The MARINA RRI Final conference will be held on 12- 13 March 2019, hosted by Nausicaa Sea Centre in Boulogne Sur Mer, France. Call for papers is now open!
Registrations to the Conference are also open on the official Conference website.
The overall aim of the MARINA RRI Final Conference  is to stimulate the debate on the marine challenges within the RRI community, which involves scientists and societal actors working together during the whole research and innovation process, with the common goals of aligning both the process and its outcomes with the values, needs and expectations of the society and integrating citizens visions, needs and desires into science and innovation.

The concept of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is part of the Europe 2020 strategy. Its vision is to promote stronger collaboration among scientists from different disciplines, societal actors, citizens and policy makers in order to achieve a wider dimension of science and innovation and enhance the role of society in dealing with its challenges. In fact, there are still many barriers in public organizations and research institutions which impede a complete implementation of the RRI framework, like lack of public engagement, poor science education, ethics and governance.

Participants are expected to contribute submitting papers that describe experiences, case studies, outcomes from projects related to the marine domain and how RRI may allow acknowledging, to anticipate and assess implications connected to societal expectations and fostering the design of inclusive and sustainable research and innovation.

In particular, the conference will cover and systematize cases studies and examples from practice developed in several past and running research activities and projects on RRI, where the implementation of RRI dimensions, principles and topics made a difference in the impact of the research and innovation. This portfolio of experiences will also include examples of guidelines, approaches and good practices dealing with different aspects of RRI and marine challenges.

Specific themes of interest include but are not limited to:

• Tourism and coastal cities
• Pollution caused by human and sea pressures
• Fisheries and aquaculture
• Renewable energy (wave, wind, tidal)
• Marine changes caused by climate
• Marine Biotech
• Sea Transportation
• Deep Sea Mining
• Ocean Literacy

Paper Submission is available on line, on the official Conference website.

Important Dates

• February 15, 2019: Deadline for paper submission
• February 16, 2019: Notification of acceptance
• March 3, 2019: Submission deadline for the final version of the papers
• March, 12 and 13, 2019: Conference

Registrations are also open on the official Conference website till the 8th of March.

On twitter: #MARINARRI19

Ocean Dialogues 2019 is a joint event between the H2020 research projects MARINA and ResponSEAble - in cooperation with the European Parliament – SEARICA intergroup & IOCUNESCO - on the role of Ocean Literacy and Responsible Research and Innovation in supporting effective Ocean Governance. The event will take place on 18-20 March 2019 in Brussels. On twitter #oceandialogues2019. 

SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE OCEAN GOVERNANCE
The role of Responsible Research and Innovation and Ocean Literacy
18-20 March 2019, Brussels 

The aim of the Ocean Dialogues 2019 is to identify solutions for the development of a sound ocean knowledge system that can support effective ocean governance, by addressing challenges such as engagement, co-creation and shared responsibility.
Working at the interface between society, policy and science, the event will feed into ongoing ocean-related knowledge and management initiatives. It will provide inputs to the Preparatory process of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. More widely, the active participation of ongoing projects working on RRI and Ocean Literacy will ensure the legacy of the MARINA and ResponSEAble projects. The outcome of the Ocean Dialogues 2019 will be a manifesto that will state how to make RRI and OL effective and successful including in seizing opportunities that the policy framework offers.
The policy implications of the manifesto will be presented and discussed at a dedicated policy workshop organised at the European Parliament.

Ocean Dialogues 2019 is articulated in:
18 - 19 March 

• The conference: 1.5 days with plenary, parallel sessions in key marine challenges and
  sectors, and roundtables and panel discussions
•  The Demo Deck, where participants will be invited to test tools and products developed
  by MARINA, ResponSEAble and parallel initiatives for supporting effective research and
  innovation & ocean literacy
• The workshop dedicated to Youth & Young Professionals

20th March

• A policy workshop at the EU Parliament (by invitation only)

Agenda and registrations  www.oceandialogues.eu

Contacts: info@oceandialogues.eu

On twitter #oceandialogues2019. 

Enhancing ethics and economics in aquaculture using solutions based on IoT and digital automation25 March 2019 12:30 – 17:30
Rue du Trône, 98 - 1050 Bruxelles

On the 25th of March a new MARINA workshop, organised by Italian CNR and Koys lab will be held in Brussels. It is meant to foster a collaborative debate focusing on methods and technologies for the governance of the aquaculture through a responsible approach to the research, innovation and use of digital technologies for automation.

 Aquaculture is the world’s fastest-growing food industry and it has the responsibility to face the growing global population feeding. Indeed, as the world's population continues to expand rapidly, developing innovative and sustainable food sources is a key priority for Europe. This consideration identifies a key-issue in the marine sector with a direct and huge social impact.

What about the overall economy, would the use of more expensive systems increase food prices and change the level of access to food? How to deal with the production of food for fishes? How to ensure digital security? Which processes could be used to decrease the harmful chemicals in the water, such nitrates, maybe reducing them to non-toxic levels so to be reused for other purposes? Does it make sense to match other kinds of agro-food productions, such as the emerging aquaponic, listed among the 10 most promising and disruptive technologies?

This is a challenge and the planned cross-sectoral workshops will drive a path towards the exploitation of methodologies and policies helping the players and policy makers to remove barriers limiting the adoption of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) – a new approach that considers vital aligning the processes and outcomes of research and innovation with the needs and expectations of society, by leveraging on public engagement, gender equality, science education, open access and open science, ethics and governance.

Guidelines of mutual research between the marine and the Industry 4.0 sectors will be outlined.

Agenda and registrations available through the Eventbrite page: Enhancing ethics and economics in aquaculture using solutions based on IoT and digital automation.