Twenty-First Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange
The 21st Session of the IODE Committee has taken place in Liège, Belgium between 23 and 26 March 2011. The event was organized at the Palais des Congrès.
The IODE-XXI Session was held immediately following the IODE 50th Anniversary Conference which was organized on 21-22 March 2011 (at the Palais des Congrès in Liège)
10 May 2011: Summary Report and Executive Summary (prepared for the IOC Assembly) now available
26 January 2011: Online registration, hotel booking and local information are now available through http://www.iode2011.be
Information provided prior to the meeting
Agenda
The provisional agenda of the Session is available here and can be downloaded here
Timetable
The provisional timetable of the Session can be downloaded here
Invitation (IOC Circular Letter)
The IOC Circular Letter No. 2358 (invitation for Member States) can be downloaded here
Participants
Participation in the IODE Session is restricted to officially designated representatives of IOC Member States (usually the IODE national coordinators for data management and IODE national coordinators for marine information management). A number of international organizations, NGOs as well as programmes or projects collaborating with IODE are also invited (through an IOC Circular Letter). IODE may also invite individual experts. The latest version of the provisional List of Participants is available HERE.
Note: IOC/IODE does not provide financial support for participation in IODE Committee Sessions as participation in Sessions of the IODE Committee is a requirement for IODE NODCs. In the case of developing countries ODIN projects may be able to fund 1-2 participants who will then be tasked to represent their region in the Session.
Registration
The Committee Session is restricted to officially designated representatives of IOC Member States and collaborating Organizations. To register in such a capacity please contact the IOC/IODE Secretariat through This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The latest version of the provisional List of Participants is available HERE.
Working Documents
The list of available working documents is available here. Check this page regularly as from September 2010 as documents will be added as they have been submitted by authors.
National Reports
Since IODE-XIX national reports have been requested through an online survey. This year the surveys are available as follows:
You can see here the list of submissions. Countries that have not yet filled the survey are urgently requested to do so. The surveys will be closed on 31 January 2011.
Working Language(s)
All IODE national coordinators were consulted through an online survey on the need for (i) translation of documents in all IOC working languages; and (ii) interpretation in all IOC working languages during the Session. The results were as follows: 88% of respondents stated that translation of working documents into all IOC working languages is not required; 70% of respondents stated that interpretation into all IOC working languages is not required. Accordingly the working language for all working documents and for the Session will be English only.
National Reports/Surveys
All IODE National Coordinators (data management and marine information management) are requested to submit their national report covering the years 2009 and 2010. The reports can be filled on-line through the URLs listed here (as from October 2010).
Election of Co-Chairs
As the current Co-Chairs (Mr Greg Reed and Dr Malika Bel Hassen Abid) have completed two inter-sessional periods the Committee will be invited to elect new Co-Chairs. Through IOC Circular Letter 2360 (14 September 2010) Member States were invited to nominate candidates. Two candidatures were received: Ms Sissy Iona and Mr Ariel Troisi. You will find full information on their background and their vision of IODE here.
Hotel Accommodation
Infomation on recommend hotels will be made available as from December 2010.
Local information
Local information will be made available from December 2010
Contact Information
For more information on the Session please contact the IOC/IODE Secretariat on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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