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EDITO Exhibition at European Ocean Days
2026-03-02 08:00 - 2026-03-06 12:30 UTC | online
2 – 6 March 2026 (Brussels, Belgium)
Discover the EDITO platform in an interactive exhibition that will run for the whole week: “The European Digital Twin Ocean: a pillar to Restore our Ocean and Waters.”
The ocean is facing several pressures like biodiversity loss, pollution, rapid warming, and unsustainable human activities. Scientific knowledge is needed more than ever to ensure correct implementation of EU ocean policies that strive for the protection and restoration of national and international marine ecosystems and coastal communities. The European Digital Twin Ocean is a consistent, high-resolution, multi-dimensional and near real-time virtual representation of the ocean that aims to make ocean data accessible and actionable to all, empowering researchers, decision-makers, innovators and citizens to grow our shared knowledge about the ocean and act for its future. .
The EDITO platform – the core, public infrastructure of the European Digital Twin Ocean – offers cutting-edge tools for developing digital twins, making science-based decisions, and ensuring maximum impact for research and innovation actions across the key objectives of the EU Mission Ocean & Waters: protect biodiversity, stop marine pollution, and support a sustainable blue economy. The platform integrates a wide range of data sources including observations from thousands of sensors and satellites, artificial intelligence, and advanced modelling to make ocean data readily available to all. Building on existing European assets, EDITO upgrades, combines and integrates data and services from EMODnet and the Copernicus Marine Service into a single digital framework. By building on these established European infrastructures, EDITO harmonizes high-resolution ocean observation data, forecasts, and analysis.
A powerful asset to support the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and 2030 Agenda, the European Digital Twin Ocean provides the ability to explore actions such as reducing CO₂ emissions or establishing marine protected areas and the impact of these decisions on marine ecosystems, climate, and ocean economy sectors.
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EDITO Presentation at Ocean Sciences Meeting
2026-02-22 08:00 - 2026-02-27 12:30 | online
Glasgow, Scotland, 22-27 February 2026
Members of the EDITO Community will present the latest developments this flagship conference bringing the global ocean sciences community together to share the latest breakthroughs, exchange ideas, and advance sustainable solutions for the ocean.
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Information Session: EDITO Call #1 for Financial Support to 3rd Parties (Applications)
2026-01-29 11:00 - 12:30 | online
Join us online on Thursday, January 29 at 11am CET for an information session on EDITO’s first call for Financial Support to 3rd Parties. The call will offer financial support to onboard existing applications onto the EDITO platform, enhancing the EDITO ecosystem contributing to the co-construction of the European Digital Twin Ocean. Learn more about who can apply, the application process, the evaluation criteria, and more in this information session. We look forward to seeing you!
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EDITO Demo at 18th European Space Conference
2026-01-27 08:00 - 2026-01-28 12:30 | online
Brussels, Belgium, 27-28 January 2026
Visitors will experience interactive demonstrations of the EDITO Platform, including advanced maritime and security tools such as pirate detection and Baltic safety monitoring.
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EDITO Training for MonGOOS/EuroGOOS Network
2025-12-04 | Lisbon, R. do Instituto Industrial 16, Lisbon, 1200, Portugal
Members of the MonGOOS/EuroGOOS Network are invited to an EDITO workshop on December 4 in Lisbon, Portugal. Attendees can expect a comprehensive introduction to the EDITO platform, the core infrastructure of the European Digital Twin Ocean.

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Digital Ocean Forum 2025
2025-11-27 - 2025-11-28 | Hotel nhow Brussels Bloom, Rue Royale 250, 1210 Bruxelles, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
The fourth edition of the Digital Ocean Forum took place on 27-28 November in Brussels (Belgium). At this landmark event, ocean scientists, modellers, researchers, innovators and policymakers came together once again to take stock of recent developments and explore new opportunities towards the co-construction of the European Digital Twin Ocean.
Attendees were invited to learn the latest about EDITO: the public infrastructure of the European Digital Twin Ocean, powered by EMODnet and Copernicus Marine Service. The event featured demonstrations and deeper dives into what the EDITO platform offers for scientists, developers, policymakers, and ocean citizens across Europe. From providing rapid ocean insights to modelling “what-if” scenarios and supporting science-based decision making, attendees were invited to discover the power of EDITO.
The full report will be available in early 2026. Watch the replays of the event below, and explore photos, presentations and more here.

Day 1 Plenary : Digital Ocean Forum #4 Day 1

Day 2 Plenary : Digital Ocean Forum #4 Day 2

Discover EDITO at the European Research & Innovation Days
2025-09-16 08:00 - 2025-09-17 17:00 | The SQUARE, Mont des Arts, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
The sixth edition of the Research & Innovation Days will take place on 16-17 September in Brussels (Belgium). Encompassing high-level conferences, engaging panels and networking opportunities, this landmark event aims to discuss how research and innovation drives Europe’s priorities and ambitions on sustainability and industrial leadership. It will bring together different communities such as policy- and decision-makers, business leaders, scientists, and researchers.
Research & Innovation Days will be an exciting opportunity for participants to discover EDITO’s, where a booth and a demonstration of the European Digital Twin of the Ocean will be accessible to the public. Powered by EMODnet and Copernicus Marine Service data, the demo will feature What-if Scenario applications and EDITO infrastructure to show the potential of this tool for better science-based decision-making on ocean sustainability and management. The event will showcase what the EDITO platform offers scientists, analysts, developers, blue economy stakeholders, decision makers and wider citizens across Europe and internationally. You can participate online or in person, come meet and speak to the EDITO Team. Join us to explore and learn about the ocean like never before!
Register here: European Research and Innovation Days 2025 – New Registration
More information on the full agenda, speakers and programme can be found here: Events | The research and innovation community platform

EDITO-Model Lab Hackathon: The next wave of ocean innovation
2025-06-13 | Nice Congress Centre, Port de Nice, Quai Amiral Infernet, Nice, 06300, France
The EDITO-Model Lab Hackathon was officially launched at the 2025 UN Ocean Conference in Nice, marking a major step in building a community around the European Digital Twin Ocean. This four-month sprint is the largest among the various capacity-building actions of the EDITO-Model Lab project, bringing together dozens of intermediate users from across Europe, including numerical modelers, programmers, pure researchers, and data scientists.
Participants are working with the EDITO platform to develop new Focus Applications for real-world scenarios, from predicting oil spills to tracking marine plastic. This initiative isn’t just about expanding technical skills; it’s about creating a thriving community that will continue to drive the uptake of EDITO beyond the project’s lifespan.
These Focus Applications for intermediate users complement the added value of EDITO-Model Lab which also produced various What-if Scenarios for end users (policymakers, applied researchers, innovators, blue economy actors, and the society at large) to simulate the impacts of concrete ocean and coastal actions.
Please stay tuned for more details on the hackathon’s final event where the participants will showcase their results.

EDITO at the UN Ocean Conference 2025
2025-06-02 09:00 - 2025-06-13 19:00 | Nice Congress Centre, Port de Nice, Quai Amiral Infernet, Nice, 06300, France
From 2–13 June 2025, the international ocean community gathered in Nice, France for the Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC). EDITO was present throughout the event, participating in high-level sessions and demonstrations at the European Digital Ocean Pavilion, which was located in the Green Zone, ‘The Whale.’
Organised by the European Commission’s DG DEFIS in partnership with DG RTD, DG MARE, and DG INTPA, and implemented by Mercator Ocean International, the Pavilion showcased Europe’s commitment to using digital innovation for sustainable ocean management and global collaboration.
Designed around three immersive zones—INSPIRE, ENGAGE, and DECIDE—the Pavilion offered a dynamic gateway into the EU Digital Twin Ocean. Here, visitors could explore ocean processes, run “What-if” scenarios, and experience real-time insights through interactive displays, simulations, and storytelling tools.

Programme highlights included:
June 3–5: One Ocean Science Conference
EDITO kicked off with multiple sessions during the One Ocean Science Conference, including a presentation on habitat suitability mapping to protect marine ecosystems and a session on next-generation ocean modelling. An EDITO-led poster exhibition ran in parallel, showcasing our advances in digital twin applications for coastal resilience.
June 4: Town Hall – Marine Knowledge at the Fingertips of our Communities
In this dialogue session, EDITO demonstrated how digital twins bring ocean data directly to communities and stakeholders, fostering inclusivity and accessibility in marine knowledge systems.
June 5: Training Workshop – What-if Scenarios (WiS)
At the INSPIRE Arena, EDITO lead a hands-on training session for policymakers and practitioners on using What-if Scenarios to explore marine policy impacts—from planning aquaculture to mitigating marine litter and enhancing biodiversity.
June 6: International Weather & Climate Forum
EDITO participated in a roundtable on future digital ocean apps and delivered a dedicated media workshop, showing how digital ocean tools can strengthen science communication and public engagement.
June 8 & 9: World Ocean Day – DTO for the Ocean Pact
On World Ocean Day (Sunday, 8 June), EDITO joined the global community in celebrating the marine realm and in highlighting the critical importance of protecting our Ocean.
On Monday, 9 June, EDITO supported discussions around the Ocean Pact and how digital innovation can fast-track SDG14, offering new mechanisms for monitoring and protecting marine ecosystems.
June 13: EDITO-Model Lab Hackathon Launch
Closing out the programme, EDITO launched a multi-partner hackathon focused on developing and testing real-world applications—from oil spill simulation to plastic pollution tracking—directly on the EDITO platform.
