From Blue-Cloud to the EOSC Node for the Digital Twin of the Ocean - Blue-Cloud 2026 Conference
Join us for the Blue-Cloud's 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 (EDITO), 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 for the Digital Twin of the Ocean, is progressing towards operational integration within the EOSC Federation.
Participants will leave with first-hand experience of the EOSC Digital Twin of the 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 |
| 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 |
| 09:30 - 10:30 |
Presentation session Building a federated digital ecosystem in support of Mission “Ocean & Waters” into EOSC
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break and Poster session |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | EOSC Node “European Digital Twin Ocean” in action, part 1: Marine thematic services |
| 11:00 - 13:00 |
Mixed sessions with presentations, panel discussions, demos EOSC Node “European Digital Twin Ocean” in action: Marine thematic services Marine thematic services: VLabs & Workbenches |
| 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 |
| 15:30 - 16:30 |
Panel discussion Capacity building & training |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Coffee Break and Poster session |
| 17:00 - 18:00 |
Concluding Panel Vision, objectives and action plan 2026-2030 |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Networking cocktail |