1. FP7-Infra-2011-2.1.1 : Design studies for European Research Infrastrutures 1st October 2011 – 30th september 2014 Duration 36 months – Periods : 2 (month 18 – month 36) Grant Agreement No: 284321 ; Total budget : 3,5 M€ http://www.groom-fp7.eu 19 partners from cy, de, fr, gr, it, no, es, uk “Gliders for Research, Ocean Observation and Management” General Assembly

2. EGO: a glider community (sci & tech) EU, USA, Canada, Australia, Mexico, South Africa, Peru, Chile,… (academics+manufacturers) EGO meetings and Glider Schools Showcase website http://www.ego-network.org International fleet experiments Collaborative projects OceanObs’09 White Paper (Testor and 44 co-authors, 2010). Gliders can be used in combination with the other components of the GOOS (Satellites, OceanSites, Argo,…) enhance the spatio-temporal sampling of the GOOS (in-situ) where required. (reduce uncertainties due to small scale processes ; coverage in coastal/marginal/regional seas, water formation sites, biogeochemical provinces, western and eastern boundary regions, straits,…) fill the gaps! (10,000 unique visitors and 100,000 pageviews per year)

3. EGO: from European to Everyone's Gliding Observatories EGO meetings and Glider Schools: 0st, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Sept 2005, ~10 pers 1st, Paris, France, Oct 2006. ~20pers 2nd, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Oct 2007. ~40pers 3rd, La Spezia, Italy, Oct 2008. ~90pers 4th, Larnaca, Cyprus, Nov 2009. ~80pers  EGO COST Action ES0904 5th, Telde, Gran Canaria, Spain, Mar 2011 ~130pers  GROOM EGO!

4. Kick-off meeting, November 2011 in Paris Gliders Research for Ocean Observations and Management

5. General Assembly, June 2013 in Trieste

6. Wild and unleashed The glider “invasion” Organized at EU/international level Science-based approach Fun but unproductive science and costs Timely !

7. Two-way communication system (pilots!) Expertise required (gliderports = communication and computer resources, workshops for maintenance and development, pools of gliders, sea-access) Glider system: issues and challenges USERS

8. Two-way communication system (pilots!) Expertise required (gliderports = communication and computer resources, workshops for maintenance and development, pools of gliders, sea-access) Numerous operators and distributed facilities Map of “main” gliderports Glider system: issues and challenges USERS

9. best practice for gliders ! the formation of the global glider system; the adoption of standards and a “Argo” like data system for gliders; the setup of a network of shared resources and expertise; to establish the adoption of a common and accessible portal for glider data. Design studies  Sep 2014 GROOM: a design study for a glider RI USERS

10. GROOM: a design study for a glider RI best practice for gliders ! the formation of the global glider system; the adoption of standards and a “Argo” like data system for gliders; the setup of a network of shared resources and expertise; to establish the adoption of a common and accessible portal for glider data. Design studies  Sep 2014 USERS

11. EC Funding agencies Research and operational users Research and operational users Oversight committee Oversight committee GMES WP0 Project Management WP0 Project Management WP1 Project S/T Coordination WP1 Project S/T Coordination WP4 Targeted Experiments WP4 Targeted Experiments WP5 Observatory Infrastructure WP5 Observatory Infrastructure WP3 Scientific Innovation WP3 Scientific Innovation WP2 Integration in the GOOS WP2 Integration in the GOOS

12. GROOM Final (3 rd ) General Assembly Agenda