The 15th ODC Training Course Programme - 2026


Date: 2026-07-31 15:34 Author: Yan Wang Clicks:

15th UNESCO/IOC-ODC Training Course on Ocean Dynamics and Ocean Models

                                       (Time Zone, GMT+08:00)

Time

Activities

Speaker/Chair

Tuesday 1 September 2026

8:30-9:00

Registration

 

9:00-10:00

Opening Ceremony

Chaired by Yafeng Yang

Opening remarks from ODC Center & FIO.

Zexun Wei

(TBD)

Speech from lecturer representative.

TBD

Logistic arrangement and introduction to the 2026 ODC training course.

Xunqiang Yin

10:00-10:30

Group photos and break

10:30-12:00

Training Lecture:

New generation ocean to climate coupled models and their applications.

Fangli Qiao 

12:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-16:00

Frontier Lectures:

TBD.

Bernardo Leal

Shweta Naik

16:00-16:20

Health break

16:20-17:00

Group Discussion 1:

Brain storm for the proposal

All trainees and teachers

Wednesday 2 September 2026

9:00-10:20

Training Lecture & Practice:

Wave-turbulence interaction -induced vertical mixing and its effects in ocean and climate models.

Dejun Dai

10:20-10:40

Health break

10:40-12:00

Training Lecture & Practice:

Wave-turbulence interaction -induced vertical mixing and its effects in ocean and climate models.

Dejun Dai

12:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:40

Training Practice:

Ocean Data Analysis for Observation and Numerical Results.

Shizhu Wang

15:40-16:00

Health break

16:00-17:00

Trainee report:

Trainees in group 1

All trainees and teachers

Thursday 3 September 2026

9:00-10:40

Frontier Lectures:

Global Marine Governance under the Background of the BBNJ Agreement.

Linlin Zhao

10:40-11:00

Health break

11:00-12:00

Trainee report:

Trainees in group 2

All trainees and teachers

12:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-17:00

Special Activities:

Deepening Ocean Literacy, Building a Dream for a Blue Future.

All trainees and teachers

Friday 4 September 2026

9:00-17:00

Special Activities:

Approaching the Ocean, Feeling the Deep Blue—Exploring the Marine Fisheries Germplasm Resource Bank.

All trainees and teachers

Monday 7 September 2026

9:00-10:20

Frontier Lectures:

21st Century projection of tropical climate variability.

Agus Santoso

10:20-10:40

Health break

10:40-12:00

Training Lecture & Practice:

Automatic simulation system for marine environment.

Wanqing Chi

12:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:40

Training Lecture & Practice:

Automatic simulation system for marine environment.

Wanqing Chi

15:40-16:00

Health break

16:00-17:00

Trainee report:

Trainees in group 3

All trainees and teachers

Tuesday 8 September 2026

9:00-10:20

Training Lecture & Practice:

Data Assimilation Methods Based on Deep Representation Learning for Fusing Multi-Source Heterogeneous Observations.

Yanfei Xiang

10:20-10:40

Health break

10:40-12:00

Training Lecture & Practice:

Data Assimilation Methods Based on Deep Representation Learning for Fusing Multi-Source Heterogeneous Observations.

Yanfei Xiang

12:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:40

Training Practice:

Data Assimilation Methods Based on Deep Representation Learning for Fusing Multi-Source Heterogeneous Observations.

Yanfei Xiang

15:40-16:00

Health break

16:00-17:00

Trainee report:

Trainees in group 4

All trainees and teachers

Wednesday 9 September 2026

9:00-10:20

Training Lecture & Practice:

Application and practice of the Toolkits.

Jiechen Zhao

10:20-10:40

Health break

10:40-12:00

Training Lecture & Practice:

Application and practice of the Toolkits.

Jiechen Zhao

12:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:40

Training Lecture & Practice:

Application and practice of the Toolkits.

Jiechen Zhao

15:40-16:00

Health break

16:00-17:00

Trainee report:

Trainees in group 5

All trainees and teachers

Thursday 10 September 2026

9:00-12:00

Training Lecture & Practice:

Introduction to Regional Ocean Modeling with CROCO: Theory and Hands-on Practice.

K M Azam Chowdhury

10:20-10:40

Health break

10:40-12:00

Training Lecture & Practice:

Introduction to Regional Ocean Modeling with CROCO: Theory and Hands-on Practice.

K M Azam Chowdhury

12:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:40

Training Lecture & Practice:

Introduction to Regional Ocean Modeling with CROCO: Theory and Hands-on Practice.

K M Azam Chowdhury

15:40-16:00

Health break

16:00-17:00

Trainee report:

Trainees in group 6

All trainees and teachers

Friday 11 September 2026

9:00-10:30

Group Reports:

Report progress of the proposal

All trainees and teachers

10:30-11:00

Health break

11:00-12:00

Completion Ceremony

 

 Download Appendix: Transportation and surrounding map to trainees