Blue-Cloud 2026 Kick-Off Meeting

Blue-Cloud Event

13 February 2023 01:00 – 15 February 2023 01:00

Pisa, Italy

The Blue-Cloud 2026 Kick-Off Meeting took place on 13-15 February 2023 in Pisa, Italy. The meeting provided an opportunity for the consortium to discuss the work performed in the Blue-Cloud pilot project since 2019 and the upcoming activities to be done towards a successful implementation of the project. The KOM paved the way to develop a federated European Ecosystem to deliver FAIR & Open data and analytical services, instrumental for deepening research of oceans, EU seas, coastal & inland waters and represented a great chance for project partners to meet towards the establishment of a proactive community.

The Blue-Cloud 2026 Kick-off meeting took places at CNR - Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell’Informazione, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, 1, 56127 Pisa (Italy).

Agenda

Day 1: 13 February 2023 Monday, 12.00 - 18.00 CET

Welcome, Scientific & Technical exploitation and long term vision

Room: Main Auditorium

Time (CET)	What	Chairs / speakers	Participation required
12:00 - 13:30	Get together lunch
13:30 - 14:45	Welcome & KoM overview Setting the scene of Blue-Cloud in the context of EOSC	Roberto Scopigno, Director of CNR-ISTI Sara Pittonet (Trust-IT), Pasquale Pagano (CNR), Dick Schaap (MARIS). Welcome & overview (Download the presentation) Nicolas Segebarth, EC DG RTD (remote). Blue-Cloud in the framework of the EU Mission "Restore our Ocean and Waters" (Download the presentation) Michel Schouppe, EC DG RTD (remote).Blue-Cloud in the framework of the EOSC Ute Gunsenheimer, Secretary General, EOSC Association, (remote). Overview of the EOSC Partnership (Download the presentation) Marc Taconet, FAO. FAO Blue Transformation priorities and UN objectives (Download the presentation)	All partners, EOSC Association, EC Representatives, ESEB
14:45 - 15:30	Scientific and Technical exploitation of Blue-Cloud Blue-Cloud demonstrators, tools & services and Interoperability Framework in the EOSC context	Pasquale Pagano (CNR) - Download the presentation Dick Schaap (MARIS) - Download the presentation	All partners, EOSC Association, EC Representatives, ESEB
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee break
16:00 - 17:00	Exploitation, Training, Synergies & long-term vision Blue-Cloud exploitation opportunities & relations with the DTO, G7 and the Mission “Restore our ocean and waters by 2030” contexts	Sara Pittonet (Trust-IT): Blue-Cloud 2026 plans for exploitation Pierre Bahurel, MOI (remote): Introducing Blue-Cloud in the framework of the DTO Marina Tonani, MOI: overview of EDITO, Infra and ModelLab projects (Download the presentation) Henning Sten Hansen, Aalborg University Copenhagen (remote): overview of the AquaInfra project (Download the presentation) Toste Tanhua, GEOMAR and EuroSea coordinator: Exploitation opportunities for the observing system (Download the presentation)	All partners, EOSC Association, EC Representatives, ESEB
20:00 on	Gala dinner chez Palazzo dei 12, piazza dei Cavalieri

Day 2: 14 February 2023 Tuesday, 09.00 - 17.00 CET

Scientific and Technical WP meetings

Room: Main Auditorium

Time (CET)	What	Chairs / speakers	Participation required
09:00 - 09:30	Welcome & outcomes of Day 1	Sara Pittonet (Trust-IT) - Download the presentation	All partners
09:30 - 10:30	WP2 meeting “FAIR compliant Discovery and Access services for marine domains & beyond”	Dick Schaap (MARIS) - Download the presentation	All partners
10:30 - 10:45	Coffee break
10:45 - 11:45	WP3 meeting “Developing and testing analytical Blue Cloud workbenches for generating highly qualified data collections (EOV)”	Dominique Obaton (IFREMER) - Download the presentation	All partners
11:45 - 12:30	Project Management & Horizon Europe highlights	Antonio Ventura, REA, Blue-Cloud 2026 Project Officer (remote)	All partners
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch
13:15 - 14:00	ESEB closed meeting	Kate Larkin, SSBE	ESEB, Steering Board
14:00 - 15:00	WP4 meeting “Blue-Cloud Virtual Labs for demonstrating cross-domain web-based open science”	Patricia Cabrera (VLIZ) Download the Presentations: Vlab 1 \| Vlab 2 \| Vlab 3 \| Vlab 4 \| Vlab 5	All partners
15:00 - 16:00	WP5 meeting “Blue-Cloud VRE platform evolution and integration with EOSC resources and services”	Massimiliano Assante (CNR) - Download the presentation	All partners
16:00 - 16.30	Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00	Wrap-up & plans for the evening	Sara Pittonet (Trust-IT)	All partners
17:30 - 19:30	Visit to the exhibition “Le Navi Antiche di Pisa” - social event
20:00	Blue-Cloud pizza! Self-paid informal dinner at La Cereria

Day 3: 15 February 2023 Wednesday, 09.00 - 13.00 CET

Outreach, education, exploitation, and sustainability

Room 27

Time (CET)	What	Chairs / speakers	Participation required
09:00 - 09:30	Welcome & outcomes of Day 2	Sara Pittonet (Trust-IT)	All partners
09:30 - 10:30	WP6 meeting “Outreach, engagement, and education ”	Federico Drago (Trust-IT) - Download the Presentation	All partners
10:30 - 10:45	Coffee break
10:45 - 12:15	WP7 meeting “Exploitation, Strategic Roadmap to 2030 and Sustainability”	Julia Vera (SSBE) - Download the Presentation	All partners
12:15 - 12:45	Closing remarks	Sara Pittonet (Trust-IT), Pasquale Pagano (CNR), Dick Schaap (MARIS)	All partners
13:00 on	Goodbye Lunch

The KOM venue: where to go

The Blue-Cloud2026 KOM takes places at CNR - Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell’Informazione, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, 1, 56127 Pisa (Italy)

How to reach Pisa and the CNR

You can find useful information on how to reach the city of Pisa and the CNR premises at this link.