Tuesday, 01 July 2008

Third International Coastal Atlas Network (ICAN) workshop

The agenda for the first workshop can be found at: http://ican.science.oregonstate.edu/ican3_prog. This workshop is a continuation of the work carried out from ICAN and will be focus on three different issues:

1. exhibiting the atlas interoperability proof-of-concept, in development since summer 2007, and validating first outcomes;

2. informing and attracting a larger population of potential stakeholders of the activity, and promoting an exchange of related developments in coastal and ocean information services;

3. developing a long-term strategy for effective governance of ICAN and design of further applications.

Participants will include ICAN representatives from relevant institutions developing coastal atlases and networks in Belgium, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, UK, USA, and beyond (including the emerging Caribbean Marine Atlas and the African Marine Atlas). Participant list: http://ican.science.oregonstate.edu/people3

The second workshop program organised by the EEA will enable European coastal experts to explore opportunities that are becoming available as a result of ICAN work and will allow for support and contributions to the respective work in Europe.

The agenda can be checked at: http://ican.science.oregonstate.edu/eea_prog

The ETC-LUSI will contribute to both workshops with its experience from Deduce project on Testing Observatories and Indicators and expertise on the topic of ICZM and coastal areas of Europe.