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The 5th EuroGOOS Conference is being held at Sandy Park, Exeter, UK, from 20-22 May 2008.
The conference is opening with an address from Dame Barbara Young and includes sessions on:
* Observations: in situ and space-based;
* Global and regional services;
* Coastal and EEZ services;
* Modelling: nowcast, forecast and reanalysis;
* Information systems and data management.
About 250 marine scientists are expected to attend.
For more details and information on registration, please visit http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/conference/eurogoos/ or http://www.eurogoos.org/
Ocean information for society: sustaining the benefits, realizing the potential.
Confirmed date and venue: 21-25 September 2009, Venice, Italy.
Meeting goals: document the importance and benefits of the existing ocean observing system; demonstrate its scientific, societal and economic impacts; revisit the current status, and update plans for the physical and carbon ocean observing systems; advance capabilities for marine biogeochemistry and ecosystems. More.