International Marine Data and Information Systems Conference 2005

The speed and the ease with which users can identify, locate, get quick access, to marine data and data products represent key elements to the success of marine research and marine economic activities including issues related to the management, protection and conservation of the marine environment.Therefore the International Conference on Ocean Data and Marine Information Systems (IMDIS) aims at providing a forum for exchanging and disseminating information on data availability, state of the art on standards, technology and infrastructures related to data and information management, sharing experiences between data providers and data users, assessing the new needs.

Topics covered are:

1. Coastal and deep sea operational oceanography data systems
2. Physical and bio-chemical databases for climate studies - this topic includes multidisciplinary data systems able to manage data collected from various sources and instruments over several years
3. Geophysical and geological Data systems
4. Standards and quality assurance issues for real time and delayed mode data management
5. Marine GISs
6. Communication technologies and internet data services
7. Marine Socio-Economical data and information systems related to the sea.

Relevance

Relevance Estimate: Very High

The conference is open to ocean scientists, engineers, administrators, managers, policy makers, teachers and students.