OBON Community Webinars – EUROPE Session

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OBON Community Webinars – EUROPE Session

Building on the success of last year’s OBON Network Spotlight webinar series, we are pleased to bring the OBON project community together once again through the 2026 OBON Project Community Webinar Series.

Please note that this year’s webinars are only open to those directly involved with OBON (ie SAC members, project teams and working group members).  However, the presentation recordings will be made available on OBON’s YouTube channel after the event.

The first ‘Europe’ Session, will take place on 28 September, 14:00-15:30 (UK Time), as part of our preparations for the OBON Annual Meeting in Dhaka, Bangladesh (30 Nov to 4 Dec 2026).

To help foster discussion and knowledge exchange across the network, we have slightly revised the format compared with previous years.

The first half of the session will feature projects presenting at an OBON webinar for the first time. We have allocated up to 15 minutes per presentation, to allow new projects to introduce their objectives, planned activities and expected contributions to the OBON community.

The second half of the session will focus on projects that have previously participated in OBON webinars, providing updates on recent progress, achievements and priorities. We have allocated up to 8 minutes per presentation for these project updates.

To encourage interaction and avoid a series of back-to-back presentations, we have also introduced dedicated SAC Reflection slots. These will provide an opportunity for members of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) to share observations, identify common themes across projects, and offer feedback, followed by discussion with all participants.

To ensure that all projects have an opportunity to present and participate in the discussion, we kindly ask presenters to keep within their allocated time.

Presentation guidance

When preparing your slides, please ensure that you address the information requested in the registration form:

For newly endorsed projects: (Up to 15 minutes)

  • A brief introduction to the project, including its objectives and planned activities;
  • Any areas where collaboration with the wider OBON community may be beneficial.

For existing projects (Up to 8 minutes)

  • One key achievement since the last webinar;
  • One challenge or question for discussion;
  • One collaboration opportunity or request for support.

You do not need to structure your presentation strictly around these points, but please ensure they are covered, as they will help facilitate discussion and engagement from both the community and SAC members.

Agenda

OBON Project Community Webinar Series – Europe Session

  • 14:00 – 14:05     Connection
  • 14:05 – 14:10     OBON Introduction

First Time Projects Presentation

  • 14:10 – 14:25     HERPOPS (Violaine Dolfo – Institute of Marine Research, Norway)
  • 14:25 – 14:40    BIOcean5D (Raffaele Siano – IFREMER)
  • 14:40 – 14:55    eDNA expeditions 2026-2028 (Saara Suominen – UNESCO)
  • 14:55 – 15:05     SAC Reflections, questions and comments.

Projects updates

  • 15:05 – 15:13     DNA-based approaches to fisheries monitoring (Filipe Costa – University of Minho)
  • 15:13 – 15:21      Marma Detox (Heli Routti, Norwegian Polar Institute)
  • 15:21 – 15:30     SAC Reflections, questions and comments.

We look forward to hearing about your work and bringing the OBON community together ahead of the Annual Meeting.

Please contact Luz in the OBON project office if you have any questions.

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