The First Announcement
CALL FOR SPONSORSHIPS
ALL INTERESTED ARE WELCOME!
Introduction
The ocean is facing challenges from both climate change and increasing impacts caused by anthropogenic activities. This calls for breakthrough solutions to address the challenges for a shared sustainable ocean future. Digital twins of the ocean (DTOs) are digital representation of the ocean that help to answer ‘what if’ questions. Thus, they are intended to provide science-based decision support systems for global as well as regional marine management.
Endorsed by the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030), the Digital Twin of the Ocean (DITTO) programme was launched in 2021. The vision of the DITTO Programme is to build a world where Digital Twins of the Ocean (DTO) are used to support ocean protection, ocean governance, and a sustainable Blue Economy. DITTO is dedicated to developing and sharing a common understanding of DTOs; establishing best practices in the development of DTOs; and advancing a digital framework for DTOs to empower ocean professionals from all sectors around the world, including scientific users, to effectively create their digital twins.
DITTO initiated the first International Summit in 2022 in London, hosted by the G7 and the UK. During the summit, around 500 participants physically or virtually explored progress in the development of DITTO capability, considered their requirements for infrastructure, described potential applications, and defined a path forward. The second DITTO Summit will take place in conjunction with the 2023 World Ocean Week in Xiamen, China, on November 9-12, 2023. The Summit will enable sharing of the latest advances on DTOs and discussion of future joint actions.
Fujian Ocean Innovation Centre and State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science (Xiamen University) will host the DITTO Summit in 2023.
Topics
This Summit will consist of interconnected sessions covering:
- advancing DTO architectures and interoperability
- innovation of the predictive engines taking advantage of AI and ML opportunities
- sharing, visualising and accessing DTO information
- showcasing the power of existing DTOs
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Users, providers/developers, and promoters of digital twin initiatives are encouraged to attend and contribute to this Summit. This event will include high-level stakeholder information and technical/scientific sessions and will provide documents on national and institutional information.
Committees (in alphabetical order by country and name)
Chair
Fei Chai (China), Martin Visbeck (Germany)
Members:
- Charitha Pattiaratchi (Australia)
- Mônica Muelbert (Brazil)
- Dake Chen (China)
- Fan Wang (China)
- Fangli Qiao (China)
- Jian Lin (China)
- Lixin Wu (China)
- Minhan Dai (China)
- Nianzhi Jiao (China)
- Nicolas Segebarth (Europe)
- Pierre Bahurel (France)
- Jörn Schmidt (Germany)
- Pier-Luigi Buttigieg (Germany)
- Andrey Kostianoy (Russia)
- Marjolaine Krug (South Africa)
- John Siddorn (UK)
- David Millar (USA)
- Dawn Wright (USA)
Chair
Fei Chai (China), Martin Visbeck (Germany), Ute Brönner (Norway), Marjolaine Krug (South Africa)
Members:
- Jan-Bart Calewaert (Belgium)
- Mônica Muelbert (Brazil)
- Guimei Liu (China)
- Jianping Gan (China)
- Jing Li (China)
- Qinghua Yang (China)
- Rongrong Ji (China)
- Suixiang Shi (China)
- Yan Du (China)
- Yawei Luo (China)
- Yuntao Wang (China)
- Zhao Jing (China)
- Zhaoyuan Yu (China)
- Zhong Peng (China)
- Enrique Alvarez (France)
- Pierre Bahurel (France)
- Toste Tanhua (Germany)
- Pier-Luigi Buttigieg (Germany)
- Nadia Pinardi (Italy)
- Swadhin Behera (Japan)
- Delphine Lobelle (Netherlands)
- Sung Yong Kim (South Korea)
- Jeroen Steenbeek (Spain)
- Jon Blower (UK)
- Ann-Christine Zinkann (USA)
- Dawn Wright (USA)
- Eric Chassignet (USA)
- Jay Pearlman (USA)
- Patrick Heimbach (USA)
- Ruoying He (USA)
Members:
- Samuel Wang (China)
- Guanfei Wang (China)
- Joana Kollert (Germany)
- Shibianyu Zeng (China)
- Wei Shi (China)
- Xiaoyi Wang (China)
- Yimin Chen (China)
- Ying Huang (China)
- Yiya Huang (China)
- Ann-Christine Zinkann (USA)
Important Dates
- April 15 – Call for Sponsorships
- May 31 – Call for Abstracts
- July 20 – Deadline for Abstract Submission
- August 15 – Announcement of Abstract Acceptances & Early-bird Registration
- September 15 – Regular Registration
- October 15 – Deadline for Registration
Contacts
- Dr. Samuel WANG (Coordination)
- Ms. Xiaoyi WANG (Academic Programme)
- Ms. Jingrui ZHANG (Registration & Logistics)
Host: DITTO
Organisers:
- Fujian Ocean Innovation Center
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science (Xiamen University)
E-mail:
dittosummit2023@chinastargroup.com
