The venue for the first official EcoFishMan meeting, marking the actual launch of the project sets the stage for an explosive start as the Consortium partners are invited to visit Matís in Iceland.
The agenda from the meeting is here: 

Agenda for EcoFishMan Kick-off Meeting 8th to 9th March 2011

March 7 – Monday

18:30 – Bus leaving Hotel Saga to reception at Matís, Vínlandsleið 12

19:00 – Reception at Matís by the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture and Matís

March 8 - Tuesday

8:30 – Bus leaving Hotel Saga to Matís

9:00 – 17:00 Intensive working day at Matís, Vínlandsleið 12, 113 Reykjavík

• 9:00 - 9:10       Opening speech: the Icelandic Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, Jón Bjarnason
• 9:10 - 9:20       Welcome speech – Sveinn Margeirsson, Director of Matís
• 9:20 - 9:30       Project introduction by coordinator – Anna Kristín Daníelsdóttir (Matís)
• 9:30 - 9:50      Commission (DG RTD) – Philippe Moguedet, EU project officer
• 9:50 -10:30     Conceptual framework and interactions among WPs – Petter Olsen (Nofima)

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break

• 11:00 - 12:30 Introduction by each partner (5 min pr. partner with 3 slides, including company information, staff expertise and contribution to the project)

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch at Matís

• 13:30 - 15:00   Work Package leaders introduce their WP with emphasis on how they want the work to proceed, what they expect from each partner etc. Dialogue and exchange of ideas expected.

13:30-14:15 - WP 1: Review of existing management systems – CCMAR (Karim Erzini)

• 14:15-15:00 – WP 2: Establishment of RFMS indicators – IPIMAR (José Ernesto Jardim)
• 15:00-15:45 – WP 3: Data collation and visualization – NOFIMA (Petter Olsen)

15:45 – 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 - 17:30   Continuation of WP leader’s introduction

• 16:00-16:45 – WP 4: Overall design of RFMS – UiT (Michaela Aschan)
• 16:45-17:15 – WP 6: Evaluation and cost-benefit analysis – Bitland (Ólavur Gregersen)

March 9 – Wednesday

8:30 – Bus leaving Hotel Saga to Matís, Vínlandsleið 12

9:00 – 15:30 Matís - continuation of work from previous day

9:00 - 13:30     Continuation of WP leaders introduction

• 9:00–10:00 WP 5: Case studies – Matís (Sveinn Margeirsson)

10:00 – 10:20 Coffee break

• 10:20-11:00 WP 7: Stakeholder interaction – CETMAR (Rosa Chapela Pérez)
• 11:00-11:40 WP 8: Dissemination – EUROFISH (Marco Thorup Frederiksen)
  • Launching of the EcoFishMan homepage
  • ICES concluding symposium
• 11:40-12:10 WP 9: Project Management – Matís (Oddur Már Gunnarsson)
• 12:10-12:20 Further funding for graduate students (Anna Kristín Daníelsdóttir)

12:20 – 13:20 Lunch

13:20 - 15:30 Discussions

Representative from the External Advisory Group, Dr. Grímur Valdimarsson

• Evaluation and critical questions

WRAP-UP Overview by the scientific coordinator Sveinn Margeirsson; covering new important inputs and ideas from the meeting