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International seminar on marine intelligence
9th April 2018
Sea surface current map from the CALYPSO
HF radar observing system
Intelligence can be defined in many different ways, but its primary meaning relates
to the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. In an era when the impact of
information technology is a key driving force of the knowledge economy, the creation
and support of intelligence becomes critical to excellence. Essential ingredients
for intelligence in the digital age comprise: the ability to access, share, codify,
re-use and transform data and information into knowledge; the creation and re-creation
of hierarchical levels of increasing complexity of interpretation, merging and
synthesis of data; and the organised use of increasingly ramified networks and
clusters of distributed activities. This is also the shape of things in the marine
sector. The advent of multi-disciplinary, spatially widespread, long term and real-time
marine data and information is triggering an unprecedented leap in the economic value
of ocean data. This is bringing about a paradigm shift in our perception of the value
of marine data, information and knowledge for managing marine resources, and furnish
direct applications and benefits to many sectors in industry and services such as
marine transportation, safety and public health. Marine intelligence, as it is called,
is in this sense shaping competitiveness, product development and enhancement of
services.
This is the overarching concept of a seminar planned by Prof. Aldo Drago to mark
the kick-off meeting of the INTERREG V-A Italia Malta CALYPSO South project led
by the Physical Oceanography Research Group of the Department of Geosciences,
University of Malta. Several international speakers will be discussing the wider
perspective of a range of marine data applications showcasing the result of marine
intelligence. The seminar will show how data and information in the digital age
are spearheading the evolution of marine services to serve the stakeholder demands
and boost R&I applications, such as within the ambit of Blue Growth – which is the
European Commission's initiative to further harness the potential of Europe's oceans,
seas and coasts, for sustainable growth, jobs and value.
With the participation of expert speakers from Europe and the US, the seminar will
highlight the application and valorisation of ocean data in its wide range of usage,
considering different scales from global ocean domains down to the local coastal
seas, and from long term variability and climate change assessments down to operational
scale day-to-day services and applications.
Officers from relevant local responsible entities and ministries, entrepreneurs
in marine-related initiatives, environmental managers, marine scientists and students,
as well as other interested persons are invited to attend.
The seminar is being held at the db San Antonio, Qawra on 18 April 2018 at 13:30
until 17:30. Participation is free of charge, but interested parties are asked to
register by writing to the seminar organiser, Prof. Aldo Drago, at
aldo.drago@um.edu.mt with copy to the
Seminar Secretariat at
raisa.galea-degiovanni@um.edu.mt.
