Mary Altalo
USA, SAIC
SAIC - high tech research and engineering company, data products and services in oil & gas, energy, environment, maritime, and space industries, developer and marketer of science and tech - based products

Dagoberto Arcos
Chile, (INPESCA prog)
Co-Chair, LMR
Industrial Fisheries Institute Director; National GOOS Coodinating Committee, real-time sea level monitoring, OSEPA buoy array, data bases.

Larry Awosika
Nigeria, NIOMS
C-GOOS and GLOSS
Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Sciences; link to African product sources

Arthur Dahl
UNEP
GOOS sponsors
Link to UNEP regional seas programmes and their products

Hans Dahlin
Sweden, SMHI
EuroGOOS and Baltic GOOS contact
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, real-time, near-real time, and delayed mode data center, data services and products, development of custom-tailored data products, partnerships with business and industry

Ehrlich Desa
India, NIO
former member-GSC
Projects in ocean energy, coastal zone management, ocean mining and resources, real-time coastal data networks, valuable insights into product and services needs of developing nations, identifier of existing data and ongoing monitoring programs / needs in the region

Bud Ehler
USA, NOAA
C-GOOS
Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment; expertise, products and services to Nat. Ocean Service / NOAA programs

Jean-Louis Fellous
France, CNES
IGOS
Senior CNES scientist, source of space-based ocean remote-sensing products

Nic Flemming
UK, SOC
Dir. EuroGOOS
Products and Services directory from EuroGOOS countries, marketing surveys, economic impact information, former director of IODE (recognised expert in data and information exchange)

Francois Gerard
France, Meteo France
Vice-Ch., I-GOOS
Head of Ocean department at Meteo France : operational observing systems for coastal, ocean and meteorological data, ocean - atmosphere models, forecasts systems, experience in product development, élaboration and dissemination - important participants in GODAE

Colin Grant
UK, BP
Offshore Oil Industry, one of the most important clients of GOOS type products, valuable insights into the specific data product needs of these industries (weather forecasts, sea state forecasts, wind speed and direction, waste water disposal issues, currents, sediments, seismic survey information, ice conditions, deep water currents, real-time wave monitoring)

Johannes Guddal
Norway, DNMI
C-GOOS,GSC, Co-Ch. JCOMM
Ocean and Atmosphere models with available products (numerical and value-added); user surveys and user-defined product development, products needs for developing countries

Julie Hall
New Zealand, NIWA
C-GOOS and Vice Chair GSC
Directly involved in oceanography for coastal zone management and coastal seas management (esp. biol and chem)

Naoyuki Hasegawa
Japan, JMA
ex-Ch. Near-GOOS; proposed for GSC
JMA - atmosphere and ocean observations, modelling and forecasting, development of data products for government and research

Martin Holt
UK, UKMO
Wave models (global and regional) products = gridded fields, wave characteristics, forecasts, perational wave modeling
Global Ocean Model (FOAM) - part of GODAE
Storm surge model - gridded values of predictions
Shelf-seas forecast model
Products at UKMO = raw numerical (free for trial period); displayed and value-added services

Ola Johannesssen
Norway, NERSC
EuroGOOS, arctic
Director Nansen Arctic Shelf Programme; Ice information, monitoring, modelling, and prediction; ice-type classification for shipping industry, real-time data on ice and algal blooms

Tony Knap
USA, BBSR
Chair, HOTO, GSC
BBSR Center for Ocean and Human Health, development of techniques and products for use by coastal managers / environment sector; he also founded the Risk Prediction Initiative providing climate prediction information to the Global Insurance Industry

Dieter Kohnke
Germany, BSH
Co-Chair JCOMM, I-GOOS, EuroGOOS, BOOS, ex-chair of IODE and IGOSS
International data and product co-ordination from WMO and IOC; BSH = Products and services development for shipping industry, navigation, hydrographic surveying, research, ice service, tide, current, and wave predictions, environmental monitoring and coastal zone management services, marketing and data / information exchange for ocean-related products

Eric Lindstrom
USA, NASA
IGOS Oceans Theme; ex J-GOOS
Expertise in data and information exchange technology, NASA and JCOMM data and products

Eduardo Marone
Brazil, UFP
Vice Chair of C-GOOS Panel
Member of GLOSS
GLOSS products and Coastal products for South America

Therese Pierce
USA, NOAA
JCOMM
National Weather Service, weather data, forecast products, international data and service center

Ralph Rayner
UK, GEOS
Proposed GSC member
Private company, developer of ocean data products and services, valuable experience about user needs and product development / marketing, data acquisition and access

Vladimir Ryabinin
Hydrometcentre of Russia and Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Insular Coastal Dynamics of the University of Malta
Vice-Chairman, I-GOOS
Chairman, WMO Subgroup on Wave Modelling and Forecasting
Marine services and forecasting, environmental studies, real time and delayed mode data processing, meteorological and oceanographic modelling with focus on wind waves, storm surges, and off-shore activities.

Neville Smith
Australia, Bureau of Meteorology
Chair OOPC, GSC, GODAE Bureau
Chairman of OOPC, GODAE programme developer, real-time global ocean data monitoring and assimilation; weather and climate forecasts, modelling and remote-sensing, data products for BOM

Colin Summerhayes
IOC, UNESCO
Director, GPO
Director of GOOS programme, in charge of GOOS Products and Services development, funding, compatibility and collaboration issues, user needs (experience in both research and oil industry)

Yves Tourre
USA, LDEO
JCOMM EPB
Real-time and delayed-mode climate (oceanographic and meteorological) data products, cutting-edge data and visualisation / extraction tools; Developer of wildly successful web-site for JCOMM products (15,000 visits per day)

Oswaldo Ulloa
Chile, Univ. Concepcion
C-GOOS
PROFC program - regional program in physical oceanography and climate; information and data base, products and services available, Univ. de Concepcion.

Hong Wang
China, SOA
C-GOOS Panel
Director of National Marine Data and Information Service, China; developer of Delayed Mode Data Base for Near-GOOS; web-site of real-time and delayed mode products and services available from Near-GOOS.

Ron Wilson
Canada
G3OS Info Center
Extensive experience in data and information management; designer of GOOS data and info management strategy, important link to other observing systems (GCOS, GTOS)

Adriana Zingone
Italy, SZ
Chair -IHAB, C-GOOS
Harmful Algal Bloom programme; database, products and services, regional and global monitoring, data and information exchange