2nd International Digital Twin of the Ocean Summit (DITTO)

The Digital Twins of the Ocean (DITTO) programme was launched in 2021 and is an action endorsed by the UN Ocean Decade. The vision of the DITTO Programme is to build a world where Digital Twins of the Ocean are used to support ocean protection, governance, and a sustainable blue economy.

  • Date:

    09 NOVEMBER
    -
    12 NOVEMBER 2023
     from 8:00 to 23:00

  • Event location: Xiamen, China - In presence and online event

  • Type: Conference

DITTO is dedicated to developing and sharing a common understanding of DTOs; establishing best practices in the development of DTOs; and advancing a digital framework for DTOs to empower ocean professionals from all sectors around the world, including scientific users, to effectively create their digital twins.

The second DITTO Summit will take place in conjunction with the 2023 World Ocean Week in Xiamen, China, on November 9-12, 2023. The Summit will enable sharing of the latest advances on DTOs and discussion of future joint actions.

Fujian Ocean Innovation Centre and State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science (Xiamen University) will host the DITTO Summit in 2023.

Here you can register to attend the conference.

Topics

This Summit will consist of interconnected sessions covering:

  1. advancing DTO architectures and interoperability
  2. innovation of the predictive engines taking advantage of AI and ML opportunities
  3. sharing, visualising and accessing DTO information
  4. showcasing the power of existing DTOs

A list of keynote speakers include:

  • Pier Luigi Buttigieg (Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration, Germany)
  • Anne Cohen (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA)
  • Dake Chen (Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdond Laboratory, China)
  • Eric Chassignet (Florida State University, USA)
  • Minhan Dai (Xiamen University, China)
  • Yoichi Ishikawa (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan)
  • Igor Mayer (Breda University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands)
  • Nadia Pinardi (University of Bologna, Italy)
  • Jiabiao Li (The Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, China)
  • Joanna Staneva (Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany)
  • John Siddorn (National Oceanography Centre, UK)
  • Lixin Wu (Ocean University of China, China)