The role of the steering group is to act as the project advisory body, i.e. (i) advise in the design of the monitoring plan (WP2) as well as the decision-support tool (WP5) and (ii) help raise awareness of the outcomes and support the uptake of the services at local and regional level (WP6). The membership of the Advisory Board will be composed of: (i)Project coordinator, (ii) Local project manager, (iii) Systems engineer, (iv) Representatives of major stakeholders/users from national, regional and international organizations and (v) Scientific experts.
Member | Role | Country | |
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Henrik Enevoldsen
IOC Science and Communication Centre on Harmful Algae |
IOC/Glofouling focal point | Denmark | |
Frank Muller-Karger
University of South Florida, College of Marine Science |
MBON focal point | United States of America | |
Gilianne Brodie | USP focal point | Fiji | |
Ward Appeltans
UNESCO / IOC Project Office for IODE |
PacMAN project coordinator | Belgium | |
Ann-Katrien LESCRAUWAET
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee |
VLIZ/FUST focal point | Belgium | |
Kevin Mackay
National Institute of Water and Atmosphere |
SWP-OBIS focal point | New Zealand | |
Gert Verreet
Vlaamse Overheid - Departement Economie, Wetenschap & Innovatie, Afdeling Onderzoek |
Flanders Government focal point | Belgium | |
Pieter Provoost
UNESCO / IOC Project Office for IODE |
PacMAN systems engineer | Belgium | |
Pier Luigi Buttigieg
Alfred Wegener Institut |
GLOMICON focal point | Germany | |
John Deck
Berkeley Natural History Museums |
GEOME focal point | United States of America | |
Christopher Meyer
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution |
Global ARMS focal point | United States of America | |
Pascal Hablützel
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee |
VLIZ focal point | Belgium | |
Craig Sherman
Deakin University |
Glofouling partnerships focal point | Australia | |
Matthias Obst
Göteborg University, Department of Marine Ecology |
ARMS Europe, LifeWatch, Assemble+, EMBRC focal point | Sweden | |
Katy Soapi
Secretariat of the Pacific Community - Regional Office |
SPC focal point | Fiji | |
Neil Davies
UC Gump South Pacific Research Station |
GSC and GO network focal point | French Polynesia | |
Joape Ginigini
University of the South Pacific, Faculty of Science Technology & Environment, Institute of Applied Sciences |
PacMAN local project manager | Fiji | |
Saara Suominen
UNESCO / IOC Project Office for IODE |
PacMAN scientific officer | Belgium | |
Nitesh Datt
Biosecurity Authority of Fiji |
Focal point for BSAF | Fiji | |
Chaminda Dissanayake
Biosecurity Authority of Fiji |
Focal point for BSAF | Fiji |