New Working Group Aims to Unlock Private Sector Ocean Data
A new working group has been formed with the aim to create frameworks and mechanisms that make privately owned ocean science data publicly available for the benefit of humanity.Organized in support of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, the Ocean Decade Corporate Data Group—co-chaired by Fugro and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (IOC/UNESCO)—was officially launched last week during an online kick-off meeting.Five private-sector companies representing a diverse range of
CARIS 2014 Focuses on Blue Economy Development
throughout the conference. CARIS had three keynote speakers – Bruno Frachon, Director general of Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (SHOM); Wendy Watson-Wright, Executive Secretary and Assistant Director General of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (IOC-UNESCO) and Gilles Bessero, a Director with the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) – to address delegates on the importance of sustaining our oceans and the role hydrography will play. Frachon opened the main conference
CARIS 2014 Keynote Speakers Announced
was appointed director general of SHOM in June 2010. He is an officier de la Légion d’honneur and commandeur de l’Ordre national du mérite. Wendy Watson-Wright is the Executive Secretary and Assistant Director General of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (IOC-UNESCO). Headquartered in Paris, IOC-UNESCO has the mandate within the United Nations system for ocean science, observations, data and information exchange and services, including global tsunami warning systems. It
February 2024
