AMEMR Workshops

Following request from previous AMEMR delegates, a series of workshops are planned for the Wednesday afternoon session of the conference. 

An additional workshop “Shaping future research agendas” is offered by European Marine Board on Friday 7 July.

Workshops are free to attend but have limited capacity so please reserve your place early.
Places will be offered on a first come first served basis.

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Hands-on modelling workshops

Play with ERSEM - Workshop full
ERSEM (European Regional Seas Ecosystem Model) is an ecosystem model of marine biogeochemistry and the lower trophic levels of the marine food-web. This hands-on workshop will introduce the latest version of ERSEM. All participants will be provided with the software to run ERSEM in a water column setting. They will be walked through running the model, visualizing its results, and customizing ecosystem structure and parameterisation to address specific scientific challenges. We will provide a number of case studies covering changing biogeochemical parameters, altering the food web by adding and/or removing species and functional types, and changing physical forcing to simulate climate change.

The workshop does not require any prior knowledge of coding or modelling experience, and is open to scientists of any field.

Limited to 10 people
Workshop time: 2-3hrs
Contact: Sevrine Sailley (PML) for more information

“Ecopath with Ecosim" - touching base
 
This session will give a brief overview of Ecopath and Ecosim’s (EwE) latest features – especially around representing large scale forcing, such as climate drivers. The body of the session will then be dedicated to a discussion session for those working with EwE, providing an opportunity to connect and raise any challenges, allowing for brainstorming on how to best model a specific intricacy or process. There will also be a chance to chat about any collaborative projects or papers etc for the group to consider. Anyone new to EwE is also welcome. If they have any specific questions they’d like to raise please contact the session organizer ahead of time to make sure they’re covered.

Contact Beth Fulton for more information

Mentoring Session

If there is sufficient interest we will offer a mentoring session for early career scientists. This session will involve small group discussions with mentors.  Along with relevant science discussions, mentors will offer advice on:

• applying for post docs
• applying for fellowships and grants
• getting the most out of your project to strengthen your CV research leadership

Please indicate your interest in such an event below.
This event will most likely be a working breakfast to take place on the morning of the 4 July before the conference begins. Details to follow.

Modelling marine biodiversity
Workshop full

Organised by Baris Salihoglu, Sinan Arkin and Ekin Akoglu from METU | Middle East Technical University

Recent studies indicate that assessment of biodiversity at different levels of ecological organisation is the key towards understanding the state of marine ecosystems. The variety of species or functional traits in an ecosystem regulates the functioning of that ecosystem as well as the services that it provides. Environmental change can modify biodiversity by changing the relative fitness of organisms within communities, which in turn determines the way in which the ecosystems react to environmental change.

This workshop aims at gathering scientists that focus on modelling the feedback between marine biodiversity and environmental change. The workshop will focus on approaches towards modelling biodiversity but especially promote discussions on cascading effect of changing biodiversity through different trophic levels.

Limited to 30 people
Workshop time: 2hrs
Contact: Sinan Arkin for more information

Ocean colour Climate Change Initiative for model validation and data assimilation
Workshop cancelled

Public and Media Engagement for Researchers

This discussion based workshop will  be run by Kelvin Boot. Kelvin is freelance science communicator with a wide of experience including: editor of The Marine Scientist; broadcaster for BBC, science writer; communications trainer.
In this informal session Kelvin will provide training in:

• engagement and dissemination of your research outside of academia
• examples of best practice in public and media engagement
• dealing  with controversy

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