The first OT-Med “All-hands” Progress Meeting will be held 4-6 December 2013 in the Observatoire de Haute Provence, France. During this event the progress and the results of OT-Med will be presented and the future projects and directions will be discussed.
First OT-Med “All-hands” Progress Meeting O3HP, St Michel l'Observatoire, 4-6 December 2013
Draft Programme
December 4, 2013
12:00 arrival, room assignment
12:30-14:00 welcome lunch
14:00 “Why OT-Med?” Updated objectives and main events of OT-Med (J. Guiot)
14:30-17:00 results obtained by the 4 PhD students and the 5 postdoctoral fellows supported by OT-Med: 10 min + 5 min for questions:
PhD students
Soumaya Boussabat : Observation of the microphytoplankton community structure in relation to the biogeochemical cycles in the Gulf of Lion and the pelagic ecosystems of North Tunisia (Bay of Bizerte and Gulf of Tunis)
Simon Decock : Modeling of Mediterranean agrosystems functioning in a context of global change
Benjamin Mary : Assessing vulnerability to vegetation growth on earth dikes using geophysical investigation
Alena Nosova : Carbonyl sulphide (COS) exchange between plants and the atmosphere : towards an understanding of the ecophysiological basis
Postdoctoral fellows:
Elena Alekseenko : Impact of nutrient stoichiometry on the structuration of the planktonic food chain in the NW Mediterranean Sea
Marianela Fader : How much water do we need for irrigation in the Mediterranean?
Guillermo Gea-Izquierdo : Towards a mechanistic understanding of tree-ring growth and applications to Mediterranean ecosystems
Matteo Vacchi : Using sea level databases to assess future sea level scenarios
Mattia Trabucchi : Identification of priorities areas in the Mediterranean Region for soil management and restoration actions according with 2020 targets
17:00-18:00 general discussion
18:00-19:00 talk by H. Ben Dhia “Water and Energy sources challenges for the south Mediterranean region, Tunisia as example”
19:00 apero and dinner
20:30 “open bar” evening for informal discussions starting with two short presentations:
presentation of AMSE « Aix-Marseille School of Economics » (Labex), A. Trannoy
presentation of MedNet “Mediterranean Network of environmental training sites supporting OSU Institut Pythéas master's degrees and international academic partnerships”, F. Torre, G. Ménot
December 5, 2013
9:00 talk by L. Legendre "The Mediterranean Sea: An alternative ocean?"
9:45 introduction to working groups (each group should be given a clear task and objective)
10:00-12:00 first series of discussions in three groups
Spatial environmental data sources for OT-Med, climate scenarios, downscaling (all WP) (chaired by R. Trigo)
Everything is connected: interactions between land, atmosphere and ocean (chaired by leaders of WP1)
Sustainable development of big cities, Marseille considered as an example (chaired by leaders of TWP1)
12:00-13:30 lunch
13.30-14.30 visit of the O3HP
14:30-16:30 second series of discussions in three groups
Ecosystem services (chaired by leaders of WP2)
Climate-societies interactions (chaired by leaders of WP3)
Sea and land resources modelling (chaired by leaders of TWP2)
16:30-17:00 break
17:00-19:30 plenary presentations from the six working groups, and general discussion on challenges for 2014, call for proposal, added value of the Labex, leading projects and publications
19:30 dinner
21:00 talk by D. Pantosti "The geological signature of earthquakes of the past"
December 6, 2013
Parallel sessions:
8:45-10:15 meeting of the PhD students, post-docs and OT-Med engineers (without their supervisor)
8:45-10:15 meeting of the international scientific council
(only international scientific council, PhD students, post-docs and OT-Med engineers are concerned by these sessions)
10:15-10:45 general presentation of the procedures of evaluation by ANR; Amélie Vergne, ANR
10:45-12:45 plenary discussion with the international scientific council, recommendations and challenges
12:45-14:00 lunch and end of the meeting.
ORGANISATION
The accommodation and meals are provided by the organizers. The possible transport is either by personal vehicles (we encourage carpooling-see below) or by minibus provided by the organizers.