Upcoming Events
June 3, 2025
Digital Ocean Pavilion
Nice, France
Dr. Garabet Kazanjian, EU Mission Ocean OTTERS Coordinator, will present at the One Ocean Science Congress (OOSC) and the Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) in Nice, France. Kazanjian, an assistant professor at the American University of Armenia (AUA), will present a paper titled, “How Citizen Science Empowers Water Stewardship: Stories from the EU Mission Ocean OTTERS project,” as part of the session on citizen science, ocean digitization, and capacity building on June 3, 2025, at the Digital Ocean Pavilion.
Past Events
OTTERS Conference: Waves of Change
May 23-24, 2025
Oeiras, Portugal
The conference will bring current Citizen Science research and initiatives into light and highlight the OTTERS project’s contribution to the field over the past three years.
May 2025
Portugal
The OTTERS Spring School will offer participants a unique opportunity to engage with renowned institutions like the European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) and leading experts in the fields of Citizen Science and researchers in the aquatic field.
April 9-11, 2025
Madeira, Portugal
The OTTERS project was presented by NUCLIO at the SciComPt 2025 conference in Madeira Island, Portugal.
December 4-5, 2024
Eilat, Israel
OTTERS research partner Dori Edelist will present a poster featuring research findings on jellyfish blooms in Israel at the Israeli Association for Aquatic Science (IAAS) meeting.
November 5-6, 2024
BluePoint, Brussels, Belgium or Online via WebEx
OTTERS will moderate a workshop on Scaling up Citizen Science efforts on the 2nd day (November 6, 10:30-12:00 CET) of the Plastic Pirates Summit 2024.
During the workshop, the OTTERS Project will showcase the efforts undertaken to scale up citizen science initiatives under the umbrella of the Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters’ objectives and demonstrate the OTTERS’ role in doing this. As part of scaling-up efforts, the workshop participants will be introduced to the Semflow (short for “Semantic Flow Knowledge Hub”) tool – a model of the semantic data flow of waste. Through the co-design activities during the workshop, the speakers will collect and identify the gaps impacting the sustainability of water-related citizen science projects.
October 14-18, 2024
Online [Zoom Webinar]
OTTERS will attend the workshop led by BlueMissionAA on ‘Best practices in citizen engagement and knowledge transfer in support of Mission Ocean objectives’.
AUA Seminar: Citizen Science and Water Literacy in Schools
September 18, 2024
American University of Armenia (AUA)
Yerevan, Armenia
The American University of Armenia (AUA) hosted a seminar entitled “Citizen Science and Water Literacy in Schools” featuring guest speaker Dr. Luigi Ceccaroni from Earthwatch Europe.
June 30 – July 5, 2024
Marathon, Greece
The OTTERS Summer School 2024 will cultivate a cadre of teachers with the necessary skills, institutional support, and knowledge to inspire students to take proactive measures in monitoring ocean health, combating pollution, and advocating for ocean stewardship.
Speakers: Priscila Doran, Ana Vitória Tereza De Magalhães, Melita Mokos, Eli Bonfill Molina, and Konstantinos Tsoukalas.
Date: June 27, 2024
Time: 14:30-16:00 CEST
Webinar title: The OTTERS Roadmap to Scaling Up Citizen Science
Speakers: Laura Gavrilut, Priscila Doran, Garabet Kazanjian, Steven Loiselle, and Georgios Sylaios
Date: June 26, 2024
Time: 14:00-15:30 CEST
The EU Mission Ocean OTTERS Project will present the work done in the project, highlight material we’ve produced and inform the audience of our upcoming activities.
May 8 and 15, 2024
Online events
OTTERS and its Portuguese partner NUCLIO are organizing a workshop that will focus on an open reflection on the potential of citizen science in student learning and the role of students in citizen science.
April 24, 2024
Online event
OTTERS held an online workshop on the possibilities of monitoring riparian biodiversity with RiVe, a methodology recently developed in Italy by our colleague Bruna Gumiero of the University of Bologna.
April 5, 2024 (13:00 – 14:30 CET)
Vienna, Austria
OTTERS will hold a special workshop on standardising citizen science methods to monitor and care for our water ecosystems, as part of the 5th European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) 2024 Conference.
March 5, 2024
Brussels, Belgium
The OTTERS Project poster will be presented at the second Annual Forum of the Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters” on 5 March 2024 in Brussels.
March 4, 2024
Brussels, Belgium
Garabet Kazanjian of the American University of Armenia will present the OTTERS project at the Matchmaking session for Charter action partners, as part of the second Annual Forum of the Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters”.
OTTERS Workshop: Ethical Issues and Water Stewardship
February 15, 2024
Online Event
This workshop will focus on key ethical issues around citizen science and water stewardship, looking at informed consent, trust, power, equity and more, with presentations on governance, technology, biodiversity, and climate.
November 29-30, 2023
Freiburg, Germany
An OTTERS Project poster titled ‘Developing standards for citizen science in aquatic ecosystems’ was presented by Simona Cerrato from the European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) on behalf of OTTERS on 30th November 2023 at the Forum Citizen Science conference.
November 27-28, 2023
Coimbra, Portugal
OTTERS partner NUCLIO (Núcleo Interativo de Astronomia e Inovação em Educação) will present the project and speak about how students and teachers can become agents of change in their community and actively contribute to citizen science initiatives, at the Encontro Nacional de Ciência Cidadã (ENCC2023).
OTTERS Workshop: Legal Issues Regarding Citizen Generated Data for The Water Domain
November 27, 2023
Online Event
This OTTERS workshop focuses on legal issues around water-based citizen science and engagement, including GDPR and citizens’ privacy.
OBPS Focus Session
October 20, 2023
Online Event
The OTTERS and Iliad projects are co-organising a Focus Session on “Challenges of Using Citizen-Generated Data for Ocean Sustainability and Policy Advancement”, on October 20, 2023, as part of the Ocean Best Practices (OBPS) workshops.
European Week of Regions and Cities
October 17, 2023
Online Event
The OTTERS project organize a webinar entitled ‘Spring-to-Sea’: Societal transformation towards water stewardship, which will take place during the European Week of Regions and Cities.
2023 Fisheries Science Seminar – Citizen Science
June 30, 2023
Brussels, Belgium
The Fisheries Science Seminar will be hybrid.
Past Events
June 15, 2023
The event will be Online.
OTTERS Workshop: The State of the Art in Aquatic Citizen Science
February 8, 2023
Museum für Naturkunde
Berlin, Germany
This is an hybrid event that is open to both in-person attendees and virtual attendees.