PROGRAM

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Monday 21 November

08:00	Registration
	All sessions are in the Orion and Pleiades Room
09:00 – 09:10	Welcome to Country Whudjuk Elders Kevin Fitzgerald and Gail Wynne
09:10 – 09:15	Introduction IMOS Director *Michelle Heupel*
09:15 – 09:40	Keynote Speaker ACCESS as a National Research Infrastructure *Professor Andy Hogg (Director, ACCESS-NRI)*
Emerging tool/methods/observation platforms in operational oceanography Session Chair: Dr Karen Wild-Allen, CSIRO
09:40 – 09:55	Inferring nonlinear internal wave currents from sparse observations using machine learning *Lachlan Astfalck*
09:55 – 10:10	An update on the capabilities of IMOS sub-facility 11e for satellite altimeter calibration and validation *Jack Beardsley*
10:10 – 10:25	Quantifying compositional genomics observations to enable broad uptake in ecosystem modelling *Levente Bodrossy*
10:25 – 10:40	Towards an operational sea-ice forecasting system for the Antarctic/Southern Ocean *Gary Brassington*
10:40 – 11:15	Morning Tea
11:15 – 11:30	Using long-time series of temperature and currents to contextualize the physical environment *Madeleine Cahill*
11:30 – 11:45	Validation and application of low-cost wave buoys for monitoring a range of nearshore coastal hazards *Michael Cuttler*
11:45 – 12:00	Dynamic ocean explorer – an immersive experience to visualise oceanography data *Ming Feng*
12:00 – 12:15	Application of Machine Learning to reduce operational wave forecast errors *Jeff Hansen*
12:15 – 13:15	Lunch
Best practices in operational oceanography Session Chair: Dr Paul van Ruth, IMOS
13:15 – 13-30	Ocean analysis system uplift for operational resilience *Aihong Zhong*
13:30 – 13:45	Catching waves: Development of a national infrastructure for in-situ wave observations *Ana Berger*
13:45 – 1400	Best practice metocean survey design to prove critical data for offshore windfarm design *Gregory Bush*
14:00 – 14:15	Uncertainty in ocean forecasts *Jessica Sweeney*
14:15 – 14:30	Understanding measurement quality *Michael Wiegele*
14:30 – 15:00	Afternoon Tea
Coastal – shelf – open ocean connection to improve operational oceanography Session Chair: Professor Moninya Roughan, University of New South Wales
15:00 – 15:15	Ocean modelling – 2-way coupled systems from global to 10m scales *Ivica Janekovic*
15:15 – 15:30	Spatial, temporal, and vertical variability of small-scale fronts and eddies on the Australian Northwest shelf *Jen-ping Peng*
15:30 – 15:45	Environmental change implications for tropical cyclone impact *Christelle Auguste*
15:45 – 16:15	Discussion and wrap up
18:00-21:00	Conference Dinner – Indian Ocean Suite Inclusive for delegates however bookings (during the registration process) are essential for planning purposes. Additional tickets may be purchased for guests.

Tuesday 22 November

08:30	Registration
	All sessions are in the Orion and Pleiades Room
09:10 – 09:35	Keynote Speaker A word from a proud representative of what could be the world’s second oldest profession *David Carter ( CEO, Austral Fisheries)*
Emerging tool/methods/observation platforms in operational oceanography Session Chair: Dr Gary Brassington, Bureau of Meteorology
09:35 – 09:50	Crowdsourcing ocean observations in partnership with the fishing sector *Moninya Roughan*
09:50 – 10:05	A high-resolution two-way nested model of Boston Bay, South Australia *Charles James*
10:05 – 10:20	North West shelf of Australia and 4D-Var data assimilation, what can go wrong in baroclinic internal tidal dominated region? *Ivica Janekovic*
10:20 – 10:35	Estimating ocean surface currents from remotely sensed observations *Nicole Jones*
10:35 – 11:05	Morning Tea
11:05 – 11:20	Observing the East Australian current from the coherent jet to the eddy field: Assessing observation impact 3 ways *Moninya Roughan*
11:20 – 11:35	IMOS OceanCurrent Surface waves product: A tool for up-to-date ocean wave conditions around Australia *Salman Saeed Khan*
11:35 – 11:50	The new Australian CMIP6-derived global wind-wave climate ensemble *Alberto Meucci*
11:50 – 12:05	Digital twin simulations distinguish anthropogenic nutrient impacts from natural variability in a complex coastal ecosystem with salmon aquaculture *Karen Wild-Allen*
12:05 – 13:15	Lunch
Ocean extremes Session Chair: Professor Chari Pattiaratchi, The University of Western Australia
13:15 – 13:30	Observations of ocean extreme events in Southern Australia *Hugo De Oliveira*
13:30 – 13:45	Coastal ocean modelling to elucidate ocean extremes at climate scales *Vanessa Hernaman*
13:45 – 14:00	An analysis of historical marine heat waves over the Australian region based on multiple satellite observation products *Yuwei Hu*
14:00 – 14:15	Improving monitoring and prediction of coastal temperature extremes in shallow nearshore environments *Ryan Lowe*
14:15 – 14:30	Australian climate service: Next generation wave hindcast for Australasia and beyond *Claire Spillman*
14:30 – 14:45	Predicting ocean extremes at sub-seasonal to seasonal timescales for operational decision support *Claire Spillman*
14:45 – 15:00	The rising tide: Modelling of cyclone-forced inundation of a natural wetland habitat on the North-West shelf of Australia *Ryan Alexander*
15:00 – 15:30	Afternoon Tea
Real time data/forecast model use and applications Session Chair: Mr Greg Williams, RPS MetOcean
15:30 – 15:45	Applications of a high-resolution hydrodynamic model and particle tracking to facilitate coral restoration around Lizard Island, QLD *Jack Beardsley*
15:45 – 16:00	Which IMOS sea surface temperature product should I use? *Helen Beggs*
16:00 – 16:15	A data-driven model for real-time forecasting of wave elevations and motions of offshore floating structures *Jialun Chen*
16:15 – 16:45	Discussion and wrap up
18:00-21:00	Conference Dinner – Indian Ocean Suite Inclusive for delegates however bookings (during the registration process) are essential for planning purposes. Additional tickets may be purchased for guests.

Wednesday 23 November

08:30	Registration
	All sessions are in the Orion and Pleiades Room
09:10 – 09:35	Keynote Speaker *Commander Belinda Finlay (Assistant Director – Oceanography, Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation)*
Real time data/forecast model use and applications Session Chair: Dr Helen Beggs, Bureau of Meteorology Orion & Pleiades Room
09:35 – 09:50	eSA-Marine: Application of an ocean forecast modelling system to assist decision support in South Australia’s fisheries and aquaculture sectors *Mark Doubell*
09:50 – 10:05	Evaluating a high spatiotemporal resolution XBT observation system of the EAC using observing system simulation experiments *David Gwyther*
10:05 – 10:20	Phase-resolved wave prediction in spread seas using an optimized array of buoys: Theory and validation using field data *Thobani Hlophe*
10:20 – 10:35	Assessment of near real time observations for operational OceanMAPS *Xinmei Huang*
10:35 – 11:05	Morning Tea
Real time data/forecast model use and applications Session Chair: Dr Helen Beggs, Bureau of Meteorology Orion & Pleiades Room
11:05 – 11:20	Responding to maritime accidents in the Indian ocean *Charitha Pattiaratchi*
11:20 – 11:35	A conceivable Indian Ocean operational oil spill tracking, forecast, warning and mitigation system *Nick D’Adamo*
Operational ocean prediction Session Chair: Dr Claire Spillman, Bureau of Meteorology Orion & Pleiades Room
11:35 – 11:50	Major advances in ocean forecasting at the Bureau of Meteorology *Gary Brassington*
11:50 – 12:05	Data assimilation in ROAM-Ocean – performance assessment *David Griffin*
12:05 – 12:20	Toward an Australian national coastal model *Emlyn Jones*
12:20 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 13:45	Refining air-sea interactions using floating wind profilers *Greg Williams*
13:45 – 14:00	Recent upgrade to the Bureau’s operational wave model *Aihong Zhong*
14:00 – 14:15	Towards improved operational wave modelling at the Bureau of meteorology *Stefan Zieger*
14:15 – 14:45	Afternoon Tea
14:45 – 16:45	Panel Discussion – How can we integrate existing models to develop a skilful National Scale Prediction System? Session Chair: Dr Emlyn Jones, CSIRO
14:45 – 16:45	Dr Vanessa Hernaman Research Scientist, Sea-level, Waves, and Coastal Extremes, Oceans & Atmosphere, CSIROGiovanna Lorenzin Advisor Spacial Intelligence, Integrated Operations Response, Australian Maritime Safety AuthorityGreg Williams Technical Director – MetOcean, RPS EnergyDavid Carter CEO, Austral FisheriesProfessor Ryan Lowe Oceans Graduate School, UWA Oceans InstituteDr Claire Spillman Principal Research Scientist, Bureau of Meteorology
16:45 – 17:15	Discussion and wrap up

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