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      German Canadian Concourse 2016 
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        Four Points by Sheraton 
         
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      Cox & Palmer 
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      Embassy of Canada
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       in Berlin
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      Airbus Defence and Space Intelligence and  
Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam
  
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      Four Points by Sheraton Halifax, arranged by 
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        Welcome and Opening Remarks
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        H.E. Marie Gervais Vidricaire [via video] 
        Ambassador of Canada to Germany  
        
              H.E. Werner Wnendt [via video] 
        Ambassador of Germany to Canada [via video]  
        
              Jason Tolland, Minister-Counsellor [B] 
        Embassy of Canada to Germany  
        
              Peter Finger [H] 
        Counsellor (ret.) Culture and Communication, Embassy of Germany to Canada  
        
              Dr. Matthias Mück [B] 
        President of the Canada Meets Germany Network
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        Key Note
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        "Keeping Track of the Ocean Carbon Sink: A $1 Trillion Ecosystem Service in Need of Quantification through Novel Combination of Models and Data" 
        Prof. Dr. Douglas Wallace [H] 
        Scientific Director, Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response (MEOPAR), Dalhousie University
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        Across the Data Pond: Success Stories of German-Canadian Cooperation in the Maritime Field
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        Presentations  
        
              "The PASSAGES Research Project: A Joint Canadian-German Approach to Create Situation Awareness in Canadian Arctic Waters" 
        Dr. Camilla Mohrdieck [B] 
        System Lead Engineer, Airbus Defence and Space  
        
              "TACTICS – TACtical Tracking of ICebergs and Ships in Sea Ice" 
        Sherry Warren [H] 
        Project Manager, C-CORE  
        
              "Tidal Power Generation in the Bay of Fundy" 
        Sarah Bischof [B] 
        Hydrodynamics Engineer, Schottel Hydro
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        Diving Deeper: Looking into the Future of Ocean Analytics
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              "DeepSense: An Ocean Data Analytics Platform for Partnership Research" 
        Prof. Dr. Evangelos Milios [H] 
        Professor and Associate Dean – Research, Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University  
        
              "Ocean Technology Center Rostock - Supporting Research and Business in Subsea Monitoring Activities" 
        Prof. Dr. Uwe Freiherr von Lukas [B] 
        Associate Director, Fraunhofer IGD / Subsea Monitoring Network e. V.  
        
               
        Panel Discussion  
        
              Moderator: 
        Alexander Thamm [B] Facilitator, www.alexander-thamm.de  
        
              Panelists: 
        Prof. Dr. Peter Baumann [B] 
        Founder and CEO, rasdaman / Professor of Computer Sciences, Jabobs University Bremen 
        Prof. Dr. Colin Devey [B] 
        Professor for Oceanic Volcanism, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel 
        Sheila Paterson [H] 
        COO, Institute for Ocean Research Enterprise (IORE) 
        Capt. Dugald Thomson [H] 
        Research Officer, Trinity – Acoustic Data Analysis Centre, Royal Canadian Navy 
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      Wrap-up and Conclusions
  
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