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MEDIN Open Meeting: Unlocking the oceans: managing emerging and established marine data“.

Please save the date (4 December 2025) and register for the next MEDIN Open Meeting titled “Unlocking the oceans: managing emerging and established marine data“.

This meeting will be hybrid at the Met Office, Fitzroy Rd, Exeter EX1 3PB and online using Microsoft Teams. The MEDIN Open Meeting 2025 is free and open to anyone with an interest in marine data. This meeting aims to highlight the progress in addressing marine data management challenges that have been made and to acknowledge and discuss unresolved issues around data.  

The meeting will include the following sessions:

Session 1: Marine data types without a MEDIN Data Archive Centre

Session 2: Solutions for marine data management challenges.

Please register to secure your place whether in person or online:https://noc-events.co.uk/medin-2025

The meeting will start at 09:30, but please arrive earlier to allow time for security. 

More information about the meeting will be on our webpage as we create the agenda and can provide more details.

We invite you to submit an abstract to present on either of the sessions outlined above:  Abstract submission

If you have any questions, please email  

The Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) is excited to announce our new monthly webinar series – starting 20 August 2025 | 14:00-15:00 (UK time)

Each month, join expert speakers for focused, one-hour sessions on topics not covered in our regular training. These webinars are designed to support better marine data practices across all sectors. The sessions will be recorded and shared on the MEDIN YouTube channel.

Upcoming Webinars:

  1. Navigating Marine Data – 20th August 2025

Intro to stewardship, planning, and the MEDIN framework

  1. Interoperability in Action – 17th September 2025

Data standards and real-world marine applications

  1. Speaking the Same Language – 22nd October 2025

Controlled vocabularies and semantic tools

  1. Making Marine Data Count – 12th November 2025

Archiving biodiversity data and using DOIs

  1. Ocean Data at Scale – 10th December 2025

Managing autonomous and high-volume data

  1. Unlocking Ocean Knowledge – 21st January 2025

Global data sharing and the UN Ocean Decade

Open to all – whether you are new to marine data or a seasoned expert. For more details and for information on how to register please visit: https://medin.org.uk/news/medin-webinar-series-2025

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