Workshops
Join us at the University of Michigan for the 2024 Glider Workshop!
2024 Workshop
The fourth UG2 workshop aimed to help strengthen and coordinate underwater glider activities for marine ecosystem monitoring, novel applications, data management, and scientific research as well as provide an opportunity for collaboration between different UG2 sectors.
2022 Workshop
The third UG2 workshop aimed to help strengthen and coordinate underwater glider activities for marine monitoring, services, and scientific research as well as provide an opportunity for collaboration between U.S. UG2 and the broader global community.
2019 Workshop
The second glider workshop brought together the European-based Everyone’s Gliding Observatories (EGO) and the newly formed U.S.
2017 Workshop
The first U.S. Underwater Glider Workshop held January 18-19, 2017 at the INFINITY Science Center, MS served as a forum to strengthen coordination of underwater glider activities across the United States and beyond.
About UG2 Workshops
The U.S. Underwater Glider Workshop was the event which led to the Underwater Glider User Group. The workshop was held January 18-19, 2017 at the INFINITY Science Center, LA and served as a forum to strengthen coordination of underwater glider activities across the United States and beyond.
The workshop opened communication within the glider community via the following goals:
- Sharing experiences and exchanging information on major advances in glider capabilities, operations, and data processing
- Demonstrating how gliders enable new scientific breakthroughs for ocean research and operations
- Identifying gaps and coordination opportunities for planning, operations, and resources to enhance technologies for regional, national, and global ocean observing needs
- Assessing best practices for observations, operations, and data management applied across geographic and thematic boundaries
- Designing the scope and aims for a coordination mechanism, such as a Underwater Glider User-Group to advance the goals listed above