From Blue-Cloud to the EOSC Node | European Digital Twin Ocean - Blue-Cloud 2026 Conference

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Blue-Cloud Event
28 May 2026 09:00–19:30
Comet Louise, Brussels (Belgium)

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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

  • Blue-Cloud re-positioning as a thematic marine node for EOSC
  • Contribution of the marine thematic EOSC node to EDITO and EMODnet

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

11:00 - 13:00

Mixed sessions with presentations, panel discussions, demos

Marine thematic services: Virtual Labs & 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

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

 
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

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