From Blue-Cloud to the EOSC Node | European Digital Twin Ocean - Blue-Cloud 2026 Conference
Europe’s ambition to restore and protect its oceans and waters relies increasingly on open, interoperable, and trusted digital infrastructures capable of transforming data into actionable knowledge.
Over the past years, Blue-Cloud has played a foundational role in federating marine and environmental data, services, and analytical tools across Europe. Through close alignment with the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), Blue-Cloud has demonstrated how cloud-based, open science environments can support ocean research, innovation, and policy making.
This work directly contributes to the objectives of the EU Mission: Restore our Ocean and Waters, the EU Digital Twin of the Ocean (including EDITO, its core public infrastructure), and the UN Ocean Decade, by enabling data-driven solutions for ocean sustainability.
As Blue-Cloud 2026 reaches its conclusion, the project hands over a mature, policy-aligned digital legacy: the EOSC Node | European Digital Twin Ocean, is progressing towards operational integration within the EOSC Federation.
Participants will leave with first-hand experience of the EOSC Node European Digital Twin Ocean, insights into Blue-Cloud’s legacy, and a clear view of Europe’s path toward a federated, policy-aligned digital ocean ecosystem, aligned with the goals of EU Mission: Restore our Ocean and Waters, the EDITO, and the UN Ocean Decade.
Call for posters
Would you like to present a poster during the Blue-Cloud 2026 Final Conference? Please submit your idea here. The posters should be in A0 format (vertical, 84,1 cm x 118,9 cm) and the deadline for abstract submission is the 27th of April, 2026.
Agenda
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Opening | |
| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Official messages from EC The European marine knowledge landscape: Relevant policy developments and evolution 2023-2026 |
Nicolas Segebarth, DG RTD Ana Teresa Maia Mota, DG RTD |
| 09:30 - 10:30 |
Presentation session Building a federated digital ecosystem in support of Mission “Ocean & Waters” into EOSC
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Pasquale Pagano, CNR-ISTI, Coordinator of the Blue-Cloud 2026 project and of the EOSC Node | European DTO Sara Garavelli, CSC, EOSC Board of Directors Mario Reale, EOSC Technical Coordinator Jonathan Tedds, ELIXIR Programme Manager for Scientific Computing Conor Delaney, EMODnet technical coordinator Marina Tonani, Mercator Ocean International, EDITO |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break and Poster session | |
| 11:00 - 13:00 |
EOSC Node | European Digital Twin Ocean in action, part 1 |
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| 11:00 - 13:00 |
Mixed sessions with presentations, panel discussions, demos Marine thematic services: Virtual Labs & Workbenches |
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| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch & Poster session | |
| 14:30 - 16:30 | EOSC Node | European Digital Twin Ocean in action, part 2 | |
| 14:30 - 15:30 |
Panel discussion A federated digital research environment in support of European Research |
Rita Giuffrida, Trust-IT Services - Moderator Nicola Fiore, EOSC Beyond (EGI) Alessandro Rizzo, Data Terra (IRD France) Jorge Mestre Tomás, FAME (CSIC) |
| 15:30 - 16:30 |
Panel discussion Capacity building & training |
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| 16:30 - 17:00 | Coffee Break and Poster session | |
| 17:00 - 18:00 |
Concluding Panel Vision, objectives and action plan 2026-2030 |
Julia Vera, SeaScape Belgium Toste Tanhua, GEOMAR |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Networking cocktail | |