Start: June 23rd, 2025
End: June 24th, 2025
The concluding general assembly meeting for the EcoScope project, will be held from Tuesday 24th - Wednesday 25th June 2025 at the Impact Hub in Athens city centre.
Work package leaders will present the final deliverables and outputs of the respective work packages.
09.00 Registration All participants
Chairs: Georgios Sylaios and Sofie Manousi
09.00 Welcome – Housekeeping, Sophie Manousi (AUTH)
09.15 Introduction – Plan of the meeting, Athanassios Tsikliras (AUTH)
09.30 Project overview, reporting and deliverable progress, Athanassios Tsikliras (AUTH)
10.00 Overview of the SEAwise Project and applications in Greece, Dimitrios Damalas (HCMR)
11.00 COFFEE BREAK
11.30 WP3 – Linking fisheries to the ocean – Progress, Georgios Sylaios (DUTH)
12.00 WP3 – EcoScope Platform Presentation, Georgios Sylaios (DUTH)
12.30 WP4 – Climate forcing and the human impact – Progress, Giuseppe Scarcella (CNR)
13.00 WP4 – Next steps, Enrico Armelloni (CNR)
13.30 LUNCH BREAK
Chairs: Gideon Gal and Donna Dimarchopoulou
14.30 WP5 – Assessing the ecosystem and its components – Progress, Athanassios Tsikliras (AUTH)
15.00 WP5 – EcoScope Toolbox and Marine Ecosystem Assessments, Athanassios Tsikliras (AUTH)
15.30 COFFEE BREAK
16.00 WP6 – Ecosystem modelling and management scenarios – Progress, Gideon Gal (IOLR)
16.30 WP6 – Report on ecosystem models and future actions, Gideon Gal (IOLR)
17.00 End of Day 1
19.00 Social dinner and closing party (venue to be confirmed)
Chairs: Sheila Heymans and Santiago de la Puente
09.00 WP6 – Marine spatial planning challenge simulation platform, Magali Goncalves (BUAS)
09.30 WP6 – Incorporating deep Uncertainty into the modeling process, Tusith Islam (PEAS) and Erik Pruyt (PEAS)
10.00 WP7 – Assessing societal expectations and economic values – Progress, Santiago de la Puente (NIVA)
10.30 WP7 – Implementing the integrated framework for assessing the socio-
economic consequences of changing marine ecosystems, Santiago de la Puente (NIVA)
11.00 COFFEE BREAK
11.30 WP8 – Interaction with stakeholders and capacity building, Sheila Heymans (EMB)
12.00 WP8 – EcoScope Academy, Mike Kolikidis (LWCY)
12.30 WP2 – Efficiency of current management and gap analysis, Yoana Georgieva (IBER-BAS)
13.00 WP9 – Innovation management and business planning, Raymond Slaughter (AGORA)
13.30 LUNCH BREAK
Chair: Marie Biguglio – Giuseppe Scarcella
14.30 WP10 – Dissemination and visibility, Simon Keeble (BLIT)
15.00 WP10 – EcoScope Application Development, Bar Sternbach (SPNI)
15.30 International Advisory Board members, Howard Townsend (NOAA)
15.45 COFFEE BREAK
16.15 WP1 – M48 Periodic reporting (dates/tasks) – Deliverables and milestones, Simon van Dam (AGORA) and Menelaos Hatziapostolidis
16.30 Conferences – Publications – Special issues (SEAwise Event), Athanassios Tsikliras (AUTH)
16.45 Sustainability of the Platform and the Toolbox, Simon Keebe (BLIT)
17.45 General Discussion – EcoScope Sequel?, Athanassios Tsikliras (AUTH)
18.00 End of Day 2
09.00 Volume on Marine Ecosystem Assessments WP5 and WP3
10.00 General discussions, All
11.00 COFFEE BREAK
11.30 Meeting with International Advisory Board members WP leaders
12.30 Joint publications (Cluster A) WP5 and WP6
13.30 LUNCH BREAK
14.30 Joint publications (Cluster B) WP7 and WP8
15.00 Joint publications (Cluster C) WP7 and WP8
15.30 COFFEE BREAK
16.00 Discuss paper & presentation on Fisheries regulation, Marie and Sheila
16.30 Final policy paper All partners
17.00 End of Day 3