Sessions overview

The table below provides an overview of sessions held with both the MSP Challenge board game and the Simulation Platform since 2016.

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Quarter	Session date	Session end date (if relevant)	Session title	Game	Edition (if relevant)	MSP focus	No. of participants (roughly)	Location	Location country code
2024-Q2	2024-04-19	2024-04-26	MSP Challenge North Sea game session for the course module MAR464 VT2024 Seascape Governance in Times of Global Change	digital	North Sea	integral	24	University of Gothenburg, Sweden with Master's in Sea & Society students	SE
2024-Q1	2024-03-11	2024-03-14	MSP Challenge Baltic Sea game session for a course module on maritime spatial planning	digital	Baltic Sea	integral	24	NOVIA University of Applied Sciences with Bachelor's students in environmental sciences	FI
2023-Q4	2023-12-08	2023-12-15	MSP Challenge North Sea game session for a course module on integral coastal zone management & maritime spatial planning	digital	North Sea	integral	18	University of Oldenburg, Germany with Master's students	DE
2023-Q4	2023-10-03	2023-10-05	Hackathon : Caribbean Sea Digital Twin Prototype	digital	Caribbean Sea (prototype)	integral	15	Policy-makers and stakeholders attending the Cartagena Convention COP17 conference in Oranjestad, Aruba	AW
2023-Q2	2023-05-10	2023-05-10	MSP Challenge North Sea game demo within the TACTUAL Workshop and Training school (TACTUAl - Training Activitiesfor CoasTal resoUrces evALuations)	digital	North Sea	integral	20	Purely online, but with CNR in Italy (Italian National Research Council)	IT
2023-Q2	2023-05-11	2023-05-14	Serious Gaming for Public Administration - an MSP Challenge North Sea game session	digital	North Sea	integral	?	Online with Public Administration students from Dalian University of Technology, China	CN
2023-Q2	2023-04-21	2023-04-28	MSP Challenge North Sea game week within the course Seascape Governance in Times of Global Change, MAR464 VT23	digital	North Sea	integral	20	Gothenburg, Sweden at University of Gothenburg with students from Master's in Sea & Society	SE
2023-Q1	2023-02-28	2023-03-01	MSP Challenge Baltic Sea game session	digital	Baltic Sea	integral	21	Tammisaari, Finland, with NOVIA University of Applied Sciences undergraduate students in environmental sciences	FI
2022-Q4	2022-12-15		MSP Challenge North Sea game session	digital	North Sea	integral	40	Scheveningen, the Netherlands, with Dutch national government employees from different ministries and departments	NL
2022-Q4	2022-11-29	2022-12-06	MSP Challenge North Sea game session	digital	North Sea	integral	5	Online, but solely students of University of Oldenburg's Masters course on Integrated Coastal Zone Management & Maritime Spatial Planning	DE
2022-Q4	2022-11-02		MSP Challenge North Sea game session	digital	North Sea	integral	32	Belfast campus of Ulster University, as part of the MSP Autumn School, a Knowledge Flows Erasmus+ project activity	UK
2022-Q3	2022-07-07		MSP Challenge Simulation Platform demos	digital	North Sea	demo	?	Breda University of Applied Sciences, as part of the Games Showcase	NL
2022-Q2	2022-06-02		MSP Challenge demonstrations	board & digital	North Sea	demo	25	Breda University of Applied Sciences, as part of the MUD conference	NL
2022-Q2	2022-06-20	2022-06-21	Serious Gaming for Public Administration - two MSP Challenge North Sea game sessions	digital	North Sea	integral	40	Online with Public Administration students from Dalian University of Technology, China	CN
2022-Q2	2022-05-19		Jong Rijkswaterstaat - introductory game session with MSP Challenge North Sea edition	digital	North Sea	integral	18	Rijkswaterstaat, Stellendam, the Netherlands	NL
2022-Q2	2022-04-25	2022-05-02	Course MAR464 Seascape Governance in Times of Global Change - MSP Challenge North Sea game session	digital	North Sea	integral	24	University of Gothenburg, Sweden	SE
2022-Q1	2022-03-31		Online MSP Spring School - MSP Challenge North Sea game session	digital	North Sea	integral	21	Online, organised by University of Oldenburg, Germany as part of the Eramus+ Knowledge Flows project's MSP Spring School	DE
2022-Q1	2022-02-07	2022-03-02	Bachelor's course on Marine Spatial Planning - MSP Challenge Baltic Sea edition game days	digital	Baltic Sea	integral	23	Hybrid online, organised by NOVIA University of Applied Sciences, Finland	FI
2021-Q4	2021-12-07	2021-12-14	Master's course on Integrated Coastal Zone Management & Maritime Spatial Planning - MSP Challenge North Sea edition game days	digital	North Sea	integral	22	Fully online, organised by the University of Oldenburg, Germany	DE
2021-Q4	2021-10-08		Noordzeedagen 2021 open market demonstrations of MSP Challenge Simulation Platform as part of DigiShape / DigiTwin Noordzee	digital	North Sea	demo	?	Lijm & Cultuur, Delft, the Netherlands	NL
2021-Q3	2021-08-30	2021-09-24	WIO Course in Ocean Governance - MSP Challenge North Sea Edition game session	digital	North Sea	integral	15	Fully online, as part of the WIO Course in Ocean Governance organised by the International Ocean Institute - South Africa	ZA
2021-Q2	2021-05-19		Explore the future with the MSP Challenge Simulation Platform – an EMD 2021 'In My Country' event	digital	North Sea	integral	12	Fully online, an official EMD 2021 'In My Country' event, organised on behalf of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management / Rijkswaterstaat	NL
2021-Q2	2021-04-26	2021-05-03	MSP Challenge North Sea Edition game session	digital	North Sea	integral	30	Fully online, as part of a course about MSP provided with the Master's of Sea & Society programme of University of Gothenburg	SE
2021-Q2	2021-04-17	2021-04-21	MSP Challenge North Sea Edition game session	digital	North Sea	integral	48	Hybrid event with students from Dalian University of Technology (China) taking the course Games and Public Administration, with remote facilitation from the Netherlands.	CN
2021-Q1	2021-03-22	2021-03-27	MSP Challenge North Sea Edition game session	digital	North Sea	integral	30	Hybrid event with students from Dalian University of Technology (China) taking the course Games and Public Administration, with remote facilitation from the Netherlands.	CN
2021-Q1	2021-03-16		Ocean Governance for Africa - MSP Challenge North Sea Edition game session	digital	North Sea	integral	13	Fully online, as part of the online Ocean Governance for Africa course organised by the International Ocean Institute - South Africa	ZA
2021-Q1	2021-03-08		MSP Challenge North Sea Edition game session	digital	North Sea	integral	44	Fully online, as part of the online MSP Spring School 2021, an Erasmus+ "Knowledge Flows" project activity, organised by University of Nantes, France	FR
2021-Q1	2021-02-25	2021-03-09	Verso il Piano dello Spazio Marittimo dell'Area "Adriatico"	digital	Adriatic Sea	integral	52	Fully online with Italian municipal stakeholders going through an official MSP process. First real session with new Adriatic Sea edition!	IT
2021-Q1	2021-02-08	2021-02-16	MSP Challenge Baltic Sea edition game session within Sustainable Coastal Management programme	digital	Baltic Sea	integral	20	Fully online with NOVIA University of Applied Sciences (Finland) students and teachers	FI
2021-Q1	2021-02-03		Space for Energy Webinar - part of the Open Campus ‘Space Opportunities for Climate Challenges’ series	digital	North Sea	demo	?	Fully online webinar hosted by the Dutch Groundstation dotSpace Foundation	NL
2021-Q1	2021-01-26	2021-01-27	MSP Challenge workshop: learning about the main characteristics & complexity of marine/maritime spatial planning	digital	North Sea	integral	12	Fully online with staff and partners of the Waitt Institute, California, USA	US
2020-Q4	2020-12-09	2020-12-16	Planning and management of Coastal Zones and Sea Basins	digital	North Sea	integral	20	Fully online with students from University of Oldenburg	DE
2020-Q4	2020-11-30	2020-12-14	MSc Environmental Economics	digital	North Sea	integral	50	Fully online with students from SRUC (Scotland's Rural College), also located in China	UK
2020-Q4	2020-10-16		SD4111 Governance for Sustainability	digital	North Sea	integral	50	Fully online with students from University of St. Andrews	UK
2020-Q3	2020-09-09		Minor Natuur, Mens en Technologie	digital	North Sea	integral	30	Hybrid physical/online with students from Rotterdam University of applied sciences, the Netherlands	NL
2020-Q3	2020-08-17		IMECaN/IMBeR Marine Spatial Planning Workshop: Balancing social, economic, cultural & ecological objectives	digital	North Sea	demo	681	Fully online with early career researchers of the IMECaN/IMBeR network from 82 countries	-
2020-Q2	2020-06-02		Planning for the Future with Games: The Maritime Spatial Planning Challenge Simulation Platform	digital	North Sea	demo	?	Fully online workshop as part of the Eyes on Earth Copernicus Roadshow	-
2020-Q2	2020-04-23		MSP Challenge: Exploring the complexity of marine/maritime spatial planning in a multi-player simulation (game).	digital	North Sea	demo	200	Fully online webinar with a wide diversity of marine science and industry participants, organised by OpenChannels (OCTO) based in the USA.	US
2020-Q1	2020-03-25	2020-03-27	Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) Challenge	digital	North Sea	integral	10	Fully online (first!) with students from St. Mary's University, Halifax, Canada	CA
2020-Q1	2020-02-12	2020-02-14	Maritime Spatial Planning Challenge, bachelor's MSP module	board & digital	Baltic Sea	integral	12	NOVIA University of Applied Sciences, Tamissaari/Ekenäs, Finland	FI
2019-Q4	2019-12-07		Marine Spatial Planning Course, Serious gaming session at Ecopath35 conference	digital	North Sea	integral	15	Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA	US
2019-Q4	2019-11-27		MSP Challenge simulation platform demo, elective serious games module	digital	North Sea	integral	18	Cologne Game Lab, TH Köln, Cologne, Germany	DE
2019-Q4	2019-10-03		MSP Challenge simulation platform demo, Copernicus Eyes-on-Earth Roadshow	digital	North Sea	integral	18	Estonian National Library, Tallinn, Estonia	EE
2019-Q3	2019-09-04		Demo: MSP Challenge Simulation Platform, EMODnet Open Sea Lab Hackathon	digital	North Sea	integral	12	Zebrastraat, Ghent, Belgium	BE
2019-Q3	2019-08-29		MSP Challenge simulation platform –demonstration, ISAGA 2019 conference	digital	North Sea	integral	5	Kozminski University, Warsaw, Poland	PL
2016-Q1	2016-02-15		High level meeting on Short Sea Shipping, EU presidency	board		shipping-oriented	15	Amsterdam, the Netherlands	NL
2016-Q1	2016-02-15		High level meeting on Short Sea Shipping, EU presidency	board		shipping-oriented	15	Amsterdam, the Netherlands	NL
2016-Q1	2016-03-10		20th anniversary event of Scottish Coastal Forum	board		integral	20	Edinburgh, Scotland	UK
2016-Q1	2016-03-10		20th anniversary event of Scottish Coastal Forum	board		integral	20	Edinburgh, Scotland	UK
2016-Q2	2016-04-04		NorthSEE kick-off meeting	board		integral	20	Hamburg, Germany	DE
2016-Q2	2016-04-22		BalticLInes kick off meeting	board		integral	30	Berlin, Germany	DE
2016-Q3	2016-07-13		World Maritime University	board		integral	11	Malmö, Sweden	SE
2016-Q3	2016-09-26		3rd Atlantic Stakeholder platform conference	board		integral	25	Dublin, Ireland	IE
2016-Q3	2016-09-26		3rd Atlantic Stakeholder platform conference	board		integral	25	Dublin, Ireland	IE
2016-Q4	2016-10-06		North Sea Days Conference	board		integral	35	Scheveningen, The Netherlands	NL
2016-Q4	2016-10-15		Scottish Coastal Forum	board		integral	9	Millport, Scotland	UK
2016-Q4	2016-11-24		2nd Baltic MSP Forum	board		integral	35	Riga, Latvia	LV
2017-Q1	2017-01-12		Van Hall Larenstein	board		integral	25	Leeuwarden, the Netherlands	NL
2017-Q1	2017-02-08		Stakeholder start event Belgian MSP	board		integral	30	VIVES University of Applied Sciences, Bruges, Belgium	BE
2017-Q1	2017-02-08		Stakeholder start event Belgian MSP	board		integral	30	VIVES University of Applied Sciences, Bruges, Belgium	BE
2017-Q1	2017-02-08		Stakeholder start event Belgian MSP	board		integral	30	VIVES University of Applied Sciences, Bruges, Belgium	BE
2017-Q1	2017-02-08		Stakeholder start event Belgian MSP	board		integral	30	VIVES University of Applied Sciences, Bruges, Belgium	BE
2017-Q1	2017-02-08		Stakeholder start event Belgian MSP	board		integral	30	VIVES University of Applied Sciences, Bruges, Belgium	BE
2017-Q1	2017-02-21		Seas at Risk	board		integral	15	Brussels, Belgium	BE
2017-Q1	2017-02-23		Kick start Erasmus+ strategic partnership	board		integral	15	University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK	UK
2017-Q1	2017-03-14		2nd International Conference on MSP	board		integral	20	Paris, France	FR
2017-Q2	2017-04-27	2017-04-28	MapSIS Conference	board		integral	35	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria	ES
2017-Q2	2017-04-27	2017-04-28	MapSIS Conference	board		integral	35	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria	ES
2017-Q2	2017-05-17		SPINCAM delegation IOC-UNESCO	board		integral	19	Scheveningen, The Netherlands	NL
2017-Q2	2017-06-13		EUSBSR Forum	board		integral	10	Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin, Germany	DE
2017-Q2	2017-06-15		Memorial University Master of Marine Studies	board		integral	20	St Johns, Canada	CA
2017-Q3	2017-07-04		Riverside Museum	board		integral	7	Glasgow, Scotland	UK
2017-Q3	2017-07-05		Arran High School	board		integral	10	Lamlash, Scotland	UK
2017-Q3	2017-07-06		MARE Conference	board		integral	15	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	NL
2017-Q3	2017-07-07		Royal West of Scotland Amateur Boat Club	board		integral	19	Greenock, Scotland	UK
2017-Q3	2017-09-21		Blue Growth Summer School	board		integral	25	Ostend, Belgium	BE
2017-Q4	2017-10-10		ArtReefs workshop	board		integral	25	Varna, Bulgaria	BG
2017-Q4	2017-11-28		SIMCelt closing conference	board		integral	15	Liverpool, UK	UK
2017-Q4	2017-11-30		Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences	board		integral	26	Leeuwarden, The Netherlands	NL
2018-Q1	2018-01-24	2018-01-25	Baltic LINes shipping-oriented session	digital	Baltic Sea	shipping-oriented	27	Riga, Latvia	LV
2018-Q1	2018-01-25		Forth Estuary Forum Members’ event	board		integral	10	South Queensferry, Scotland	UK
2018-Q1	2018-01-31		SIMCelt integral MSP session	digital	Clyde marine region	integral	10	Glasgow, UK	UK
2018-Q1	2018-02-23		Clyde Marine Planning Partnership stakeholder engagement session for the Clyde Regional Marine Plan	board		integral	10	Riverside Museum, Glasgow, Scotland	UK
2018-Q1	2018-02-28		Love Loch Lomond marine tourism group	board		integral	14	Loch Lomond, Scotland	UK
2018-Q1	2018-03-20	2018-03-23	SP-MSP energy-oriented session	digital	Clyde marine region	energy-oriented	11	Oldenburg, Germany	DE
2018-Q1	2018-03-20		Irish Government’s MSP Advisory Group (1st meeting)	board		integral	14	Dublin, Ireland	IE
2018-Q2	2018-04-09		Liverpool University Planning Students – field trip to Glasgow	board		integral	34	Glasgow, Scotland	UK
2018-Q2	2018-04-16	2019-04-19	NorthSEE ecology-oriented session	digital	North Sea	ecology-oriented	32	Texel, the Netherlands	NL
2018-Q2	2018-05-14	2018-05-18	SP-MSP integral MSP collaborative work	digital	North Sea	energy-oriented	2	Breda, the Netherlands	NL
2018-Q2	2018-05-16		Love Loch Lomond marine tourism group	board		integral	20	Loch Lomond, Scotland	UK
2018-Q2	2018-05-17		Unesco IOC session with planners from south america, Alejandro Iglesisas Campos	board		Integral	20	Scheveningen, The Netherlands	NL
2018-Q2	2018-06-07		Wageningen University	board				Wageningen, Netherlands	NL
2018-Q2	2018-06-12		SAGANET seminar demo	digital	North Sea	integral	10	Breda, the Netherlands	NL
2018-Q2	2018-06-14		Workshop for North Sea Commission annual meeting	board		integral	14	Fredrikstad, Norway	NO
2018-Q3	2018-07-02		teambuilding Marine&International IenW-DGW	board		integral	23	Scheveningen, The Netherlands	NL
2018-Q3	2018-08-08		MSP Challenge training session for Scottish Local Coastal Partnership officers & others	board		integral	20	Edinburgh, Scotland	UK
2018-Q3	2018-08-27	2018-08-31	SP-MSP integral MSP collaborative work	digital	North Sea	energy-oriented	1	Breda, the Netherlands	NL
2018-Q3	2018-09-01		étudiants d’économie	board		integral	19	Brest, France	FR
2018-Q3	2018-09-03	2018-09-06	Paddle project (French and English)	board		integral	18	Brest, France	FR
2018-Q3	2018-09-04		Paddle project (French and English)	board		integral	21	Brest, France	FR
2018-Q4	2018-10-01		professionnels de la mer (l’analyse présentée ci-dessous a été rédigée par Sybill Henrry dans la cadre du projet SIMNORAT)	board		integral	21	Brest, France	FR
2018-Q4	2018-10-03	2018-10-04	NorthSEE energy-oriented session	digital	North Sea	energy-oriented	16	Aberdeen, UK	UK
2018-Q4	2018-10-03		MSP Challenge board game as part of NorthSEE project Energy Workshop	board		integral	15	Aberdeen, UK	UK
2018-Q4	2018-10-15	2018-10-16	integral MSP educational session	board & digital	North Sea	integral	18	NOVIA University of Applied Sciences, Tamissaari/Ekenäs, Finland	FI
2018-Q4	2018-10-18		Introductory session for English Marine Management Organisation	board		integral	10	Newcastle, UK	UK
2018-Q4	2018-10-23		SP-MSP & Littoral conference demo	digital	North Sea	integral	7	Leeuwarden, the Netherlands	NL
2018-Q4	2018-10-30	2018-10-31	Baltic LINes energy-oriented session	digital	Baltic Sea	energy-oriented	24	Copenhagen, Denmark	DK
2018-Q4	2018-11-06		MSP Challenge game session for Edinburgh University students	board		integral	18	Edinburgh, Scotland	UK
2018-Q4	2018-11-13		MSP Challenge introductory/ training event for Orkney Islands Council Marine Planning Team	board		integral	6	Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland	UK
2018-Q4	2018-11-14		Chinese trial #MSPglobal with Hainan delegation	board		integral	23	Rotterdam (Maasvlakte 2) The Netherlands	NL
2018-Q4	2018-11-20		Impromptu game session to demonstrate #MSPGlobal edition developed for/with IOC-UNESCO	board		integral	15	Paris, France	FR
2018-Q4	2018-11-21	2018-11-22	NorthSEE shipping-oriented session	digital	North Sea	shipping-oriented	10	Malmö, Sweden	SE
2018-Q4	2018-11-21		MSP Challenge: International Centre for Island Technology (ICIT) session	board		integral	26	Stromness, Orkney, Scotland	UK
2018-Q4	2018-11-28		integral MSP educational session	digital	North Sea	integral	19	Oostende, Belgium	BE
2018-Q4	2018-12-17		integral MSP educational session	board		integral	15	Venice, Italy	IT
2018-Q4	2018-12-17	2018-12-18	integral MSP educational session	digital	North Sea	integral	15	Venice, Italy	IT
2019-Q1	2019-02-01		étudiants de droit de la mer	board		integral	12	Brest, France	FR
2019-Q1	2019-02-15		Baltic LINes: exploring MSP Challenge as planning support	digital	Baltic Sea	integral	15	Hamburg, Germany	DE
2019-Q1	2019-02-15		NorthSEE: exploring MSP Challenge as planning support	digital	North Sea	integral	12	Hamburg, Germany	DE
2019-Q1	2019-02-21		2 x MSP Challenge workshops run for Scottish Government’s International Marine Conference (20-21 February)	board		integral	12	Glasgow, UK	UK
2019-Q1	2019-02-21		2 x MSP Challenge workshops run for Scottish Government’s International Marine Conference (20-21 February)	board		integral	10	Glasgow, UK	UK
2019-Q1	2019-02-26	2019-02-27	SP-MSP Winter School	digital	North Sea	integral	15	Nantes, France	FR
2019-Q1	2019-02-27		NorthSEE - ESPON - PNH - LSI	board		integral	13	Haarlem, the Netherlands	NL
2019-Q1	2019-03-06		Master's graduation support course	digital	North Sea	integral	22	Delft, the Netherlands	NL
2019-Q1	2019-03-12		représentants de la pêche et gestionnaires d’Aires marines protégées	board		integral	15	Brest, France	FR
2019-Q2	2019-04-10		MSP Challenge: Generations	board		integral	20	Galway, Ireland	IE
2019-Q2	2019-06-05		MSP Challenge for 'hard to reach' stakeholders in the Solway Firth.	board		cross-border	30	Carlisle, England	UK
2019-Q2	2019-05-14		SP-MSP Summer School at University of Liverpool, played the North Sea edition	digital	North Sea	integral	24	Liverpool, UK	UK
2019-Q2	2019-04-23		Universitas Indonesia, Depok Indonesia	board		integral	18	Indonesia, Depok	ID
2019-Q2	2019-04-23		Universitas Indonesia, Depok Indonesia	digital	North Sea	integral	12	Indonesia, Depok	ID
2019-Q2	2019-05-25		Dalian University of Technology, Panjin Campus	board		integral	18	China, Panjin	CN
2019-Q2	2019-05-28		Dalian University of Technology, Dalian Campus	board		integral	21	China, Dalian	CN
2019-Q2	2019-05-28		Dalian University of Technology, Dalian Campus	board		integral	21	China, Dalian	CN
2019-Q2	2019-06-02		Nine technical universities alliance, China.	board		integral	27	China, Dalian	CN