The 5th MAMA Meeting

27th – 30th January 2004, Malta

The fifth meeting of the Mediterranean network to Assess and upgrade the Monitoring and forecasting Activity in the region (MAMA) is scheduled between the 27th and 30th January 2004 at the Corinthia San Gorg Hotel in Malta.

The MAMA meeting will open with a half-day seminar entitled “ Trends in Marine Research and related developments – a challenge for Malta and its role in the Mediterranean” . This seminar targets to give an overview on the key issues and trends in Malta concerning marine research and related developments in marine affairs, within the context of international drivers, and with a viewpoint on the potential role of our country in the Mediterranean. Serving as a marine forum for sharing, amalgamating and concretising ideas as well as for synergising initiatives, the seminar is expected to produce important insights on the pace of research and innovation needed to gear our marine sector towards a viable future, on some key emerging and prospective opportunities, and on the best strategy to reach set goals. For more information on the half-day Seminar, please click here .

Additional events that will mark important project milestones during the meeting consist of:

•  the WP2/4 Expert Meeting , targeting to provide a forum for expert inputs and views related to the design of a Mediterranean initial observing and forecasting system with basin and coastal scale components.

•  the Workshop on Marine Data and Information Management (MDIM) , targeting to present the state-of-the-art and future look in MD&IM for the Mediterranean ( Workshop Programme ).

•  developments on the Coastal Erosion Protection and ICZM Guidance Demonstrator (CEROSPIG).

The full meeting agenda can be downloaded by clicking here.

Participants will be accommodated in the nearby Corinthia Marina Hotel (*****) which forms part of the same complex. Please click here to download the hotel registration form. (for foreign participants only)

The meeting is being organised at the same venue of the MedGOOS inception meeting in Malta in 1997. This will auger well for this MAMA Malta meeting hoping that it will again inspire us for a very successful future as it did 6 years ago.