Panel on New Technologies for Observing Marine Life

Chair: Elgar De Sa (India)

Other Panel Members

	Geoff Arnold (UK)	Alex Rogers (UK)
	David Farmer (USA)	Heidi Sosik (USA)
	Gaby Gorsky (France)	Song Sun (China-Beijing)
	John Gunn (Australia)	Bob Ward (Australia)
	Antonio Pascoal (Portugal)

Liaisons
Lewis Incze (Gulf of Maine CoML Project)
William Karp (ICES and NOAA)
Ron O'Dor (CoML)
Peter Pissierssens (IOC)
Edward Vanden Berghe (IODE Group of Experts on Biological and Chemical Data Management and Exchange Practices)

Sponsor: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Date Approved: 2004

Terms of Reference

To review the Census of Marine Life (CoML) Research Plan and make recommendations about technologies that could be applied to CoML projects.
To communicate with CoML project leaders on a regular basis to discuss project technology needs.
To identify and bring to the attention of the international community of fisheries scientists, marine biologists and others, the potential benefits of emerging technologies in the detection of marine life.
To explore the relative merits of different technologies and identify those that deserve further research based on their potential for making significant contributions to the detection of marine life.
To summarize the Panel’s discussions on its Web site and in published articles, so as to make it as widely available as possible.

Meetings:
#1--Goa, India - Meeting Recommendations and Summary
14-16 February 2005

#2--Frankfurt, Germany - Meeting Recommendations and Summary
6 November 2005

#3--Kobe, Japan
18-20 October 2006

Product:

Website for Activity: www.scoml.org

Questions or Comments?
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