Blue-Cloud

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Published August 5, 2026 | Version v1
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Blue-Cloud 2026 Final Conference Report: From Blue-Cloud to the EOSC Node | European Digital Twin Ocean

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Trust-IT
  • 2. Trust-IT Services
  • 3. COMMpla SRL
  • 4. ROR icon Trust IT Services
  • 5. ROR icon CSC - IT Center for Science (Finland)
  • 6. ROR icon European Bioinformatics Institute
  • 7. University of Leicester
  • 8. ROR icon Mercator Ocean (France)
  • 9. ROR icon Ifremer
  • 10. ROR icon National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics
  • 11. ROR icon Marine Biodiversity Exploitation and Conservation
  • 12. ROR icon Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
  • 13. ROR icon Plymouth Marine Laboratory
  • 14. ROR icon University of Plymouth
  • 15. ROR icon EGI
  • 16. GEANT
  • 17. EDMO icon Ifremer Head Office
  • 18. CSIC - Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM)
  • 19. ROR icon SINTEF Ocean
  • 20. ROR icon Flanders Marine Institute
  • 21. ROR icon Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
  • 22. +ATLANTIC
  • 23. Institute of Marine Sciences
  • 24. EU Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership
  • 25. ROR icon GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
  • 26. Middle East Technical University

Description

Europe’s ambition to restore and protect its oceans and waters relies increasingly on open, interoperable, and trusted digital infrastructures capable of transforming data into actionable knowledge.

Over the past years, Blue-Cloud has played a foundational role in federating marine and environmental data, services, and analytical tools across Europe. Through close alignment with the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), Blue-Cloud has demonstrated how cloud-based, open science environments can support ocean research, innovation, and policy making.

As Blue-Cloud 2026 reaches its conclusion, the project hands over a mature, policy-aligned digital legacy: the EOSC Node | European Digital Twin Ocean, is progressing towards operational integration within the EOSC Federation.

Participants left with first-hand experience of the EOSC Node European Digital Twin Ocean, insights into Blue-Cloud’s legacy, and a clear view of Europe’s path toward a federated, policy-aligned digital ocean ecosystem, aligned with the goals of EU Mission: Restore our Ocean and Waters, the EDITO, and the UN Ocean Decade.

Files

Blue-Cloud 2026 Final Conference Post-Event Report.pdf

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Additional details

Funding

European Commission
Blue-Cloud 2026 - A federated European FAIR and Open Research Ecosystem for oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters 101094227