FULL PROGRAM 2018

International Conference Programme
September 20^th, 2018

07:30 am

Registration and Welcoming Coffee

08:30 am

Opening Cerimony of the Oceans Meeting 2018

9:00 – 01:00 pm

Plenary Session: Our Ocean, Our Common Future

• Kitack Lim – Secretary General of International Maritime Organization
• Peter Thomson – Special Envoy for the Ocean, United Nations
• Vidar Helgesen – Norway’s Prime Minister Special Envoy to the High-level Panel on Building a Sustainable Ocean Economy
• Vladimir Ryabinin -Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and Assistant Director General of UNESCO
• Violeta Bulc – Commissioner for Transport, European Commission
• Karmenu Vella – Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
• Carlos Moedas – Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation
• Vincent Bouvier – Secretary-General of the Sea, Government of France
• James B. Garvin, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Chief Scientist
• João Cravinho – Former Minister of Planning and Territory
• Adriano Moreira – President of the International Academy of Portuguese Culture

01:00 pm

Lunch

2:00 pm

PART I – BLUE CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND SCIENCE

Panel 1 – BLUE CIRCULAR ECONOMY: OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT

Area of debate: The circular economy approach has the potential for being an effective solution for generating sustained blue growth and jobs and achieving the UN SDG 14 goal. How can we build profitable businesses focused on preventing and ending with marine litter and plastic in the ocean? What kind of business models can thrive on the valuation of blue waste and by-products? What untapped opportunities are there for the fishing industry in adopting the circular economy approach?

Roundtable:
• Pal Bakken, Director of Seaweed Energy Solutions, Norway
• Vincent Favier, CEO Ecoslops, France
• Fabio Fava, Professor of the University of Bologna, Italy and Italian Representative for Bioeconomy in Horizon 2020 SC2 and for the BLUEMED initiative, Euro-Med GSO
• James Mullen, CEO Earthwise Sorbents & Member of the Board of Directors of The Maritime Alliance, USA
• Daniela V. Fernandez, Founder and CEO of Sustainable Ocean Alliance

Moderator: Pierre Erwes, BioMarine, Canada

3:00 pm

Panel 2 – MORE SCIENCE FOR A BETTER BLUE ECONOMY

Area of debate: The Ocean is still an area where humans have still much to explore, know and learn. Indeed, by comparison, humankind has more knowledge about the workings of the deep space than the ones from the deep sea. More and high-quality science is a key factor for launching a long-lasting and profitable blue economy. What kind of policies and international cooperation frameworks must be put in place for making this goal a reality?

Roundtable:
• Zhanhai Zhang, Director General of the State Oceanic Administration, Government of China
• Wendy Watson Wright, CEO of Ocean Frontier Institute, Canada
• Arne Fredheim, Research Director do SINTEF, Norway
• Yingjie Yu, Deputy Director Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• Ehrlich Desa, Director of the UNESCO IOC´s Training Education and Mutual Assistance (TEMA), India

Moderator: Miguel Miranda, IPMA President, Portugal

2:00 pm

PART II – GREEN SHIPPING AND PORT TECH CLUSTERS

Panel 3 – GREEN SHIPPING: LEADING THE REVOLUTION IN MARITIME TRANSPORT

Area of debate: If no measures are taken, according to the IMO, the shipping CO2 emissions will rise 250% until 2030. What kind of technologies and innovation can be implemented for achieving a sustainable maritime transport? What policies must be implemented for decreasing the negative impact of shipping on the ocean’s health? What new opportunities arise for the shipbuilding industry by «greening the blue»?

Roundtable:
• Markku Mylly, Executive Director of EMSA, European Maritime Safety Agency, UE
• Luis Miguel Sousa, CEO of Grupo Sousa, Portugal
• Wim Groenendijk, President of Gas LNG Europe, Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE)
• Stig Hagen, Board Member of Kanfer Shipping
• Rodolphe Saadé, Chief Executive Officer of the CMA CGM Group
• Joseph Santo, Managing Director (Iberia) of Hapag-Lloyd, Germany

Moderator: Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director of Shipping Innovation

3:00 pm

Panel 4 – PORT TECH CLUSTERS: CREATING AND FINANCING BLUE BUSINESS ACCELERATORS

Area of debate: Port Tech Clusters are acceleration platforms located on the ports for developing innovative sustainable blue businesses. What kind of policies, incentives and financial solutions have to be implemented to create these spaces, located in ports, were companies and centres of applied research come together, have easy access to the sea, shortening the innovation cycles, thus bringing to the market faster and cheaper new blue sustainable products and services?

Roundtable:
• Xoán Martínez, CEO of Kaleido Ideas & Logistics, Spain
• Mare Straetmans, Managing Director Port XL, Netherlands
• Jens Meier, CEO of Port of Hamburg, Germany
• Chen Huyuan, Chairman of Shanghai International Port Group, China
• Mark Geilenkirchen, CEO of SOHAR Port and Freezone, Oman

Moderator: Bernhard Friess, Director for Maritime Policy and Blue Economy, Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission, UE

17:00 pm

Closing of the International Conference

Ministerial Meeting Programme
September, 20^th 2018

7:30 pm

VIP Reception by the Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, Gare Marítima de Alcântara (by invitation only)

Ministerial Meeting Programme
September, 21^st 2018

8:30 am

Opening Cerimony

9:15 am

Family Photo

9:20 am

Working session: Statements by Ministers and International Organisations

12:00 pm

Ending Session: Reading and Endorsement of the Oceans Meeting 2018 Declaration

12:30 pm

Closing of the Ministerial Meeting

3:00 – 6:00pm

Bilateral Meetings with the Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino (if previously requested)