The conference intends to bring together communities working on all aspects of ocean salinity investigations, including analyses undertaken from in situ and satellite observations, numerical models, and data assimilation.

The event focuses on EO Open Science and FutureEO to review the latest developments in Open Science trends and kick-start innovative activities of the recently-created Φ-department looking at FutureEO and its associated Φ-lab, aiming to identify, support and scale bold EO ideas.

The conference will give scientists and data users the opportunity to present first-hand and up-to-date results from their ongoing research and application development activities by using data from past and current atmospheric instruments like Sentinel-5p, Aeolus, ERS-2, Envisat, MetOp, and ESA Third Party Missions.