and observation (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: Sharing approaches to compute EOVs/indicators across modelling and observation (Cross-project modelling workshop) (Part B)

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

3:00 p.m. Coffee break

42 SaaS - First Software Demo: Progress, Feedback and Next Steps

Speaker: Renaud Jester (Lobelia)

4:00 p.m. GEOMAR tour

5:30 p.m. Refreshment and pick-up of snack bags for Canoeing

5:45 p.m. Community building - Canoeing in the Schwentine

Thu, September 10

BioGeoSea General Assembly: Welcome Day 4 & Report from the Project Coordination Office (Part A)

Conveners: Toste Tanhua (GEOMAR), Nicole Köstner (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel)

BioGeoSea General Assembly: Overview & Guidance: 1st Periodic Report (title TBC)

Convener: Mina Koleva (European Commission)

BioGeoSea General Assembly: Report from the Project Coordination Office (Part B)

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: Felix Beyers (rifs Potsdam), Patrycja Antosz (NORCE research), Wilfried Rickels (Kiel Institute for World Economy), Toste Tanhua (moderator) (GEOMAR)

44 Conclusions from the Break-outs and way forward

45 Outlook & Farewell

Speaker: Toste Tanhua (GEOMAR)

1:15 p.m. Farewell Lunch