Blue BRIDGE in a nutshell Pasquale Pagano ISTICNR

Blue. BRIDGE in a nutshell Pasquale Pagano, ISTI-CNR & Blue. BRIDGE Technical Director pasquale. pagano@isti. cnr. it “Towards innovative data services for Blue Growth” workshop 18 May 2016, Turku, Finland European Maritime Day 2016 #EMD 2016 Blue. BRIDGE receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 675680 www. bluebridge-vres. eu

Why Blue. BRIDGE? Building Research environments fostering Innovation, Decision making, Governance and Education for Blue Growth To support capacity building in interdisciplinary research communities actively involved in increasing scientific knowledge about resource overexploitation, degraded environment and ecosystem with the aim of providing a more solid ground for informed advice to competent authorities and to enlarge the spectrum of growth opportunities as addressed by the Blue Growth Societal Challenge 10/2/2020 "Towards innovative data services for Blue Growth" workshop 18 May 2016, Turku, Finland 2

How Blue. BRIDGE supports Blue Growth • Tailor made data management services Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Research Sector • Operated through Virtual Research Environments (VREs) Aquacultu re 10/2/2020 "Towards innovative data services for Blue Growth" workshop 18 May 2016, Turku, Finland 3

The VRE approach • A VRE is a web-based system that can be accessed ondemand through a simple user interface. • It provides users with a secure access to collaborative tools, services, data and computational facilities meeting their specific needs. • Created on-demand, hardware setup and software deployment required to operate these facilities are completely transparent to the VRE creator. VRE is the perfect approach to address the challenges of modern science which is increasingly global, multi-disciplinary and networked 10/2/2020 "Towards innovative data services for Blue Growth" workshop 18 May 2016, Turku, Finland 4

Is Blue. BRIDGE only for the research sector? “The development of the Blue. BRIDGE smart solutions will importantly support decision-makers involved in the ecosystem approach to fisheries and aquaculture management, by facilitating the knowledge production chain from the initial phases of data collection, through to aggregation, analysis and the production of indicators for competent authorities and investors. ” Marc Taconet Chief of the Fishery Statistics and Information Branch Food and Agriculture Organisation “In recent years our customers coming from the aquaculture sector became more and more aware of the fact that in order for an aquaculture enterprise to remain viable and profitable, it must be environmentally sound able to monitor its performance. By integrating some of the analysis and simulation algorithms of our own company software into the Blue. BRIDGE infrastructure, we can enhance our data services better, supporting aquaculture producers” 10/2/2020 Kostas Seferis CEO Integrated Information System SA (I 2 S) "Towards innovative data services for Blue Growth" workshop 18 May 2016, Turku, Finland 5

The Blue. BRIDGE offer Integrated Services • Relying on a powerful hybrid-data infrastructure (D 4 Science) 10/2/2020 "Towards innovative data services for Blue Growth" workshop 18 May 2016, Turku, Finland 6

Serving different stakeholders Supporting capacity building 10/2/2020 "Towards innovative data services for Blue Growth" workshop 18 May 2016, Turku, Finland 7

Serving different stakeholders Supporting the delivery of domain-specific services 10/2/2020 "Towards innovative data services for Blue Growth" workshop 18 May 2016, Turku, Finland 8

The Blue. BRIDGE added value • Easy to use services to support researchers, companies (including SMEs) and international organisations. • A self-sustained underlying infrastructure executing around 25, 000 models & algorithms per month. • Access to over a billion quality records hosted in more than 50 worldwide repositories and to more than 350 geo-referenced chemical and physical variables with global geospatial coverage and with 10 years lifespan through standard and recognized protocols. • A unique consortium with the right expertise to support practitioners from multiple domains. 10/2/2020 "Towards innovative data services for Blue Growth" workshop 18 May 2016, Turku, Finland 9

Behind Blue. BRIDGE An authoritative & complementary consortium with expertise in multiple scientific domains 10/2/2020 "Towards innovative data services for Blue Growth" workshop 18 May 2016, Turku, Finland 10

Interested in Blue. BRIDGE? • Want access to VREs? i-marine. d 4 science. org • Set up your own VRE? info@bluebridge-vres. eu • Want more information on Blue. BRIDGE? www. bluebridge-vres. eu • If want to join us at future events? www. bluebridge-vres. eu/events • Want real time updates from Blue. BRIDGE? www. twitter. com/bluebridgevres 10/2/2020 "Towards innovative data services for Blue Growth" workshop 18 May 2016, Turku, Finland 11

Thank you @Blue. Bridge. VREs info@bluebridge-vres. eu www. bluebridge-vres. eu Blue. BRIDGE receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 675680