Dear Colleagues

Further to the first information sent on 3 July, I would like to provide you with an update on the IRSO 2014 meeting.

Registration
As at 31 July 2014, 37 registration forms have been received for the meeting.  If you have not yet registered, please do as soon as possible – the information you need can be found at https://irso.info/irso-2014-first-information/

Draft Agenda
Please find a link to the latest draft agenda – IRSO 2014 Agenda Draft v0.8 (PDF)
•    People with confirmed presentations, please check the details and let me know of any issues
•    People yet to confirm presentations, please let me know soon as possible
•    We are still looking for presenters under Theme 3 and in particular things that did not go so well under “lessons learned”.  There is also time under Theme 5 for more presentations.  Let me know if you can contribute.

Partners/Guests Tours
Our Ifremer meeting hosts have provided information on a tour about the history of Nantes (Walking Tour of Nantes – PDF) which commences on Tuesday 9th September at 13:30 and finishes at 16:00 in time to join the IRSO tour of ‘Machines de l’Ile’ (MACHINES DE L’ILE EN – PDF).  Other tours for partners/guests can be discussed with our meeting hosts on arrival.

Kind regards,  Ron
IRSO Chair

Ron Plaschke
Director, Marine National Facility