2nd OT-Med Progress Meeting was held on 27-28 November 2014 in Carry-le-Rouet.
1st OT-Med Progress Meeting took place between 4 and 6 December 2013 at the Observatoire de Haute-Provence (program, report and pictures).
This year's meeting was a great success with more than 100 participants. Some of them are already involved in OT-Med projects and others came to learn more about our Labex and develop collaborations.
On the first day the work package (WP) leaders presented the most important results and future objectives of their WP. Several projects were presented within each WP by postdoctoral fellows, PhD students and project leaders.
General report of OT-Med by Joël Guiot 
Download General report of OT-Med by Joël Guiot (pdf)
WP1: Understanding and evaluating Mediterranean climatic changes and natural hazards 
Download General Report WP1 (pdf)
Some Results WP1:
Download WP1_Benedetti_Frequency of large past earthquakes in the Aegean and associated risk susceptibility (pdf)
Download WP1_Mary_Assessing vulnerability to vegetation growth on earth dikes using geophysical investigation (pdf)
Download WP1_Vidal_Recent and Past hydrological variability in the Moroccan Middle Atlas (pdf)
Download WP1_Arnaud_The risks of water in Tunisia mapping approach (pdf)
WP2: Impact of climate and anthropogenic changes on Mediterranean ecosystems and services they provide 
Download General Report WP2 (pdf)
Some Results WP2:
Download WP2_Baldy_Oak Observatory at OHP (pdf)
Download WP2_Pratlong_The evolutionary challenge of global change diversity, adaptation and phenology in Mediterranean marine organisms (pdf)
Download WP2_Galeron_Boussabat_Ocean Cluster (pdf)
WP3: Human-environmental interaction: perception, adaptation and mitigation 
Download General Report WP3 (pdf)
Some Results WP3:
Download WP3_Currás_Reconstructing Palaeoenvironmental Evolution in the Aléria Plain (Corse) during the last 6000 yr (pdf)
Download WP3_Hervé_SIMBIOSE (pdf)
Download WP3_Boutin_Managing biodiversity in a context of increasing urbanization and intensified human-nature interactions (pdf)
Download WP3_Futhazar_IPBES and the Mediterranean region (pdf)
TWP1: The observation systems and databases 
Download General Report TWP1 (pdf)
Download TWP1_Suarez_The OT-Med Data Catalog (pdf)
Download TWP1_Mazurek_MC3_Network Mediterranean cities and climate Change (pdf)
Download TWP1_Lefevre_A CO2 Observatory for Marseille Metropole COCOOM (pdf)
TWP2: Toward an integrated modeling of the Mediterranean systems 
Download General Report TWP2 (pdf)
Some Results TWP2:
Download TWP2_Alekseenko_Modeling of the impact of continental nutrient inputs on the dynamics of planktonic diversity (pdf)
Download TWP2_3_Gea-Izquierdo_Assessing vulnerability to global change of western Mediterranean forests using a multi proxy mechanistic approach (pdf)
Download TWP2_Fader_Solar energy for irrigation mitigation and adaptation option for the Mediterranean (pdf)
Download TWP2_Contoux_Modelling paleo-climates with a general circulation model (pdf)
The training projects realised in collaboration with MedNet network of practical environmental schools (A*MIDEX) were also presented. 
Download MedNet Report (pdf)
The second day was devoted to discussions. We could evaluate strengths and weaknesses of OT-Med, as well as better define the priority research within each WP and identify some of the OT-Med's objectives for the next year. They will be taken into account during the next call for projects, which will be launched in December 2014.
There were two very interesting invited lectures of the OT-Med International Scientific Council members: R. Trigo and S. van der Leeuw.
Invited talk by Ricardo Trigo: Centro de Geofisica, University of Lisboa, Portugal 
Download_Trigo_Climate change and extremes events in the Mediterranean (pdf)
Invited talk by Sander Van Der Leeuw: Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona, US 
Amélie Vergne, "Chargée de Mission Scientifique" from the French National Research Agency (ANR) reminded and clarified the procedures of evaluation of the Labex by ANR.
Moreover, OT-Med PhD students, postdocs and engineers had a separate session during which they could discuss their work in OT-Med and then communicate their conclusions to other participants.
Download_Report of young scientists of OT-Med (pdf)
The presence of almost all the experts from the International Scientific Council was crucial. They highly appreciated the progress of OT-Med since the last's year meeting. They also made some recommendations for the future.
We would like to thank those of you who participated in this meeting.
We hope to meet you next year.
Some other pictures... 
