1. Status Steering and organizing committees (Oct 2007). CNES in charge of the organization Budget / Sponsors –finalized Program finalized (invited multi-author papers) Session description – WWW site 2.5 days – 6 sessions + conclusion round table http://www.ostst-godae-2008.com Papers in proceedings after internal review by the SC A subset (10-15) of papers will be reviewed/published in Oceanography Magazine (Spring/Summer 2009)

2. GODAE Final Symposium 2008 The revolution in global ocean forecasting http://www.ostst-godae-2008.com

3. 5. GODAE Final Symposium Date, place, collocated meetings ▪ 12 – 15 November 2008 ( Wednesday afternoon - Saturday lunchtime) ▪ Nice, Palais des Congrès ▪ CNES – main organiser, Carte Blanche – organising agency (website, venue, etc.) - Follows the Annual OSTST meeting (10-12 November) - Running in parallel  International DORIS Service (IDS) workshop - Additional meeting – kick off ET/OOFS-JCOMM (10-11 November 2008) Overall programme

4. Structure Day 1 (Wednesday) Afternoon (pm only) – Plenary Session 1  Introduction Session 2  GODAE in 2008: Operational Oceanography infrastructure Day 2 (Thursday) Session 3  Demonstrating feasibility Morning (am) – Plenary Session 4  Scientific & technological advances Afternoon (pm) – posters + plenary Day 3 (Friday) Session 5  Applications (part 1) Morning (am) – plenary Applications (part 2) Afternoon (pm) – posters + plenary Day 4 (Saturday) Session 6  The future of GODAE Morning (am only) GODAE Final Symposium - continued

7. GODAE Final SymposiumGODAE Final Symposium - continued Deadlines - 30 June - submission of abstract for oral/posters - 31 August – acceptance of abstracts (oral/poster) to authors - 1 and 15 September – hotel bookings - 1 October – final submission of full papers (for appearance in proceedings) - 15 October – submission of programme and full papers & abstracts for printing

8. –Discussion in plenary here (1H) Review program (papers)&status Are we missing important topics ? Planning and commitments for papers&oceanography magazine Demonstration (plenary/Gary) Argo evening session Opening and Round table Role/commitment of the IGST to ensure a wide participation (posters in different sessions, managers) –Splinters : sessions 2&3 - sessions 4&5 (1H) Review abstracts and authors – provide recomm. and report briefly today –Splinter intercomparison Working Group (in //)