The workshop is convened under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO and its Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS), and co-sponsored by the IHO Tides, Water Level and Currents Working Group (TWCWG) and the IUGG/IAPSO. The main objective is to bring together experts concerned with sea level data rescue activities to explore the potential for a more sustained programmatic approach to cooperation at the international level. Sessional topics will include:

• Historical sea level data inventories and data at risk;
• Methodology for transfer of paper records to digital data;
• Auxiliary historical archives relative to sea level;
• Applications and knowledge products from recovered data;
• Cooperation perspectives. Scientific Committee: Elizabeth Bradshaw, PSMSL (UK)
  Ivan Haigh, University of Southampton (UK)
  Gwenaele Jan, SHOM (France) and IHO Tides, Water Level and Currents Working Group (TWCWG)
  Benoit Legresy, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Tasmania (Australia)
  Marta Marcos, IMEDEA, University of the Balearic Islands (Spain)
  Frédéric Pons, CEREMA (France)
  Fabio Raicich, Italian National Research Council (Italy)
  Issa Sakho, Université de Thiès (Senegal)
  Stefan Talke, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (US)
  Philip Woodworth, NOC (UK) Workshop report and recommendations can be downloaded from here

VENUE The meeting will be held at the IOC/UNESCO Headquarters in Paris (UNESCO Fontenoy Building, Room IX). More details on the transport from the airport and other useful information on your stay in Paris (including list of hotels near the IOC/UNESCO Headquarters) may be found on the webpage Visiting IOC.