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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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Annual meeting on rescue cooperation and cooperation in oceanography between PLOCAN and the Spanish Air Force
During the annual follow-up meeting between the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands and the Spanish Air Force the cooperation related to maritime rescue and oceanography was evaluated. José Joaquín Hernández Brito, director of PLOCAN, and Air Force Personnel of the Canary Islands unit that carry out SAR and coordination actions participated in the meeting.
Researchers of Brazilian universities visit PLOCAN
Gleyci Moser, researcher of the Universidade do Estado of Rio de Janeiro and José Juan Barrera, researcher of the Universidade Federal of Sao Paulo, visited the facilities of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) in Taliarte. During the meeting with the technicians of PLOCAN they had the opportunity to discover the lines of
Wave Glider recovered after a two-month successful mission in Macaronesian waters within the framework of the iFADO project
A Wave Glider autonomous surface vehicle, from the PLOCAN fleet, which was put into operation in November in Faial Island (Azores, Portugal) within the framework of the European project “Innovation in the Deep Atlantic Ocean Framework (iFADO )”, was recovered in the dock of Taliarte, completing successfully its cooperative and transnational mission. During the 57
PLOCAN participates in a Marine Robotics Workshop in the ship school SAGRES
The Atlantic International Research Centre (AIR Centre) organised a Marine Robotics Workshop due to the arrival of the ship school Sagres at Santa Cruz de Tenerife, which is the first stop of its commemorative trip to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the first circumnavigation of the world by Magellan, with the participation of the Oceanic
The Minister Reyes Maroto highlights the importante of the growth of industry in the Canary Islands through the ocean during her visit to PLOCAN
The Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, highlighted the importante of the growth of industry in the Canary Islands through the ocean in order to create wealth and employment during her visit to the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands. The Minister was accompanied by the Government Delegate in the Canary Islands, Juan
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Teachers of the Erasmus project visit PLOCAN
Austrian teachers of the Erasmus project, with the collaboration of the IES Politécnico Las Palmas visited the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands. The visit started with a presentation that explained the facilities and services of PLOCAN. The presentation highlighted the Multipurpose Offshore Platform, the Test Site and the Marine Observatory. Furthermore, it explained the
PLOCAN participates in the Climate and Sustainable Energy Fair of Gran Canaria
PLOCAN participated in the Climate and Sustainable Energy Fair of Gran Canaria celebrated in San Fernando de Maspalomas, which was organised by the Government of Gran Canaria under the framework of the European initiative “Pacto de los Alcaldes”. More than 500 students of 23 educational centres from 10 towns that are participating in the initiative
Meeting on Dissemination of the Marine and Maritime R+D+i in the Macaronesian region at PLOCAN
The third dissemination seminar of marine and maritime R&D&I in the Macaronesian Region was celebrated at PLOCAN within the framework of the SmartBlue (Network of regional marine and maritime clusters for the competitiveness of SMEs in the blue economy) project with the participation of experts on Blue Growth of the Macaronesian region. During the meeting
Ocean knowledge & services for sustainable development: Horizon 2020 EuroSea project Kick-off Meeting
An extensive and multidisciplinary public-private consortium made up of 55 members linked to the observation, data management and ocean modeling celebrated in Brussels the EuroSea project Kick-off Meeting, which responds to an innovation action which receives 12.6 million € from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme. The EuroSea coordinator, Dr. Toste Tanhua, from GEOMAR –