The 28 countries and the organizations that participated in the Azores High-level Industry-Science-Government Dialogue, acknowledged the Atlantic Interactions strategic research agenda, and recognized:

The relevance of an integrative approach to space, climate change and energy, earth and ocean sciences in the Atlantic, together with emerging methods of data science, data visualization and science communication to better understand the emerging issues associated to climate change and the sustainable management of common resources affecting our planet and the lives, prosperity and wellbeing of our citizens.
The need to foster and further develop a shared and international environment to support North-South/South-North cooperation in science and technology towards new climate, earth systems, space, and marine research activities benefiting a wide range of stakeholders.
The urgent need to develop advanced data and network systems including integrated instruments for space, air, ground and ocean domains, allowing sustained data gathering to produce better and more precise models which can supply all scientific disciplines involved in accurately projecting the future sustainable pathways.
The relevance of space science and technology in Atlantic regions to address great challenges such as climate change, natural hazards, energy dependency and sustainable ocean exploitation, considering that satellite data processing opens opportunities for new ventures with economic, environmental and social impact.
The urgent need to foster knowledge as our common future, and to recognize the need to bring to the center of our attention all of those in the margins of knowledge driven societies and knowledge-based economic activities.
The opportunity Azores offer for the potential development of international launch services to space, providing low-cost, frequent and regular access to space for small satellites as a way to boost the utilization of space for the benefit of all citizens.
The critical role of Atlantic islands as ecosystems suitable for holistic research studies through experiments and observation of natural processes. They represent natural living laboratories enabling and facilitating the design of scientific studies of international relevance.

These key issues will be addressed by the Atlantic Interactions research agenda, which will provide a new interdisciplinary research initiative, extending the capabilities of research centers and research infrastructures around the world to address synergies between Space, Climate-Energy, Oceans and Data Sciences. This intends to enhance the potential of the existing Atlantic research infrastructures since it would focus on disciplines that combine more than one scientific area, acting as catalyst for research and innovation in multiple domains ranging from renewable energies, to the interactions of the ocean with the atmosphere and global climate phenomena, the impacts of global changes on the open ocean and the deep sea, including their biodiversity, as well as blue economy.

The Atlantic Interactions research agenda is to be governed by an international network of research, academic and business organizations worldwide, across both south and north Atlantic countries, as well as non-Atlantic countries, through an intergovernmental scientific organization: the Atlantic International Research Center (AIR Center). This center is to be established in the form of an inclusive international research network organization with headquarters in the Azores Islands.