The objective of the eighth Ocean Best Practices System Workshop (OBPS WSVIII) is to facilitate the cross-cutting primary role of best practices in operational oceanography by promoting dialogues across science and technology. In the era of Digital Twins for the Ocean, the need of best practices is fundamental for a more interoperable and reliable use of ocean data, for the evolution of the worldwide observing network from the deep ocean to the coast and for dealing with complex forecasting systems. The ultimate goal for satisfying this need is to provide standards and tools for developing new solutions for marine conservation, for predictions and monitoring, for a sustainable ocean environment, and a sustainable Blue Economy.
Workshop Co-Chairs: Dr Stefania A. Ciliberti and Dr Virginie van Dongen-Vogels

The Agenda framework has Plen​aries, scheduled on 14th and 18th October, and Workshop Sessions from 15 to 17 October. The first  Workshop  Plenary is devoted to the evolution of our Ocean knowledge and policy, and the second one addresses workshop recommendations and ​future perspectives. The workshop will be held online, including parallel sessions, keynotes and presentations, organised across time zones:  (time zone A: Atlantic (covering from Eastern Americas to Eastern Europe/ Africa/ Middle-East), and, time zone B: = Pacific (covering from Middle-East / Western Indian Ocean to Western Americas). More information will be progressively shared through this webpage.

Below you have a snapshot (timezone UTC) of the plenaries and workshop sessions. By accessing the Teamup Calendar (select the week beginning 14 -18 Oct 2024 - it will display in your time zone) you will find a short description of each session

Registration process
To participate in the Plenaries and Workshop Sessions and interact with the session speakers you will need to register separately to each Plenary and Workshop session. The registration link for each individual session can be found below.
Plenaries and Workshop sessions will also be streamed in YouTube.  For YouTube, registration is not needed, but you will not be able to make questions to the speakers. YouTube links for each Plenary and Workshop session can be find below.
For queries kindly contact: workshops@oceanbestpractices.org.

Agenda, Registration Links and Streaming Links
If you missed any of the workshop - recordings are available

FIRST PLENARY - 14th October – 10:00 to 13:30 UTC
Streaming link:  

WORKSHOP SESSIONS – 15th to 17th October – time zones in UTC