The 9th Glider School edition, a reference hands-on and training forum on ocean-gliders technology takes place at the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands between 30th September and 4th October 2019.
PLOCAN participated in "Macaronight 2019, European Researchers’ Night" that took place in Santa Ana Square in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, with the Educational Marine Robotics initiative EDUROVs. The MacaroNight project, within the framework of the European Researchers’ Night, brings together the Macaronesian archipelago in one single night where we share and show our common heritage, culture and past, promoting the future of Macaronesian researchers. It was celebrated simultaneously in Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Madeira, Sao Miguel and Sao Vicente.
The SmartBlue project, which objective is to promote the competitiveness, innovation and internationalisation of marine and maritime companies operating in the blue economy in the Macaronesian regions, organised a conference in order to present the Blue Growth strategies of the Macaronesian regions of Europe at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Funchal (Madeira).
The OceanObs'19 Conference, “An Ocean of Opportunity”, which was sponsored by government agencies linked to the international strategy on ocean observation, took place in Honolulu (HI, USA) between 16th and 20th September and brought together more than 1900 attendees from 74 nations and a hundred leading companies in the sector.
