SAFAtor Kick-off meeting

5 Mar 2025, 13:00 → 6 Mar 2025, 13:00 Europe/Berlin

House H (Telegrafenberg)

The SAFAtor (SMART Cables And Fibre-optic Sensing Amphibious Demonstrator) research infrastructure for monitoring the world's oceans is part of the portfolio of major Helmholtz infrastructures. From 2025, the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel plan to use existing telecommunications cables on the seabed as sensors and at the same time equip them with new sensor technology. The aim is to obtain important data on climate and geological hazards.

We cordially invite you to the SAFAtor kick-off meeting on 5 and 6 March 2025 at the GFZ in Potsdam. The meeting starts on 5 March at 13:00 and ends on 6 March at 12:00. This event will bring together the participating centres and associated partners to discuss the first steps of the new infrastructure.

Day 1 (5 March) will be dedicated to science. Day 2 (6 March) will be used by the SAFAtor team to discuss organisational issues and next steps. Please see the full agenda below.

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Please register for the SAFAtor Kick-off meeting if you plan to attend using the link below. 

 

 

Wednesday 5 March

1 Welcome

Speaker: Susanne Buiter

2 Introduction of the FIS infrastructure SAFAtor

Speaker: Fabrice Cotton

WP1: Near-coast testbeds

Convener: Charlotte Krawczyk

3 GONAF Marine and GONAF Urban, Istanbul

Scientific goals (10'), plans (10'), discussion (10')

Speakers: Patricia Martínez-Garzón, Véronica Rodriguez Tribaldos

4 Mt. Etna, Sicily

Scientific goals (10'), plans (10'), discussion (10')

Speakers: Charlotte Krawczyk, Morelia Urlaub, Philippe Jousset

5 IPOC, Chile

Scientific goals (10'), plans (10'), discussion (10')

Speaker: Bernd Schurr

15:00 Coffee Break

WP2: Open sea monitoring

Convener: Fabrice Cotton

6 SMART cable demonstrator

Scientific goals (geohazards, ocean, climate), sensor development, testbeds

Speaker: Laura Wallace

7 Continuous multi-distance ocean monitoring: challenges and opportunities

Speaker: Frederik Tilmann

WP3: Integrated cable data services

Convener: Frederik Tilmann

8 DAS data management challenges and related activities within Geo-INQUIRE

Speaker: Angelo Strollo

9 Backend infrastructure and integration in NFDI and EOSC

Speaker: Wolfgang zu Castell

10 Round table: Link with other initiatives

Speaker: SAFAtor-Team

19:00 Dinner at 'Fliegender Holländer'

Thursday 6 March

Organisation and next steps (SAFAtor team)

11 Budget issues

Presentation, update, hiring

12 Communication/Promotion of SAFAtor

Media, website, social media

13 SAB, TAB and SUG

Discussion on board members, official invitation

10:30 Coffee break

14 Management structure

Presentation, update

15 Upcoming steps