Periodic Activity Report/3rd Period - Ifremer

ESONET Contract no.036851/Periodic Activity Report/3 rd Period
methods, and references on use of equipment by members of the ESONET community. The
advantages of participating in EYP were presented to the companies attending.
Figure 2: Jean-François Rolin presenting the strategy of ESONET to the private sector at the
IEEE Ocean’s 09 Meeting.
The feedback from the more than 25 representatives of the private sector who attended was
very positive. The role of the EYP in conveying information on existing technology that can
be used to develop the subsea observatory network was emphasised. Also, the follow-up
meeting in Tromso, Norway in June 2009 brought together members of PESOS to discuss
how industry could contribute to the implementation of ocean observatories in Europe.
PESOS members continue to use formal meetings at conferences, ESONEWS and the EYP to
interact with ESONET Partners on matters of mutual interest, to learn about the activities of
other equipment suppliers in ESONET and to develop synergies between equipment and
service companies involved in ocean observatories for mutual benefit.
Activity 6c3: ESONET Yellow Pages (EYP)
The development of the EYP was a priority in the last 12 months. EYP was presented at the
Bremen PESOS meeting to obtain feedback from the PESOS group on the information
inventoried and made available, the quality of the web interface and the future developments.
EYP is now available online. The home page is presented in Figure 6.3.
Figure 6.3: ESONETt Yellow Pages homepage
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