Donatella Castelli (CNR-ISTI) gave an introductive talk in the "Towards an e-infrastructure in agriculture?" session at the Euragri workship in Inra, Paris discussing leading an e-infrastructure project in marine research e-Infrastructure and how it refers to a combination of digital technologies (hardware and software), resources (data, services, digital libraries), communications (protocols, access rights and networks), and the people and organisational structures needed to manage them. 

Event Synopsis

On 4th of March 2016, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), hosted in Rome, the first BlueBRIDGE External Advisory Board meeting. The meeting saw the participation of a pool of renowned international experts operating in the Blue Growth field that met the BlueBRIDGE consortium to discuss about the needs of their communities and how the BlueBRIDGE services can help them to solve their day to day challenges. Representatives from the following international organisations were around the table...

On the 4th of February, Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique, jointly with 8 industrial clusters, organised the event "Ocean BtoB" with the objective of creating synergies and promote the emergence of new technological partnerships in the sea sector.

The event was a success with over 180 participants and 100 business f2f meetings. The event was the occasion to raise awareness about BlueBRIDGE among the members of the business clusters. At this purpose the BlueBRIDGE dissemination material was distributed at the event.