Watch the recording of the December 4, 2025 13:00 CET/12:00 UTC Panel

Watch the recording HERE of this joint GEO AquaWatch & GEO Blue Planet Panel.

The global Ocean Color community was invited to join GEO AquaWatch and GEO Blue Planet on December 4, 2025 for an important global Ocean Color community discussion with esteemed panelists representing Commercial Earth Observation Data Service Providers. Panelists were invited to share their thoughts on emerging product areas and technical workforce needs in commercial operational earth intelligence. Then a moderated discussion of Grand Challenges in Ocean Color was held where public-private partnerships might find common solutions.

We are extremely grateful to our Moderators Paula Bontempi (URI – GSO) and Pedro Ribeiro (INDRA) for making this amazing panel so successful, and of course we are thankful for the insights shared by our esteemed panelists: Carsten Brockmann (Brockmann Consult GmbH), Thomas Heege (EOMAP), Andy Shaw (Assimila), Mark Matthews (CyanoLakes) and Xianqiang He (Second Institute of Oceanography, China)!