Agenda
Word of welcome
8h06 – 8h26 (Tunisian time ) 9h06 – 9h26 GMT+2 (French time)
- Rym Benzina
President of La Saison Bleue
- Pascal Lamy
President of Forum Mondial de la Mer – Bizerte
- Mohamed Gouider
Governer of Bizerte
- Kamel Ben Amara
Bizerte’s mayor
Opening
8h30 – 9h10 ( Tunisian time) 9h30 – 10h10 GMT+2 (French time)
Moderator:
- Olivier Poivre d’Arvor
President of national maritime museum, France
Speakers :
- Chokri Ben Hassen
Environment minister, Tunisia
- Peter Thomson
Special Envoy for Oceans, United Nations (UN)
- Mariya Gabriel
European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
- Geneviève Pons
Vice-President and Director General Europe Jacques Delors, Brussels
- Petteri Taalas
Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization
Plenary session: Rethinking and bluing capitalism: Plenary room
9h20 – 10h35 (Tunisian time) 10h20 – 11h35 GMT+2 (French time)
The role of the Blue Economy for the decarbonization and recovery of the economy
Moderator:
- Olivier Poivre d’Arvor
President of national maritime museum, France
Speakers :
- Pascal Lamy
Chair Of the Mission Board Healthy Ocean, Seas, coastal and inland waters
- Isidro Gonzalez
Deputy Secretary General of Union for the Mediterranean
- Ahmed El-Sawalhy
Director of the African Union – Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR)
- Letícia Carvalho
Head of the Marine and Fresh Water Branch, at the Ecosystem Division.
- Ariel Troisi
President of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC of UNESCO)
- Laura Giuliano
Director of Science at CIESM
- Paul Holthus
President and CEO of World Ocean Council
- Mehdi Ben Haj
Commissioner General of Forum Mondial de la Mer – Bizerte
Film screening
10h30 – 10h34 (Tunisian Time) 11h30 – 11h34 GMT+2 (French time)
10h35 – 11h35 (Tunisian time) 11h35 – 12h35 GMT+2(French hour) | ||
Workshop 1 : Entrepreneurship at sea: forecasting, transparency and accessibility in the Mediterranean ( Hannon room) | Workshop 2 : What governance for the sea: preservation of biodiversity and sustainable use of the Mediterranean ( Neptune room) | Workshop 3 : A clean, healthy and resilient Mediterranean ( Didon room) |
How to generate and organise the necessary science and data to better understand, monitor, and predict the Mediterranean Sea and its impacts on communities? How to uncover the full range of solutions it provides?
Head of Department of Databases and IS at APAL
European Marine Board
European Commission N.N., Copernicus
Emeritus Chief Scientist, WMO
EMSO ERIC Director General
Aquaculture and Marine Environment Engineer
Irish Ambassador for the Ocean, member of the EU Ocean Mission Committee | How can we ensure the rational exploitation of marine resources? How to regenerate degraded marine habitats in the Mediterranean and in Europe by 2030 ?
Director of National Institute of Marine Science and Technology
Physician and epidemiologist with expertise in the environment and human health
President of Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, IT
Director of the Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Centre (SPA/RAC)
Deputy Head of unit, Fisheries Management Mediterranean and Black Sea, DG MARE
Director of Ecology and Natural Ecosystems at the Ministry of the Environment
Directeur Institute of Marine Sciences, METU Erdemli MERSİN, Turkey | How to achieve zero-pollution, plastic-free Mediterranean by 2030? What are the most urgent activities to undertake?
Head of Unit DG Research&Innovation, European Commission
Ocean Ambassador for Malta, member of the EU’s Mission Board for the Oceans, Department of Geosciences
Programme Officer (OPRC) at Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC)
Project Manager at Ifremer
Fondation Sufrider Foundation, France
Professor, Blue Med |
Closing
11h40 – 12h15 (Tunisian time) 12h40 – 13h15 GMT+2 (French time)
Moderator:
- Olivier Poivre d’Arvor
President of national maritime museum, France
- Pascal Lamy
President of Forum Mondial de la Mer – Bizerte
- Rym Benzina
President of La Saison Bleue
- Mehdi Ben Haj
Commissioner General of Forum Mondial de la Mer – Bizerte
- Habib Ben Hadj Kouider
Managing Director of the BNA
- Mounir Boulkout
Chief Executive Officer of SELT Marine Group