Scientific and Technical Workshop:

The theme of the S&T Workshop is “Moored and Drifting Buoy Science, Technology, Data Management and Emerging Technologies”.

 Presentations will be welcome in the following areas:

o Data buoy operations – strengths, weaknesses, lessons learned and suggested way forward

o Advances in coastal and open ocean observations – buoy hulls, instrumentation, moorings, new platforms

o Advances in data management and communications

o Research applications of data from DBCP platforms

Abstract submission deadline 15 August 2018

Further information is availbe at https://www.jcomm.info/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewDocumentRecord&docID=22315

National Reports:

Please provide input on national implementation status, in the form of a brief report  to the WMO Secretariat ( cgallage@wmo.int )by 15 September 2018. Format for the national report is available at;

ftp://ftp.wmo.int/Documents/PublicWeb/amp/mmop/documents/dbcp/templates/Format-DBCP-National-Reports.doc

If your country is planning to present during the National Report presentations, please let the Secretariat (cgallage@wmo.int) know by 31 August 2018. Template for the power point presentation is vailabe at;

https://www.jcomm.info/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewDocumentRecord&docID=22526

Accommodation:

The South African Weather Service has negotiated block bookings at the meeting hotel, Protea Hotel Fire and Ice. Block bookings will be available until the end of August 2018.

Please note that all events and excursions will be arranged at or from Protea Hotel Fire and Ice. It is advised that all delegates of the DBCP conference stay at Protea Hotel Fire and Ice.

(please refer to Local Information document for details).