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Prince Mbekwa joins Project Office as IT expert

Oostende, 5 May 2008: Prince Mbekwa joins Project Office as IT expert

Mr Prince Mzukisi Mbekwa has joined UNESCO's IOC Project Office for IODE in Oostende, Belgium as an IT expert (programmer). prince_mbekwa.jpgBorn in South Africa in 1976, Prince obtained a BA (Ed) from Rhodes University and Masters Degree in Information Technology from Port Elizabeth Technikon. As from 2002 he was Team Leader at the University of the Western Cape. In this capacity he was manager of the software development team for the AVOIR project (African network for caacity building in software engineering through Free Software).

At the Project Office Prince will be responsible for the development and maintenance of IOC/IODE web-based data and information services and for the oversight of the web sites hosted by the project office. In addition he will be lecturing on IT topics and assisting with the organization and implementation of SeaDataNet activities at the Project Office.



Outcome of IMDIS 2008 Conference

11 April 2008: The International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems took place in Athens, Greece between 31 March and 3 April 2008. imdis2008_400x300.jpgThe Conference counted not less than 205 registered participants from 40 countries.[ more ]



Planning Meeting for WIGOS Pilot Project

3 April 2008: The ad hoc planning meeting for the JCOMM Pilot Project for the WMO Integrated Global Observing Systems (WIGOS) was held in Ostend, Belgium on 29 March 2008 at the kind invitation of the IOC Project Office for the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE).

The aim of the WIGOS Pilot Project is to promote and develop integration of marine and other appropriate observations into the global observing system through three core deliverables (i) integration of instrument best practices, (ii) development of interoperable arrangements between the ocean data systems and the WMO Information System (WIS), and (iii) the integration of quality management systems.

More information is available HERE



Tom Winterfeld passes away

10 March 2008 -Thomas Henry Winterfeld passed away at age 84 at Baltimore Washington Medical Center after a week-long illness. Mr. Winterfeld was born Sept. 21, 1923, in Berlin, Germany, and was raised in Berlin, Vienna, Austria; and Paris. He earned a master's degree at Northwestern University. He worked as a Oceanographer for the Department of Commerce-NOAA, Unicef, and other agencies. He was IODE Chair at the IODE Committee Sessions in 1979 (New York) and 1981 (Hamburg).

The picture shows Tom surrounded by colleagues and friends at an IODE meeting in New York 1979. At that time Tom was IODE Chairman. From the left totom_winterfeld_ny_1979_400x276.jpg.jpg the right you will see the late Steve Tibbitt , Albert Tolkachev, Tom, Dieter Kohnke and Czeslaw Druet. (photo provided by Dieter Kohnke).

Thomas Winterfeld is survived by his wife, Sue T. Newman Winterfeld; son Dorian Winterfeld of Greenbelt; two stepsons, David Turner and Mark Turner of Queen Anne; and four grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bond Chapel, 6735 Quaker Neck Road in Chestertown. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 5216, Glen Allen, VA 23058, or to the American Cancer Society, 1041 Route 3 N., Gambrills, MD 21054.

If you have known Thomas Winterfeld then you can send your message of condolence via

Bert Thompson ( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ).

 



Li Zhanbin joins IODE Project Office

1 March 2008: Mr Li Zhanbin has started work at the UNESCO/IOC Project Office.

Mr Zhanbin has been seconded to the Project Office for a period of 1 year, funded jointly by the National Marine Data and Information Service, People's Republic of China and the Government of Flanders (Visiting Experts programme, IOC Project Office for IODE)

Mr Zhanbin is originally from the Province of Shandong (China), where his wife and sonli_zhanbin.jpg are living. He works as an IT specialist at the National Marine Data and Information Service (NMDIS) in Tianjin, China (140 kilometer southwest of Beijing). Li is specialized in Marine Data Processing, Marine Database Development and Marine Information System Design, especially remote monitoring systems of wind, wa ves and tides in the Chinese ocean observation network.

Mr Zhanbin will assist the Project Office team with the maintenance and development of new IT infrastructure and technology for oceanographic data management. His combined expertise in IT and oceanography will be much appreciated.

欢迎李占斌 *

(* Welcome Li Zhanbin)



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