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PROVISIONAL PROGRAM
2050, THE OCEAN ?
Friday September 23
8:30: « 2050, welcome, opening forum, presentation of the exercice and “Ocean 2050?” survey results»
Rym Benzina, Chairwoman of La Saison Bleue
Pascal Lamy, President of the Forum Mondial de la Mer-Bizerte
Gauthier Carle, Advocacy Officer of mission POC (Ocean & Climate Platform) (surveyresults presentation)
9:00-10:15 – PANEL 1: « 2050, governance, geopolitics, security ? »
Yann Briand, Head of the Strategy and Policy Office, Office of the Chief of Staff of the French Navy
Catherine Chabaud, Initiator of the appeal for the Ocean as a common good for humanity, sailor, member of the European Parliament Renew Europe (Renaissance list)
Olivier Poivre d’Arvor, Ambassador for the poles and maritime issues, Special Envoy of the Presidency of the Republic
Julia Tasse, Researcher, head of the Climate, Energy, Security program at IRIS
10:15-11:30 – PANEL 2:« 2050, climate, biodiversity, effects of populations ?»
Joachim Claudet, Director of Research, CNRS
Rémi Parmentier, President-The Varda Group
Geneviève Pons, Vice Chair, “Europe Jacques Delors” Institute
Romain Troublé, President of the Ocean & Climate Platform, Director General Manager of the Tara Ocean Foundation
Coffee break from 11:30 to 11:45 a.m
11:45-13:00 – PANEL 3: « 2050, knowledge, science, innovation? »
Pierre Bahurel, Chairman, General director, Mercator Ocean
Elisabetta Balzi, Head of the Health of the Ocean and Seas Unit at the European Commission*
Henrik Enevoldsen, Head of Centre, Ocean Sciences Section IOC, UNESCO
Sieglinde Gruber, Active Senior Advisor European Commission
François Houllier, Chief Executive Officer of the IFREMER*
Mohamed Ali Marouani, IRD/Cirad Representative in Tunisia
Patricia Ricard, President of the Paul Ricard Institute, France
Lunch, summary of the first three workshops 13:00 to 14:30 p.m
14:30-15:45 – PANEL 4: « 2050, sustainable blue economy, new technologies and energies?»
Elyes Ben Rayana, Member of the Board of Directors of BIAT
Gilles Kleitz, Executive Director – Sustainable Development at AFD
Pascal Lamy, President of the Paris Peace Forum
Mounir Majdoub, Consultant and facilitator, specialist in environmental and sustainable development policy
Mikaa Mered, Secretary General Head of Overseas Environment, Sciences Po
Camille Morel, Researcher, Institute of Strategy and Defense Studies (IESD), Jean Moulin Lyon III University
15:45-18:00 – PANEL 5: « 2050, Mediterranean? »
With the BLUE PLAN:
Khadija Amine: In charge of sustainable development and prospection, Plan Bleu
Bechir Bejaoui, Teacher-researcher, INSTM
Rym Benzina, Director, Forum Mondial de la Mer-Bizerte
Mehdi Ben Haj, Director, APAL( Tunisia)
Jamel Jrijer, Director of the WWF North Africa Office in Tunisia
Lina Tode, Assistant Director, Plan Bleu
18:00-18:30: conclusions, recommendations
18:30-19:00: Closing
Samir Abedellaoui, Governor of Bizerte
Leila Chikhaoui, Minister of Environment, Tunisia
19:00: Networking cocktail and press interview
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PROVISIONAL PROGRAM
Friday September 24
8:30 – REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
9:30 – WELCOMING MESSAGES
Samir ABEDELLAOUI, Governor of Bizerte.
Kamel BEN AMARA, Mayor of Bizerte.
Asma SHIRI LAABIDI, Secretary General of Maritime Affairs, Tunisia.
Habib AMMAR, Minister of Tourism, Tunisia.
Rym BENZINA, President of La Saison Bleue
Pascal LAMY, President of the Forum Mondial de la Mer-Bizerte
10h – EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN
PRESENTATION OF THE STARFISH 2030 MISSION
Pascal LAMY, President of the Forum Mondial de la Mer-Bizerte.
Geneviève PONS, Director General of the Europe Jacques Delors Institute, Brussels.
Alan DEIDUN, Ocean Ambassador, Malta*
Cyprien FONVIELLE, Managing Director Neede Mediterranean*
Marius VASCEGA, Head of Cabinet of the Commissioner for the Environement, Oceans and Fisheries.
11:00 – INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS
Presentation of the “GHODWA, Youth and Environment” project and of the winners of AMWEJ 2021.
12:30 – TESTIMONIALS
Mounir BOULKOUT, Chairman and CEO, Selt Marine.
Vincent DOUMEIZEL, Senior Advisor United Nations Global Compact.
Lunch 13:00 to 14:30
15:00 – OFFICIAL OPENING
Kamel DOUKH, Ministry of Equipment, Houssing and infrastructure, Tunisia.
Marius VASCEGA, Head of Cabinet of the Commissioner for the Environement, Oceans and Fisheries.
Nasser KAMEL, Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean.
Annick GIRARDIN, Minister of the Sea, France.
Ricardo SERRAO SANTOS, Minister of the Sea, Portugal.
H.S.H Prince ALBERT II, Principality of Monaco.
15:45 – THE SEA, IN THE UPCOMING YEARS
Robert CALCAGNO, Directeur of the Oceanographic Institute of Monaco and .Francoise GAILL, Oceanographer .
The exchanges will be moderated by Olivier Poivre D’ARVOR, Ambassador of the Maritime Poles and Issues, France
16:15 – FOR A MEDITERRANEAN PARLIAMENT OF THE SEA?
Opening by Philippe MEUNIER, CEO of AViTeM*
Bénédicte DUMEIGE, Moderator
Jean-Marc ANDRE, Editor-in-chief Midi Libre*
Hayet BAYOUDH, Mayor of Carthage, Tunisia.
Ahmed BENALLAL BENALLA, Delegate to Tunisia, representative of the Catalunya’s Government, Spain.
Adnen BOUASSIDA, President of the National Federation of Tunisian Communes.
Ahmed CHAKER, Director General of the Coastal Protection and Development Agency (APAL), Tunisia.
Céline CABAYE, Representative of the Mayor of SETE, France*.
Sébastien DENAJA, Regional Councillor for the Occitanie Region, France*
Habib DHAOUADI, Mayor of Gabes, Tunisia.
Amel LIMEM, Mayor of the Goulette, Tunisia.
Christophe MADROLLE, Elected from the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region, President of the Biodiversity, Sea and Coast Commission.
José Enrique Millo ROCHER, Secretary General for External Action of the Junta de Andalucia, Spain.*
Imen OUARDANI, 1st Vice Mayor at Municipaliity of Sousse, Tunisia.
Gilles SIMEONI, President of the Executive Council of Corsica.
Elected from Mediterranean countries and Youth Parliament, EU For Ocean
18:45h METTING AT THE OLD PORT OF BIZERTE
Saturday September 25
8h – REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
9h – OPENING
Asma SHIRI LAABIDI, Secretary General of Maritime Affairs, Tunisia.
Karim AMELLAL Interministerial Delegate for the Mediterranean, France.
Néjib FRIJI, Director of the International Institute for Peace, (IPI, MENA).
THE MAJOR CHALLENGES OF BIODIVERSITY
9:30 – 11 PRESERVING MARINE AND COASTAL BIODIVERSITYIN THE MEDITERRANEAN
Khalil ATTIA, Director of the regional activity center dedicated to specially protected areas in the Mediterranean.
Samia BOUFARES, Director of Coastal Ecosystem Management at APAL, Tunisia.
Puri CANALS, President MedPAN, Spain*
Hedi CHEBILI, Secretary General Medfund.
Jamel JRIJER, Director of WWF North Africa.
Nadia OUNAIS, Director in charge of international/Vise président- International Affairs, Oceanographic Museum of Monaco.
Stéphane PAILLER, Deputy Director Climate & Environment, Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, France.
11.30 -12.30 RESEARCH IN THE SERVICE OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY
François HOULLIER, Chief Executive Officer of the French Institute for Research for the Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER), France.
Hechmi MISSAOUI, President of the National Institute of Science and Technology of the Sea, (INSTM), Tunisia.
Patricia RICARD, President of the Paul Ricard Institute, France*
Valérie VERDIER, CEO of the Research and Development Institute (IRD), France*
Lunch 12:45 to 14:00 p.m.
THE MEDITERRANEAN, AN EXEMPLARY SEA BY 2030
Afternoon
FOR A SUSTAINABLE AND CIRCULAR BLUE ECONOMY
14:30 – Fight against all marine pollution
Sinem DEDETAS, General Manager of Istanbul Ferry Lines Co, Turquie*
Jamie FURNISS, Researcher (anthropologist) at the Institut de recherche sur le Maghreb contemporain, France.
Samir KHEDHIRA, Inspector Controller of ANPE, Tunisia.
Awatef LARBI MESSAI, Ministry of Environment and Local Affairs, Tunisia.
Geneviève PONS, Director General of the Jacques Delors Institute, Brussels.
Richard SEMPRE, Océanographe- géochimiste, Directeur de l’Institut des sciences de l’océan d’Aix-Marseille Université, France.
15:30- Commit to sustainable fishing
Valerio CRESPI, FAO Coordinator for North Africa and FAO Representative in Tunisia.
16:15 –The new requirements of maritime transport
Youssef Ben Romdhane, Director General of Maritime Transport and Ports, Tunisia.
Gabino GONZALEZ, Director of REMPEC, Malta*
Salem MILADI, WESTMED, Tunisia.
Océane RIGNAULT, Maritime Affairs Department, France*
Susana SALVADOR, Executive Secretary ACCOBAMS, Monaco*
Cherif SAMARI, Blue Med, Tunisia.
17h -MARINE ANTHOLOGY
Show produced By Daly OKBY Director for the Agora
17:35 -CONCLUSION
Rym BENZINA, President of La Saison Bleue & Pascal LAMY, President of the World Sea Forum-Bizerte
The debates on September 24 and 25 will be moderated by Mehdi BEN HAJ and Olivier POIVRE d’ARVOR.
For safety reasons, some guests will intervene remotely
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
