Limassol, Cyrprus 
21 – 22 May 2026 

EDITO participated with Demo booth, highlighting applications supporting maritime activities and ocean monitoring in the Eastern Mediterranean. 

Pierre Bahurel, Director-General of MOi participated in a panel where he stressed the importance of sustaining the key pillars of EDITO while remaining responsive to emerging gaps and  innovations like AI that can help accelerate progress. 

Larnaca, Cyprus
18 May 2026

During Session 2: Innovation in Observations, Modelling and Forecasting, Marina Tonani from Mercator Ocean International presented “The European Digital Twin Ocean: Integrating data, models, and AI for sustainable ocean management”.

Brussels, Belgium
9 May 2026

The European Commission opened its doors to visitors to explore the space where EU policy is shaped, and the important EU-funded projects and initiatives informing the next chapter.

EDITO was presented by our implementing partner VLIZ – Flanders Marine Institute. 

Vienna, Austria
3-8 May 2026

The European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU) is Europe’s largest geosciences conference. 

EDITO had a stand in the exhibition centre and hosted sessions showcasing recent developments of the European Digital Twin Ocean, including live demos of EDITO services and EDITO Call 1. 

Brussels, Belgium
24 April 2026

Cyrielle Delvenne from the EDITO team at VLIZ – Flanders Marine Institute contributed to the session “Diving into Ocean Observation: Why and how we study our ocean.”

The session explored how ocean observation helps us understand, protect, and shape a fair and sustainable future for Europe’s ocean and coastal communities.

Brussels, Belgium
17 April 2026

IDEATION​ is an EU-funded project that lays the foundation for a Digital Twin of European inland waters, this initiative is designed to interconnect with EDITO to form a coherent digital representation of the hydrosphere.

Aiman Shaikh from VLIZ – Flanders Marine Institute represented EDITO during the IDEATION Multi-Stakeholder Forum at a panel discussing digital twins as crucial infrastructures for European water resilience. 

Online
16 April 2026

Zakaria Aissa Abdi from Mercator Ocean International shared how AI is advancing ocean forecasting and benchmarking harnessing EDITO, the public platform of the European Digital Twin Ocean.

The talk focused on forecasting models and benchmarking tools available on the EDITO DataLab including GLONET (GLObal Neural Network) and OceanBench. 

Brussels, Belgium
31 March 2026

EDITO Project Manager Marina Tonani presented EDITO at the Marine Data for Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) workshop, organised by Mercator Ocean International. She discussed EDITO’s service offering and how the platform supports research and action to address challenges like climate change, competing ocean uses, and sustainable marine management.

Copenhagen, Denmark
20 March 2026

Colleagues from Mercator Ocean International shared how NECCTON can continue contributing to the European Digital Twin Ocean platform with an a tutorial of how  NECCTON partners can bring their models, outputs and applications onto the EDITO. 

Brussels, Belgium
2 March 2026

Visitors to the EDITO exhibition discovered how the European Digital Twin Ocean can support decision-making by turning ocean data into actionable knowledge for science, policy and industry.

Throughout the week, participants were shown demos of tools supporting Ocean health monitoring, blue economy innovation, marine spatial planning, maritime security. 

Oostend, Belgium
4 March 2026

The EDITO booth introduced the European Digital Twin Ocean and showcased how it can support students and researchers in their work — from discovering marine data to developing models and applications for future research.

Glasgow, Scotland
25 February 2026

Marina Tonani (Mercator Ocean International) delivered a keynote talk on EDITO and its mission to build a comprehensive, multi-scale digital representation of the ocean to support scientific research, policy-making, and societal decision-making.

Hamburg, Germany
15 February 2026

The event brought together key actors to co-design the future of Europe’s digital Ocean systems.

Organised by Mercator Ocean International and Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency), in collaboration with the EMODnet Secretariat. 

Frascati, Italy
2-4 February 2026

Victoria Persson (Mercator Ocean International) presented EDITO at the ESA Digital Twin Earth Components Open Science Meeting 2026. 

Brussels, Belgium
27-28 January 2026

EDITO was at the event to showcase how trusted ocean data helps manage real-world risks. Pierre Bahurel, Director General of Mercator Ocean International, spoke at the digital ocean expert roundtable and presented EDITO.

Costas Kadis, EU Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans stressed Europe’s need for independent access to ocean intelligence.