29 Nov - 1 Dec 2023 | Esplanade Hotel Fremantle by Rydges, Western Australia
2023 Forum for Operational Oceanography

Program

The program below will be updated with any scheduling changes during the conference.

Wednesday 29 November 2023

12:00 Registration
13:00 House Keeping
13:05 Welcome to Country
13:15 Introduction
13:30 Keynote
Parametric Insurance in the Blue Economy: A Pathway to Sustainability
Jonathan Barratt, CelsiusPro
Session 1: Innovations to understand Climate Risk
Session Chair: Jessica Benthuysen
14:00 When a Severe Tropical Cyclone comes knocking at the gate, hope for the best, but prepare for the worst!
Ben Hunt, Pilbara Ports Authority
14:20 Leveraging Predictive Tools for Effective Maritime Emergency Response: Case Studies from AMSA
Giovanna Lorenzin, Australian Maritime Safety Authority
14:40 Marine heatwaves – forecasting to enhance industry resilience
Alistair Hobday, CSIRO
15:00 A deep learning model for forecasting global monthly mean sea surface temperature anomalies
Ming Feng, CSIRO
15:20 Afternoon Tea
Session 2: Evolution of wave and current data and their application in operational oceanography
Session Chair:  Diana Greenslade
15:40 Mapping sea surface currents using areal imagery
Albert Zulberti, The University of Western Australia
16:00 Two decades of surface current observations using drifters
Charitha Pattiaratchi, The University of Western Australia
16:20 Investigating Data Assimilation Methodologies for Improved Swell Prediction Accuracy
Marzieh H. Derkani, The University of Western Australia
16:40 Surface Waves Working Group update
Salman Saeed Khan, CSIRO
18:00 – 21:00 Dinner

Thursday 30 November 2023

09:10 Keynote
Operational seasonal prediction services to support marine end user decision making
Claire Spillman, Bureau of Meteorology
Session 3: New developments promoting operation oceanography
Session Chair: Helen Beggs
09:40 ANCOMS
Emlyn Jones, CSIRO
10:00 Connecting land and sea: developing coastal research infrastructure for Australia
Michelle Heupel, IMOS
10:20 A Shared Environmental Analytics Facility for Cockburn Sound
Luke Twomey, WAMSI
10:40 Morning Tea
11:00 A global to port scale operational wave forecast with a focus on Australia and New Zealand coasts
Henrique Rapizo, MetOcean Solutions
11:20 Next generation techniques for high resolution coastal modelling
Ivica Janekovic, The University of Western Australia
11:40 A Patchwork of Potentiality: Developing a global network of uncrewed surface vehicles for the Global Ocean Observing System
Ruth Patterson, Elysium EPL
12:00 Development of a real-time HAB detection and forecasting system in South Australia’s seafood capital
Mark Doubell, SARDI
12:20 Lunch
Session 4: Updates and lessons from existing operational partnerships
Session Chair: Edward King
13:20 Regional And Coastal Oceanography Experiences From Talisman Sabre 2023
Vanessa Hernaman, CSIRO
13:40 Advances in Bureau’s ocean forecasting services
Gary Brassington, Bureau Bluelink Team
14:00 The CSIRO Atlas of Regional Seas 2022: a new marine climatology for Australia
Rebecca Cowley, CSIRO
14:20 SWOT
Benoit Legresy & Gabriela Semolini-Pilo, CSIRO
14:40 The Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre: Overview (Withdrawn)
Marcus Haward,  Blue Economy CRC and University of Tasmania
15:00 Afternoon Tea
Session 5: Updates and lessons from existing operation partnerships (Continued)
Session Chair: Nicole Jones
15:20 Fishing for ocean data – An industry and IMOS partnership
Veronique Lago & Moninya Roughan, UNSW
15:40 Using stochastic models to improve predictions of internal tide-driven currents and temperature
MD Rayson, The University of Western Australia
16:00 Introducing a high-resolution south-eastern Australia coastal ocean forecast (SEA-COFS) using advanced data assimilation
Colette Kerry & Moninya Roughan, UNSW
16:20 Roadmap for Operational Wave Modelling at the Bureau of Meteorology
Stefan Zieger, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
16:40 Argo Australia – Achievements and outlook
Gabriela Semolini-Pilo
18:00 – 21:00 Dinner

Friday 1 December 2023

 

09:10 Keynote
Developing AquaWatch
Alex Held, CSIRO
Session 6: Data Stewardship
Session Chair: David Antoine
09:40 From the Ocean to the Cloud – Now and the Future
Mark Rehbein, IMOS
10:00 AusSeabed
Iain Parnum, CMST
10:20 New ocean remote sensing products and opportunities for operational oceanography
Helen Beggs, Bureau of Meteorology
10:40 Morning Tea
11:00 Data sharing – opportunities and pitfalls
Greg Williams, RPS MetOcean
11:20 FOO 2025
11:40 – 12:00 Summary and close
Michelle Heupel
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