The OBPS Workshop engages the ocean research and applications community in the creation and use of best practices. It draws on the experience of OBPS user groups and stakeholders, provides a place to share this experience, and an opportunity to provide feedback on how the system should evolve to better fulfill the community vision, mission, and needs. The workshop will produce a set of documents on community-specific and general recommendations for community service, OBPS development, and for expanded community engagement.
The program consists of a first Plenary on 5 October to provide background and kick off the Theme Sessions (the Plenaries are broadcast live in two separate Time Zones to allow for global participation). The self-organized Theme Sessions meet at their own schedule during the span of 6-16 October as determined by the Theme Session leads and participants. The second Plenary on 19 October will focus on a workshop-provided summary of the Theme Sessions and their recommendations. These recommendations will be integrated into a multi-year plan. The Community Discussion will cover synthesized Theme Session recommendations, interventions, and answers to questions.  Register for the event here.