Mercator Ocean welcomes the launch of the European Commission’s initiative OceanEye at the European Ocean Days 2026
At this year’s European Ocean Days, Ursula von der Leyen unveiled the European Ocean observation initiative OceanEye, with the EU Digital Twin Ocean as a key component. The EU Digital Twin Ocean at the service of OceanEye The 3rd edition of the European Ocean Days brought together the European Ocean community in Brussels for a week-long event featuring high-level […]
Digital Ocean intelligence takes centre stage at the 18th European Space Conference
The 18th European Space Conference in Brussels on 27 and 28 January displayed how the European Digital Twin Ocean is becoming a core European public infrastructure for digital Ocean intelligence. On behalf of EDITO and the Copernicus Marine Service, Mercator Ocean International made a strong presence at this year’s edition, where the 6-strong team delivered live demonstrations of the European Digital Twin Ocean, and participated in three […]
Progress Through Co-Design: Looking Back at the Digital Ocean Forum 2025
On 27 and 28 November, the European Ocean community gathered in Brussels at the Digital Ocean Forum 2025 to mark the launch of the second phase in the development of the European Digital Twin Ocean, EDITO2 (2025-2028). Alongside European Commission representatives and co-development partners, Mercator Ocean participated in the many panel discussions and breakout sessions […]
How Can Europe Improve Decision-Making to Tackle Coastal Challenges?
The European Digital Ocean Pavilion will prominently feature the theme of how Europe tackles coastal challenges with nature-based solutions during the Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), open to the public from 2 to 13 June 2025. Mercator Ocean has been leading efforts to address coastal challenges through various projects designed to enhance public understanding […]
EU Digital Twin Ocean: how technology can be at the service of society
The rise in sea temperatures is becoming a regular news feature, and policymakers across the globe find themselves in need to confront new climate challenges. Technological advancements can lend a hand thanks to the enhanced forecasting capabilities they provide. The European Digital Twin Ocean (EU DTO) represents a significant advancement in Ocean monitoring and prediction, […]
Digital Ocean Forum 2024: Launch of the European Digital Twin Ocean Pre-Operational Platform
The Digital Ocean Forum (DOF) 2024 marked a pivotal moment with the launch of the first European Digital Twin Ocean (EU DTO) pre-operational platform. This event, held on June 13 in Brussels under the auspices of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU, was co-organised by the European Commission’s Directorates-General for Research and […]
International Digital Twins of the Ocean Summit 2023
Digital twins of the ocean will enhance our capacity to make informed operations, management and policy decisions that influence the processes and systems they mirror, enabling impactful communication that brings data to life. Through complex integration of data, models, analytics, and rules, digital twins resort to cutting-edge cloud services, supercomputing, artificial intelligence, made accessible through […]
Digital Ocean Forum: co-developing an impactful and inclusive European Digital Twin of the Ocean
On 14 and 15 June 2023, the European Commission hosted the Digital Ocean Forum 2023 with support from Mercator Ocean International and the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) – the two main partners leading the development of the core infrastructure of the European Digital Twin of the Ocean (EU DTO). This second annual edition of the […]
Introducing the European Digital Twin of the Ocean initiative to the marine community during the European Maritime Day
The European Maritime Day (EMD) took place in Brest, France, on 24-25 May and gathered Europe’s maritime community to outline joint actions concerning maritime affairs and the sustainable blue economy. The European Commission shared its ambition for a European Digital Twin of the Ocean (DTO) through a stand organised by Mercator Ocean International (MOi) and […]
The Ocean and its Digital Twin for a better decision support tool
Mercator Ocean international (MOi), which has been developing numerical ocean models for the last 20 years, is now engaging into the next step: the Digital Twin of the Ocean, aiming at resolving all the temporal and geographical scales, their mutual interactions and impacts. Several calls for tenders are opening and Mercator Ocean is fully involved […]