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Workshops

System Science Applications staff have worked around the world, in places as varied as Chile, Egypt, Oman, India, Kenya, Canada and the United States.

Below is a small selection of their work with clients and stakeholders around the globe.

Chile, 2015: AquaModel training in Valparaiso

A three day AquaModel training workshop was presented by Mr. Siegrist in Valparaiso, Chile in November 2015 for scientists and engineers of the Chilean Subsecretaria de Pesca (SubPesca) and Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP). These agencies hosted Mr. Siegrist for the duration of the workshop.

More about the Chilean workshops

Mr. Siegrist with workshop participants at the Chile AquaModel Workshop in Valparaiso, November 2015

Oman, 2019: the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Wealth

One of several workshops and meetings in Muscat, Oman, for DISCO, the Decision and Information System for the Coastal waters of Oman. This one was a meeting at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Wealth in February 2019.

A meeting at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Wealth in Muscat, Oman, with EASy on a laptop

Kenya, 2024: an ocean monitoring and decision support system

A two-and-a-half-day scoping workshop, supported by Columbia University's President's Global Innovation Fund, brought together scientists from the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), Pwani University and the Wildlife Research and Training Institute to begin a prototype Kenya Ocean Monitoring and Decision Support System, adapted from the DISCO project in Oman. Dr. Kiefer and Mr. Siegrist showed how EASy brings together satellite imagery, ocean model output and fish catch data for the Kenyan coast.

Read the Columbia Global Centers article

Participants in the 2024 Kenya ocean monitoring workshop, between the Columbia Global Centers and KMFRI banners