ICAN mini Workshop at CoastGIS

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Details: Published: 26 September 2018 26 September 2018

ICAN is hosting a mini-workshop at the CoastGIS workshop of Friday September 28th from 15:00 – 17:00 GMT

ICAN Mini Workshop - “Coastal Web Atlas Contributions to SDG goals”

The workshop will include presentations on recent ICAN member activities around the world, and will include a brainstorming session on the theme of “How can ICAN and CWA operators contribute to SDG14 and the Decade of Ocean Science?”. Presenters include:

Kathrin Kopke, University College Cork, Ireland
David Hart, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant, USA
Anja Kreiner, National Information and Research Centre, Namibia
Francisco Arias, INVEMAR, Columbia
Kathy Belpaeme, Provincie West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

The ICAN Steering Group will be using feedback from this mini-workshop to develop the next 2-year work plan for the network, and to pursue new opportunities for collaboration.

The full CoastGIS programme of sessions can be found online here:

https://www.uw.is/haskolasetur_vestfjarda/skraarsafn/skra/863/

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Membership in ICAN is open to all interested parties who agree to the mission and objectives of ICAN, including organizations with an operational coastal web atlas, as well as individuals or organizations hoping to design and build a coastal web atlas in the future.