Mauritius Oceanography Institute4th Floor, France Centre Victoria Avenue
Quatre Bornes
Mauritius
| 0 | Day 1 08:30 - 09:00<span style='font-weight:normal'>: REGISTRATION: Coffee </span> |
| 1 | Day 1 09:00 - 10:30<span style='font-weight:normal'>: WELCOME GREETING AND OPENING REMARKS</span> |
| 1.1 | KEYNOTE ADDRESS: MOI’s Activities and Incoming Operational Services Using Earth Observations for Marine Applications |
| 1.2 | Regional Environmental Science and Technology Symposium Opening Address: Social & Economic Relevance of Regional Ocean S&T: GEF/UNDP Agulhas Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystem Program ASCLME |
| 2 | Day 1 11:00 - 15:30<span style='font-weight:normal'>: SYMPOSIUM: The State of Western Indian Ocean Environmental Science and Technology</span> |
| 2.1 | RESEARCH<span style='font-weight:normal'>: The Agulhas System and its Role in Ocean Circulation and Climate</span> |
| 2.2 | MODELLING<span style='font-weight:normal'>: An Overview of Ocean and Coupled Models</span> |
| 2.3 | OBSERVATIONS<span style='font-weight:normal'>: Overview of Regional Marine Observing Systems; including Indian Ocean Observing System, RAMA, XBT, ARGO, Drifters</span> |
| 2.4 | OCEAN FORECASTING<span style='font-weight:normal'>: From Ocean Observation to Applications: Update on IOGOOS Pilot Project – Modelling for Ocean Forecasting and Process Studies</span> |
| 2.5 | STRATEGIC APPROACH<span style='font-weight:normal'>: Benefits of Integrating Offshore and Nearshore Long-Term Ocean Observations For Sustainable National Fisheries</span> |
| 2.6 | CAPACITY BUILDING<span style='font-weight:normal'>: WMO Integrated Global Observing System WIGOS: Highlights of WIGOS, Connection to DBCP and How This Workshop Contributes</span> |
| 2.7 | NEXT GENERATION<span style='font-weight:normal'>: Developing Global Citizens and Connecting the Next Generation of International Scientists</span> |
| 3 | Day 1 16:00 - 17:00<span style='font-weight:normal'>: DISCUSSION: Nearshore-Offshore Ocean Observing and Community Level Applications – Launch Applications Development Team (ADT)</span> |
| 3.1 | <span style='font-weight:normal'>Socio-Econ Relevance: Benefits of Coastal (Nearshore) and Ocean (Offshore) Ocean Observing and Monitoring </span> |
| 3.2 | <span style='font-weight:normal'>ASCLME Observing and Monitoring Efforts ; 1. Offshore 2. Nearshore, Building the Nearshore-Offshore Connection</span> |
| 3.3 | <span style='font-weight:normal'>French Contribution to the Observation of Oceanic Processes in the Indian Ocean and Their Imprint on Ecosystems </span> |
| 4 | Day 1 17:00 - 17:10<span style='font-weight:normal'> Daily Wrap-up & Tomorrow’s Plans</span> |
| 5 | Day 2 09:00 - 09:10: DAILY PLANNING |
| 6 | Day 2 09:10 - 10:30: AMESD MORNING SYMPOSIUM |
| 6.1 | Overview of the African Monitoring of the Environment for Sustainable Development program AMESD |
| 6.2 | AMESD Activities, Products & Services In the South West Indian Ocean |
| 6.3 | AMESD Q&A |
| 7 | Day 2 11:00 - 13:00 |
| 7.1 | EumetCast & AMESD Data and Tools |
| 7.2 | First Step Towards Operational Forecasting on the EEZ of Mauritius Using ROMS Model |
| 7.3 | Oceanographic Atlas of the South West Indian Ocean Using Model Reanalysis |
| 7.4 | AMESD Pilot Project in Mozambique: The Use Of Potential Fishing Zone Maps for Fisheries Management |
| 7.5 | Potential Synergies Between AMESD & In-Situ Regional Ocean Observations, e.g., in-situ cal/val |
| 8 | Day 2 13:00 - 14:30<span style='font-weight:normal'>: SPCIAL ADDRESS: NOAA’s Engagement in the Indian Ocean Region,</span> |
| 9 | Day 2 14:30 - 16:50 |
| 9.1 | Data Requirements for the Development of Coastal and Marine Atlas |
| 9.2 | The Agulhas Return Current Ocean Climate Station: Using Drifting and Moored Buoy Data from the Agulhas System |
| 9.3 | Regional Institute Operational Data Stream Requirements for Meteorological, Ocean and Climate Models |
| 9.4 | Predictions & Monitoring For the Indian Ocean Basin Using the NOAA NCEP Climate Forecast System (CFS) |
| 9.5 | The Variability of the African Climate System (VACS) Panel of CLIVAR |
| 10 | Day 2 16:50 - 17:00<span style='font-weight:normal'>: DAILY WRAP-UP & TOMORROW'S PLANS</span> |
| 11 | Day 3 09:00 - 09:10: DAILY PLANNING |
| 12 | Day 3 09:10 - 13:00 |
| 12.1 | Science and Resource Planning Meeting: Science |
| 12.2 | Science and Resource Planning Meeting: Resources |
| 13 | Day 3 14:30 - 17:30: SCOR WORKING GROUP MEETING |
| 13.1 | <strong>MDT Capacity Building</strong>: NCEP Climate Forecasts System (CFS) and the Global Forecasts System (GFS) |
| 13.2 | <strong>ODT Capacity Building</strong>: Observing network implementation and data Assembly: RAMA, XBT, Drifters, Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) Project |
| 14 | Day 3 17:30 - 17:40<span style='font-weight:normal'>: JOINT DAILY WRAP-UP & TOMORROW'S PLANS</span> |
| 15 | Day 3 18:00 - 20:00<span style='font-weight:normal'>: SOCIAL EVENING AND DEPLOY “Adopt-A-Drifter” <a href='http://www.adp.noaa.gov/'> www.adp.noaa.gov </a> |
| 16 | Day 4 08:45 - 09:00: DAILY PLANNING |
| 17 | Day 4 09:00-17:30: ODT and MDT |
| 17.1 | <strong>MDT Capacity Building</strong>: Introduction to Ocean Modeling |
| 17.2 | <strong>ODT Capacity Building</strong>: Remote Sensing |
| 17.3 | <strong>MDT Capacity Building</strong>: Operational ocean forecasting |
| 17.4 | <strong>ODT Capacity Building</strong>: Regional Data Networks and Accessibility |
| 18 | Day 4 17:30 - 17:40<span style='font-weight:normal'>: JOINT DAILY WRAP-UP & TOMORROW'S PLANS</span> |
| 19 | Day 5 08:45 - 09:00: DAILY PLANNING |
| 20 | Day 5 09:00-13:00 |
| 20.1 | <strong>MDT Capacity Building</strong>: Seasonal Forecasting and SINTEX-F |
| 20.2 | <strong>ODT Capacity Building</strong>: Integration, access to, and ecosystem/ community application of [ASCLME] ocean observing and monitoring data, information, analysis |
| 20.3 | A discussion on planned modeling activities in the region to result in a 3 page document of activities and key contact people |
| 21 | Day 5 14:30-17:30 |
| 21.1 | <strong>Joint Symposium Panel</strong>: Interactions Between In-Situ And Satellite Observations & Modelling For Economic Applications |
| 21.2 | <stron>Joint Symposium Panel</strong>-Future Plans : Coordinating Plans For The Resourcing And Development Of Regional And National Initiatives And Their Use For Policy And Decision Making |
| 22 | Day 5 16:30-17:30<span style='font-weight:normal'>: JOINT WORKSHOP WRAP-UP-Logistics Debrief, Lessons Learned And Recommendations For Future Regional Workshops</span> |
| 23 | Day 6 09:00-11:00 <span style='font-weight:normal'>: SCOR WRAP UP MEETING |