All-Atlantic Floating University Network
The 2nd meeting of the @SeaNetwork Founding Members took place online on the 8-9th February 2024. The meeting had a total of 38 presentations, representing 38 training at sea programs from 25 countries, plus representatives from 4 large European/international programmes: Eurofleets+, POGO, AirCentre and ECOP Network
16h00-16h20 – Welcoming remarks and update on the @SeaNetwork in 2023
Luis Menezes Pinheiro, Sigi Gruber, Karen Wiltshire
Luis Menezes Pinheiro – Progress report on the @SeaNetwork
16h20-17h10 – Training Program presentations – South Africa, Portugal and Germany
16h20-16h25 – Isabelle Ansorge – SEAmester Program, University of Cape Town, South Africa
16h25-16h30 – Luis Menezes Pinheiro – UA@Mar, CESAM, University of Aveiro, Portugal
16h30-16h35 – Carlos Santos Fernandes – Hydrographic Institute from the Portuguese Navy (IH), Portugal
16h35-16h40 – Tanya Silveira – Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), Portugal
16h40-16h45 – Gui Menezes – Institute of Marine Sciences – OKEANOS, Univ. Açores, Portugal
16h45-16h50 – Barbel Wichmann – NOSOAT Programme – Polarstern Atlantic Transit Training, Germany
16h50-16h55 – Tobias Hahn / Bjorn Fiedler – GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
16h55-17h10 – Discussion
17h10-17h55 – Training Program presentations – UK, Ireland and France
17h10-17h15 – Andy Rees – Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
17h15-17h20 – Peter Keen – Keen Marine, Limited, Isle of Man, UK
17h20-17h25 – Peter Croot – University of Galway, Ireland
17h25-17h30 – Aodhan Fitzgerald – Marine Institute, Ireland
17h30-17h35 – Niamh Flavin/John Boyd – SMART (Strategic Marine Alliance for Research and Training), Ireland
17h35-17h40 – Caroline Gernez – IFREMER – Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer, France
17h40-17h55 – Discussion
17h55-18h10 – Break
18h10-18h40 – Training Program presentations – Europe
18h10-18h15 – David Van Rooij / Marc DeBaptist – Department of Geology, Ghent University, Belgium
18h15-18h20 – Giuseppe Magnifico – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy
18h20-18h25 – Maria Carmen Fernandez-Puga – University of Cadiz, Spain
18h25-18h30 – Martin Hassellöv – Sailing4Science UN Oceandecade project, founded by NTNU and University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Norway
18h30-18h40 – Discussion
18h40-19h10 – Training Program presentations – South America
18h40-18h45 – Alvaro S. Scardilli – Servicio de Hidrografía Naval , Argentina
18h45-18h50 – Alvar Carranza – Centro Universitario Regional del Este-CURE, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
18h55-19h05 – Discussion
16h00-16h20 – Welcoming and starting session
Luis Menezes Pinheiro, Isabelle Ansorge
16h05-16h55 – Training Program presentations – Africa and USA
16h05-16h10 – Filomena Vaz Velho / Virgílio Estevão – Instituto Nacional de Investigação Pesqueira e Marinha – INIPM, Angola
16h10-16h15 – Corrine Almeida – Master Program on Climate Change and Marine Science, Universidade Técnica do Atlântico, Cape Verde
16h15-16h20 – Kouadio Affian – Université Félix Houphouet-Boigny, Côte d’Ivoire
16h20-16h25 – Jyotika Virmani – Schmidt Ocean Institute, USA
16h25-16h30 – Amr Hamouda – National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries -Training @Sea Program for Africa, Egypt
16h30-16h35 – Hinde Cherkaoui Dekkaki- Université Abdlemalek-Essaâdi, Tangier, Morocco
16h35-16h40 – Nadia Mhammdi – Institut Scientifique/UM5 Rabat, Morocco
16h40-16h55 – Discussion
16h55-17h40 – Training Program presentations – Eurofleets+, Africa and Canada
16h55-17h00 – Aodhan Fitzgerald – Eurofleets+ – An Alliance of European Marine Research Infrastructure
17h00-17h05 – Isa Elegbede / Akintola Shehu – Lagos State University, Nigeria
17h05-17h10 – Adesina Adegbie – Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research, Nigeria
17h10-17h15 – Frederic Bonou – Institut de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin (IRHOB), Benin
17h15-17h20 – Tara Mascarenhas – SOI Foundation, Canada
17h20-17h25 – Alassane Sarr – University Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture (IUPA), Senegal
17h25-17h30 – Kamarel BA – Centre de Recherches Océanographiques de Dakar-Thiaroye (CRODT), Senegal
17h30-17h45 – Discussion
17h45-18h00 – Break
18h00-18h40 – Training Program presentations – Brazil and large programs
18h00-18h10 – Alex Costa – Laboratórios de Ensino Flutuantes (Floating Teaching Laboratories) – LEF – FURG, UFP, UFPE, UFMA), Brazil
18h10-18h15 – Lica Krug – POGO – Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean
18h15-18h20 – Jose Moutinho – Atlantic International Research Centre – AIR CENTRE
18h20-18h25 – Evgeniia Kostianaia – Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOP) Programme
18h25-18h40 – Discussion
18h40-19h00 – Members suggestions on selection procedure, webpage, and future plans
19h00-19h05 – Closing remarks
Steering Committee
The 1st meeting of the @SeaNetwork Founding Members took place at the University of Cape Town. The meeting had a total of 31 participants, with representatives of founding members of the network, from 21 training at sea programs from 16 countries, plus representatives from 3 large European/international programmes: the Atlantic International Research Centre (AIR CENTRE), EUROFLEETS+ and the Partnership for the Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO), 4 ECOPS, and key figures from the EU (Sigi Gruber) and SA’s DFFE and DSI (Ashley Johnson and Gilbert Siko).
A significant number of in-person participants arrived in Cape Town on the 11th December and some of them on the 10th. Since we were all staying in the same hotel, this provided the opportunity for several informal in-person meetings between those present on both these days (and also on the 12th and 13th evenings and dinner), to discuss several details of the @SeaNetwork Terms of Reference (ToR) and formulate the common vision for its implementation. We had a total of 13 in-person representatives of training at sea programs from Argentina (1), Brazil (1), Cape Verde (2); Germany (1), Ivory Coast (1); Morocco (1); Namibia (1); Portugal (3); Uruguay (1); and South Africa (1).
The travel and accommodation expenses for these participants, with the exception of local participants, were covered by the JPA. Online participation of representatives from proposed Founding members included: the Azores-Portugal (1), the Air Centre (1), Belgium (1), Egypt (training at sea program for Africa) (1), Eurofleets+ (1), Germany (1), Ireland (1), UK (2), Tara Foundation (1); POGO (1), Spain (1), SOI Foundation – Canada (1).
The main objectives of this meeting were: (1) to have the opportunity for as many as possible of the proposed network Founding Members to meet in person for the first time, present their training programmes and share their vision on and how their programs can contribute to the network; (2) to jointly discuss a common strategy for the network implementation, and collect contributions for the preparation of the implementation roadmap; (3) to elect the Steering Committee that will coordinate the network for the first 2 years; and (4) to jointly analyse in detail the proposed draft Terms of Reference (ToR), update them with members contributions and approve them.
The meeting venue was chosen to take full advantage of the Technical Training JPA which was scheduled to be held in Cape Town at the end of 2022, and therefore this would represent a unique opportunity to exploit synergies between the two JPAs and maximize opportunities for joint discussions and common visions.
Venue: Oceanography Department, RW James Building, Faculty of Science, Upper Campus, University of Cape Town. (South Africa Time – CET+1h)
12h30 Lunch at the University Club
14h00-14h30 – Welcoming Remarks and House Keeping
Isabelle Ansorge, Sigi Gruber, Sofia Cordeiro, Werner Ekau, Luis Menezes Pinheiro
14h30-15h25 – Training Program presentations – Africa
14h30-14h35: Isabelle Ansorge – Seamester Program, South Africa
14h35-14h40: Corrine Almeida – Training at Sea in Cape Verde
14h40-14h45 – Kouadio Affian – Cote D’Ivoire
14h45-14h50 – Sam Mafwila – Namibia
14h50-14h55 – Hassan Er-Raioui – Morrocco
14h55-15h00 – Amr Hamouda/Suzan El-Garabawi – NIOF, Egipt
15h00-15h25 – Discussion
15h25-15h50 – Coffee Break
15h50-16h40 – Training Program presentations – South America (and Spain)
15h50-15h55 : Ariel Troisi – Argentina
15h55-16h00: Jose Muelbert – FURG – Brasil (online)
16h00-16h05: Raphael Mathias Pinotti – Laboratórios Flutuantes, Brasil
16h05-16h10: Frederico Riet, Uruguay
16h10-16h15: Maria Carmen Fernández-Puga, Spain (online)
16h15-16h40: Discussion
16h40-17h00 ECOPS, Youth Ambassadors – Experience at Sea. Thando Mazomba, Liisa Shangheta and others
17h00-17h30 – Wrap-up, announcements and information on election of the @SeaNetwork Steering Committee (proposed lists of 3 Founding Members) – Isabelle Ansorge and Luis Menezes Pinheiro
17h30-18h00 Transport to the Working/Networking Dinner between the @SeaNetwork and technical training, at the MOYO Restaurant, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens
18h30-19h00 –Werner Ekau, Isabelle Ansorge, Luis Pinheiro – AATP, Seamester, @SeaNetwork
19h00-19h15 – Johan Augustyn, ECOP representative– Technical Training, ECOP Experience (tbc)
19h15-19h30 – ECOP/students participants testimonials, followed by Dinner
19h30 – Dinner
09h00-09h15 – House Keeping and procedure for the Steering Committee election
Isabelle Ansorge, Luis Menezes Pinheiro
09h15-10h00 – Training Program presentations – South America (and Spain)
09h15-09h20 Carlos Santos Fernandes – Hydrographic Institute, Portugal
09h20-09h25 Mafalda Carapuço – Institute for the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA)
09h25-09h30 Luis Menezes Pinheiro – Univ. Aveiro
09h30-09h35 Gui Menezes/Filipe Porteiro – Okeanos, Azores (online)
09h35-10h00 Discussion
10h00-10h35 – Training Program presentations – Germany and Large Programs
10h00-10h05 Andrea Carbulotto – Eurofleets +
10h05-10h10 Lica Krug – POGO (online)
10h10-10h15 Jose Moutinho – AIR CENTRE (online)
10h15-10h35 Discussion
10h35-11h05 – Coffee Break
11h05-11h10 Training Program presentations – UK and Ireland
11h05-11h10 Andy Rees – Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK (online)
11h10-11h15 Angela Hatton – National Oceanographic Centre, UK (online)
11h15-11h20 John Boyd – Smart – Ireland (online)
11h20-11h25 Peter Croot, NUI, Ireland (online)
11h25-11h50 Discussion (25 min)
11h50-12h00 Group Photo
12h00 – 13h30 LUNCH
ELECTIONS – Steering Committee – List submission- closed
13h30-14h05 Training Program presentations – Northern Europe
13h30-13h35 Bjorn Fiedler – Geomar, Germany
13h35-13h40 Barbel Wichmann – NOSOAT, Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany
13h40-13h45 David Van Rooij – Ghent Univ. Belgium (online)
13h45-14h05 Discussion
14h05-14h35 Foundations
14h05-14h10 Andre Abreu – TARA Foundation
14h10-14h15 Graeme Stewart-Robertson – SOI, Canada
14h15-14h35 Discussion
14h35-14h50 ToR approval – All founding members
14h50-15h00 @SeaNetwork Roadmap – Introduction – Luis Menezes Pinheiro, Isabelle Ansorge
15h00-15h10 Steering Committee election results – Luis Menezes Pinheiro, Isabelle Ansorge
15h00-15h40 – Coffee Break
15h40-16h10 @SeaNetwork Roadmap – discussion – All founding members
16h10-16h30 Closing Remarks – Isabelle Ansorge, Luis Menezes Pinheiro
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