EcoScope 5th General Assembly

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.

DAY 1: Tuesday 24 June

09.00 Registration All participants

Chairs: Georgios Sylaios and Sofie Manousi

Plenary Session – Introductions and overall progress

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

Plenary Session – WP progress and planning (Cluster A)

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

Plenary Session – WP progress and planning (Cluster B)

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

Plenary Session – WP progress and planning (Cluster B)

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)

DAY 2: Wednesday 25 June

Chairs: Sheila Heymans and Santiago de la Puente

Plenary Session – WP progress and planning (Cluster B)

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

Plenary Session – WP progress and planning (Cluster C)

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

Plenary Session – WP progress and planning (Cluster C)

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

DAY 3: Thursday 26 June (morning only, venue to be confirmed)

Plenary Session – Planning ahead

09.00 Volume on Marine Ecosystem Assessments WP5 and WP3

10.00 General discussions, All

11.00 COFFEE BREAK

Break-out to smaller groups – Interlinking clusters and project outputs

11.30 Meeting with International Advisory Board members WP leaders

12.30 Joint publications (Cluster A) WP5 and WP6

13.30 LUNCH BREAK

Break-out to smaller groups – Project outputs and publications

14.30 Joint publications (Cluster B) WP7 and WP8

15.00 Joint publications (Cluster C) WP7 and WP8

15.30 COFFEE BREAK

Break-out to smaller groups – Project outputs and publications

16.00 Discuss paper & presentation on Fisheries regulation, Marie and Sheila

16.30 Final policy paper All partners

17.00 End of Day 3