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A celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC)

Past, present and future:

Successes and challenges in managing marine data


Wednesday 8th May 2019,

The Bluecoat, Liverpool City Centre

Session 1: Half a Century of marine data management

Chair: Mark Hebden, BODC

  • 09:00 – 09:05: Welcome by Graham Allen, Head of BODC (with recorded welcome from Ed Hill, CEO NOC) Video recording
  • 09:05 – 09:10: Welcome by John Huthnance, NOC - Slides
  • 09:10 – 09:25: BODC from an International Perspective (Cyndy Chandler, WHOI) Slides
  • 09:25 – 09:45: 50 years of BODC (Graham Allen and Meirion Jones, BODC) G.A Slides M.J Slides
  • 09:45 – 10:05: Challenges of sharing marine data (Lesley Rickards, BODC) Slides
  • 10:05 – 10:10: Key faces – Roy Lowry (Lesley Rickards, BODC) Slides
  • 10:10 – 10:30: Changes in oceanographic data management technology since 1969 (Roy Lowry, BODC) Slides
  • 10:30 – 10:35: Key faces – Lesley Rickards (Roy Lowry, BODC) Slides
  • 10:35 – 11:10 Coffee

Session 2: Innovation and data management highlights

Chair: Lesley Rickards, BODC

  • 11:10 – 11:15: Vocabulary innovation – introduction (Roy Lowry, BODC) Slides
  • 11:15 – 11:30: The NERC Vocabulary Server and Vocabulary Services (Gwen Moncoiffé, BODC) Slides
  • 11:30 – 11:45: Further exploiting our vocabularies (Alexandra Kokkinaki, BODC) Slides
  • 11:45 – 11:55: Data management services – introduction (Robin McCandliss, BODC) Slides
  • 11:55 – 12:10: Atlantic Meridional Transect/Western Channel Observatory (James Ayliffe, BODC) Slides
  • 12:10 – 12:25: BODC and Sea Level (Liz Bradshaw, BODC) Slides
  • 12:25 – 12:40: The General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) and Seabed 2030 (Helen Snaith, BODC) Slides
  • 12:40 – 12:45: Key faces – BODC Team (Graham Allen, BODC) Slides
  • 12:45 – 14:00 Group photo followed by lunch

Session 3: Working in Partnership

Chair: Robin McCandliss, BODC

  • 14:00 – 14:10: NERC Environmental Data Centres (Garry Baker, British Geological Survey) Slides
  • 14:10 – 14:25: Marine Environmental Data and Information Network - MEDIN (Clare Postlethwaite, MEDIN) Slides
  • 14:25 – 14:35: International Council for the Exploration of the Sea - ICES (Neil Holdsworth, ICES) Slides
  • 14:35 – 14:45: International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange - IODE (Ward Appeltans, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Project Office for IODE) Slides
  • 14:45 – 14:55: SeaDataNet (Michèle Fichaut, IFREMER) Slides
  • 14:55 – 15:05: The European Marine Observation and Data Network - EMODnet (Michèle Fichaut, IFREMER) Slides
  • 15:05 – 15:15: GEOTRACES (Mohamed Adjou, BODC) Slides
  • 15:15 – 15:25: Oceanids (Alvaro Lorenzo Lopez, NOC) Slides
  • 15:25 – 15:30: Key faces – Dick Schaap (Lesley Rickards, BODC) Slides
  • 15:30 – 16:00: Coffee

Session 4: Looking to the future

Chair: Helen Snaith, BODC

  • 16:00 – 16:05: Key faces – BODC Directors and Heads (Lesley Rickards, BODC) Slides
  • 16:05 – 16:10: A special anniversary message from UNESCO-IOC (Vladimir Ryabinin) Video recording
  • 16:10 – 16:35: Keynote (Taco de Bruin, NIOZ/IODE Co-Chair) Slides
  • 16:35 – 17:25: Panel discussion – crystal ball gazing: What will we be discussing at BODC’s 75th? Featuring Cyndy Chandler (WHOI), Serge Scory (RBINS), Justin Buck (BODC), Adam Leadbetter (MI), Graham Allen (BODC) and Helen Glaves (BGS).
    We will explore the following themes:
    • Possible changes to our global marine data management infrastructures 2019-2044
    • Our relationship with the ‘Corporate Giants’ – opportunity or threat?
    • What is the likely legacy of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development? How might the Developing World benefit?
  • 17:25 – 17:30: Close (Graham Allen and Mark Hebden, BODC)
  • 17:30 – 19:00: Drinks reception

Videos

Welcome from Ed Hill:


A special anniversary message from UNESCO-IOC (Vladimir Ryabinin):