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Lillian
Diarra
Mercator Ocean International
OPERA project manager
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Nov 3, 2026
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
OceanPrediction DCC - Welcome Session
9:00 AM
Opening Welcome from IOC-UNESCO — Alison Clausen TBC
9:10 AM
OceanPrediction DCC: The Big Picture — Pierre Bahurel TBC
9:20 AM
Opening welcome from ECOP programme - Evgeniia Kostianaia
9:25 AM
Building connections around Ocean Prediction - Enrique Alvarez
9:40 AM
Ocean Forecasting in Africa: The OPERA Perspective — Lillian Diarra
9:50 AM
Ocean Forecasting in Action: Insights from Costa Rica — Valentina Giunta
Speakers
:
Alison
Clausen TBC
IOC - UNESCO
Deputy Global Coordinator, UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
Pierre
Bahurel TBC
Mercator Ocean International
Director General
Valentina
Giunta
Mercator Ocean International
Manager OP4CR project
Enrique
Alvarez Fanjul
Mercator Ocean international
OceanPrediction DCC technical coordinator
Lillian
Diarra
Mercator Ocean International
OPERA project manager
Online
Nov 3, 2026
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
Ocean Forecasting in Africa: The OPERA Perspective — Lillian Diarra
Speakers
:
Lillian
Diarra
Mercator Ocean International
OPERA project manager
Online
Nov 3, 2026
10:30 AM
12:30 PM
Africa - Regional Team Session
Harmonizing OceanPrediction and Services for Africa's Blue Future
10:30 AM
Welcome to the Africa Session
10:35 AM
Meet the Community: Who’s in the Room?
10:40 AM
Video: Coastal Voices of Africa
10:50 AM
OPERA: a symphony of parts
11:35 AM
Panel discussion: From Score to Stage: Co-designing Africa's End-to-End Blue Value Chain
12:25 PM
Closing Reflections & What Comes Next for Africa
Speakers
:
Gustav
Rautenbach
SAEON
Ocean Modeller
Jennifer
Veitch
South African Environmental Observation Network - SAEON
co-chair OceanPrediction DCC African regional team
Philip-Neri
Jayson-Qushigah
University of Ghana
Senior Research Fellow
Chinenye
Aja-Nwachuku
NIMASA
Assistant Chief Admin Officer
Kwame Adu
Agyekum
University of Ghana
Lecturer/Researcher & Co-Chair - Geo Blue Planet
Ibrahim
Hoteit
KAUST - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Professor & Director of the Climate Change Center
Nimrod
Ishmael
CORDIO - Coastal Oceans Research and Development – Indian Ocean
Research Assistant
Sives
Govender
CSIR
Research Group Leader
Uchi
Dominic Terhile
Ocean prediction DCC
ECOP
Lillian
Diarra
Mercator Ocean International
OPERA project manager
Online
Nov 3, 2026
10:50 AM
11:35 AM
OPERA: a symphony of parts
Speakers
:
Lillian
Diarra
Mercator Ocean International
OPERA project manager
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