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Alain Arnault

Head of Digital Ocean Department at Mercator Ocean International; leads development of the European Digital Twin Ocean (EDITO) for the European Commission.

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Jun 10, 2026

Euronews Tech Talks

Euronews Tech Talks

How AI and satellites can help protect our oceans

Jun 10 · 12m

James ThomasHOST

9:29

Here's Alain Arnault.

Alain ArnaultGUEST

9:33

First of all, we need to be sure that the digital twin ocean is by itself resilient.

Alain ArnaultGUEST

9:38

This means that we need to rely on information coming from satellites that are trustable, that are reliable.

Alain ArnaultGUEST

9:44

So we have the example of the satellite coming from MISA and Copernicus that are fully European and we can trust them.

Alain ArnaultGUEST

9:50

We need to have also, and that is not so easy, the digital infrastructure.

Alain ArnaultGUEST

9:55

So we cannot rely on external provider.

Alain ArnaultGUEST

9:58

We need to have some solution in Europe in order to support our development, our processing.

James ThomasHOST

10:50

In terms of security, the Digital Twin Ocean aims not only to be reliable and secure for its users, but also more actively involved in the European security sector.