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PLOCAN announces the 15th Glider School edition
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) convenes the 15th edition of the Glider School, an international reference training forum in ocean-glider technology, to be held from October 20th to 24th in Telde, Gran Canaria. The period application submission is already open until June 30th. More information through the event website http://www.gliderschool.eu. The didactic
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PLOCAN participates in the Networking Days of the Hexagone Strategic Project in Funchal
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has been present at the networking days of the strategic project HEXAGONE held in Funchal (Madeira), organised by the Directorate General for Economic Affairs with Africa of the Government of the Canary Islands. The event aimed to promote cooperation between European regions and African countries participating in
PLOCAN at the ExCOM of EMSO ERIC
PLOCAN, as operator of the Regional Facility (RF) of the European Multidisciplinary Observatory for the Study of the Seafloor and Water Column (EMSO) in the Canary Islands, presented at the EMSO ERIC Executive Committee meeting held in Rome, the status of the ocean observatory and future plans, including the incorporation of the Canary Islands Ocean
PLOCAN in the celebration of the Squares of Europe in Tazacorte
The director of PLOCAN, José Joaquín Hernández Brito, participated in the Plaza de San Miguel de Tazacorte in the Squares of Europe tour, a meeting point project of the European Commission to promote this activity in a transparent way, and promote European values of democracy, solidarity and peace. The citizen’s meeting in Tazacorte square is
PLOCAN updates its VIMAS fleet
The PLOCAN consortium, aiming to adequately increase its operational capabilities and scientific-technical services in order to cover the requirements from its current users, has procured a new VIMAS VIMAS unit (Vehicles, Instruments and Underwater Machines) within the framework of the BLUE UPGRADE project (ICTS 2021 Call – Recovery and Resilience Plan; Ministry of Science and
PLOCAN announces the XIII Glider School edition
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands -PLOCAN- announces the 13th Glider School edition, a leading hands-on training forum on ocean-glider technologies, scheduled for October 23rd to 27th 2023 in Telde, Gran Canaria (Spain). The period for submitting applications to attend will remain open until June 30th . More details at http://www.gliderschool.eu Didactical contents will
PLOCAN at the OceanLit project meeting and at the Marlice Islands forum
PLOCAN participated in the partners’ meeting of the European project “Management of coastal protected natural areas affected by marine litter in oceanic archipelagos”, Oceanlit, held in the framework of the International Forum on marine litter and circular economy in islands, Marlice Islands, at the Martianez Lake facilities in Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife). The first
PLOCAN in the European Minke project for innovation in marine metrology
The Minke project, an innovative marine metrology initiative that integrates the main european research infrastructures in which PLOCAN participates, has held its first face-to-face meeting, marking an important milestone in interdisciplinary collaboration and in the search for solutions for the sustainable management of marine ecosystems. Minke is a project funded by the European Commission within
PLOCAN at Oceanology International 2022
The ICTS-PLOCAN has joined Oceanology International (OiA23) held in San Diego (USA) as a world reference biannual forum on ocean observing technologies, an emerging sector in the marine-maritime context and the Blue Economy strategy. As usual, OiA23 has had a large exhibition of more than 300 stands that for three consecutive days have allowed exhibiting
PLOCAN at the Transfiere Forum 2023
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands participated in the joint stand that the Cabildo de Gran Canaria (Gran Canaria Economic Promotion Society) organised at the Transfiere Forum to promote the R&D activities carried out on the island of Gran Canaria. The University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the Canary Islands Institute of Technology
Canary Islands as a testsite for marine renewable energies in the Ecoislas forum
The use of the Canary Islands as a test site is a unique opportunity to promote the development of marine renewable energy generation technologies in Spain and the world, as revealed in the international forum Ecoislas, which had as one of its axes to marine renewable energies and which had the participation of the Ocean