Side Events

The number of applications for the parallel events exceeded our expectations. The applications will be evaluated and the agenda of the side events will be announced very soon through the web site and social media.

MONDAY
15 APRIL
2024

Aegean Archipelago Potential
| 09:00-09:50 | Multifunctional Room 2 Round Table Events

Lead: University of the Aegean

Other organizers: UNESCO Chair on Geoparks and the Sustainable Development of Insular and Coastal Areas
Speakers

  • Prof. Drosos Koutsoubas – Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean, Committee for Blue Economy “Aegean Archipelago
  • Prof. Maria Lekakou – Department of Shipping and Trade Transport, University of the Aegean
  • Prof. Nikolaos Zouros – UNESCO Chair on Geoparks and the Sustainable Development of Insular and Coastal Areas
  • Eleonora Georga – Mayor of Lemnos Island, Greece

Lead: Namibia Nature Foundation

Other organizers: Blue Action Fund, Blue Marine Foundation, The Namibian Foundation for the Conservation of Seabirds, Oceans 5, Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Namibia

Speakers

  • Judith Weigand – Programme Director, Blue Action Fund 
  • Dr. Judith Brown – Projects Director, Blue Marine Foundation
  • Carolin Mutorwa – Senior Technical Advisor, Namibia Nature Foundation 
  • Angus Middelton – Executive Director, Namibia Nature Foundation 
  • Sharon Kahunda – Foundation for the Conservation of Seabirds (NAMCOB)
Side Event Agenda

Lead: Aquarium Conservation Partnership

Co-organizers: Georgia Aquarium, Monterey Bay Aquarium, National Aquarium, New England Aquarium, Seattle Aquarium

Speakers

  • Kim McIntyre – Executive Director, Aquarium Conservation Partnership
  • Ayana Melvan – Director of Conservation Action, Aquarium Conservation Partnership
  • Erin Meyer – Chief Conservation Officer, Seattle Aquarium, Aquarium Conservation Partnership Chair
  • Jennifer Driban – Chief Mission Officer, National Aquarium
  • Letise LaFeir – Chief Conservation and Stewardship Officer, New England Aquarium
  • Dayne Buddo – Director of Global Ocean Policy, Georgia Aquarium
Side Event Agenda

Lead: Healthy Seas Foundation

Co-organizer: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands at Athens

Speakers

  • Samara Croci – Communication Manager, The Healthy Seas Foundation
  • HE Susanna Terstal – Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Hellenic Republic
  • Veronika Mikos – Director of the Healthy Seas Foundation
  • Ioakim Diamantidis – General Manager of Diopas S.A.
  • Ranko Kurtovic – Head of Sustainable Material Procurement, AquafilSLO
Side Event Agenda

Lead: RISE UP

Other organizers: Oceano Azul Foundation, Fauna & Flora, CAOPA – African Confederation of Professional Organizations of Artisanal Fisheries, EarthEcho International, Supported by the Government of France (tbc) Costa Rica (tbc), IUCN Brazil

Speakers

  • Flora McMorrin – Campaign Director, RISE UP
  • Tiago Pita e Cunha – Chief Executive Officer, Oceano Azul Foundation 
  • Kristian Teleki – Chief Executive Officer, Fauna & Flora
  • Rocky Sanchez Tirona – Managing Director, Fish Forever
  • Elizabeth Sherr – Youth Representative, EarthEcho International
  • Hahn Goliath – ABALOBI
Side Event Agenda

Lead: Cyclades Preservation Fund (member of the Conservation Collective)

Co-organizers: Blue Marine Foundation, Professional Fishing Association of Amorgos, The Theraic Sea, Agricultural University of Athens, Ministry of Rural Development and Food, Hellenic Republic

Speakers

  • Anni Mitropoulou – Executive Director Cyclades Preservation Fund (CPF)
  • Michalis Krosman – President of the Professional Fishing Association of Amorgos
  • Prof. Stefanos Kalogirou – Agricultural University of Athens
  • Vangelis Paravas – President, Theraic Sea Association
  • Angela Lazou Dean – Greece Project Manager, Blue Marine Foundation
  • Mr. Lefteris Avgenakis – Minister of Rural Development and Food, Hellenic Republic
Side Event Agenda

Leads: MIO-ECSDE / UNESCO Chair & Network on Sustainable Development Management and Education in the Mediterranean of UoA 

Co-organizers: MEDASSET, MIO-ECSDE, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research-HCMR, University of the Aegean, UNESCO IOC, Peace Boat, SOA Youth Leadership Summit, Ocean Youth Working Group, ECOP Programme Canada node, IDEC SA, American College of Greece, Parley TV

Speakers

  • Kostas Thomopoulos – Education Department, MEDASSET
  • Vicky Malotidi – Education for Sustainable Development Officer, MIO-ECSDE / MEdIES
  • Yolanda Koulouri – Senior Researcher – Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, HCMR
  • Dr Drosos Koutsoubas – Prof. of Marine Biology, Head Dpt. of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean
  • Konstantina Toli – IW:LEARN project Coordinator, UNESCO IOC (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission)
  • Laura Guelsen – Great Big Blue (TBC)
  • Karen Hallows, International Coordinator – Peace Boat
  • Stephanie Torres – Coordinator of Peru Hub of SOA, Sustainable Ocean Alliance
  • Laura Hernandez Merlano – Advocate for Youth and the Environment, ECOP Programme Canada Node
  • Eirini Gkotsi – Certified Project Manager in Systemic Dynamics, IDEC SA
  • Stella Apostolaki – Ass. Prof. of Environmental Science, Dpt. of Science and Mathematics – the American College of Greece
  • Antonia Mascarenhas – Parley for Oceans (TBC)
Side Event Agenda

Lead: UNESCO Chair on Climate Diplomacy

Co-organizers: ELIAMEP & Department of Ports Management and Shipping, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Speakers

  • Elena Papadimitriou – Head of Editorial, fyi.news
  • Dr. George Dikaios – Lecturer, Dept. of Ports Management and Shipping; Senior Research Fellow, UNESCO Chair on Climate Diplomacy & ELIAMEP
  • Cheryl Novak – Research Associate, ELIAMEP
  • Konstantinos Giannakopoulos – Operations and Circular Economy Manager, Enaleia
  • Stavros Tsompanidis – Founder & Managing Partner, PHEE
  • Ourania Papadopoulou – Collaborator, UNESCO Chair on Climate Diplomacy
Side Event Agenda

Lead: University of Athens (UOA)

Co-organizers: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Hellenic Oceanographers Association

Speakers

  • Michael Scoullos – Professor Emeritus of Environmental Chemistry and Oceanography at the University of Athens, Team Leader of the Water and Environment Support (WES) project, Chairperson of MIO-ECSDE and GWP-Med
  • Alexandra Gogou – Research Director, HCMR
  • Serafim Poulos – Professor, University of Athens
  • Adonis Velegrakis – Professor, University of the Aegean
  • Paraskevi Nomikou – Associated Professor, General Secretary of Hellenic Oceanographers
Side Events Agenda

Lead: Mercator Ocean Ιnternational

Other organizers: EC DEFIS

Speakers

  • Evangelia Georgitsi – Communication Officer, EC Representation in Greece
  • Karina von Schuckmann – Mercator Ocean International
  • Mauro Facchini – Head of the Copernicus Unit, EU-DEFIS
  • Anna Pirani – Chair of MedECC,
  • Nathalie Hilmi – Researcher, Environmental Economics, Centre Scientifique de Monaco
  • Prof. Assunção Cristas – Nova School of Law, partner at VdA, former Minister of the Ocean, Portugal
  • Prof. Sarantis Sofianos – University of Athens
  • Guillermo Ortuño Crespo – International Panel for Ocean Sustainability
Side Events Agenda

Lead: MEDASSET & The Green tank 

Co-organizers: LIFE MareNatura consortium (HCMR, ISRPA, NECCA, UAegean, UoC, NOA, HOS, MOm, ARCHELON, NCC, Waterproof)

Speakers

  • Anis Zarrouk, – Biodiversity Programme Coordinator, Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (SPA/RAC)
  • Mercedes Muñoz Cañas – Programme coordinator, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
  • Oliver Yates Head – International Marine Programme, BirdLife International
  • Nadia Andreanidou – Programmes & Policy Officer, MEDASSET
  • Ioli Christopoulou – Partner & Policy Director, The Green Tank
  • Panagiotis Kasapidis – Senior Researcher & LIFE Project Coordinator, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)
Side Event Agenda

Lead: Europe Jacques Delors

Co-organizers Oceano Azul Foundation

Speakers

  • Pascal Lamy – Europe Jacques Delors’ Vice-President and Chair of the European Ocean Pact stakeholder group
  • Maria Damanaki – former European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and member of the European Ocean Pact stakeholder group
  • Geneviève Pons – Europe Jacques Delors’ Vice-President and Director General and co-Vice-Chair of the European Ocean Pact stakeholder group
  • Tiago Pitta e Cunha – CEO of the Oceano Azul Foundation and co-Vice Chair of the European Ocean Pact stakeholder group
  • Catherine Chabaud – MEP and member of the European Ocean Pact stakeholder group
Side Events Agenda

Lead: Athanasios C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation

Other organizers: Global Fishing Watch, Government of Greece

Speakers

  • Tony Long – CEO Global Fishing Watch 
  • Rocío Parra Cortés – Head of the Legal Division of the Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Chile 
  • Jose Julio Casas – Technical Secretary, Corredor Marino del Pacifico Este Tropical (CMAR) 
  • Dr. Khallahi Brahim – Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission Permanent Secretary 
  • Dr. Petros Varelidis – Secretary General of the Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy 
  • Evi Lazou-Laskaridis – President, Athanasios C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation

Side Event Agenda

Lead: Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)

Co-organizers: University of Pretoria

Other organizers: Institute for Security Studies (Pretoria, South Africa), University of Pretoria (Pretoria, South Africa)

Speakers

  • Prof. Maria Gavouneli – Director General; Professor, Faculty of Law, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • Prof. Maxi Schoeman – Professor Emeritus and Head of the Department of Political Science / Ocean Regions Programme Coordinator
  • Prof. Spyros Blavoukos – Athens University of Economics and Business, Senior Researcher and Head of the ‘Ariane Condellis’ European Programme, ELIAMEP
  • Pavlos Petidis – Junior Research Fellow, EU-Africa relations, ELIAMEP
Side Event Agenda

Lead: School of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering National Technical University of Athens

Co-organizers: Dept. Environmental Engin. DU Thrace, School Geoinformatics Engin. NTU Athens

Speakers

  • Kostas Belibassakis – School Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering NTU Athens
  • Dimitris Lyridis – School NA&ME NTU Athens
  • Georgios Sylaios – Dept. Environmental Engineering DU Thrace
  • Stelios Contarinis – School Geoinformatics Engin. NTU Athens
Side Event Agenda

Area of action targeted:  Climate Change: strengthening the nexus between ocean and climate change

Key focus areas:
– Green shipping
– Green transition in the Mediterranean and beyond

Lead organisation: Oceans Arena

Supporting organisations:  Sustainable Ocean Alliance.                                                                        

Event description:

This event will be in the format of a pitch-competition where start-ups providing solutions for ocean health and greener shipping will showcase in 3 minutes each what their value proposition it.

There will also be a judging committee which will give feedback and officially designate a winner.

Hosts:

  • Gina Panayiotou, CEO, Oceans Arena & Chair, World ESG Forum (Registered participant)
  • Ben Lesage, Global Coordinator, Sustainable Ocean Alliance (Registered participant)

 

Start-up speakers

Judging panel:

  • Alfredo Giron Nava, Head, Ocean Action Agenda, World Economic Forum (Registered participant)
  • Spyros Poulios , Investor, Brace VC (Registered Participant)
  • Vasilis Athanasiadis, Business creation and strategy manager – Mantis (Registered Participant)
  • Tatiana Der Avedissian, Head of Business Development, World Ocean Initiative, The Economist (Registered participant)
  • Thomas Knudsen, Director, Rumah Foundation (Registered participant)
Side Events Agenda

Lead: Rare

Other organizers: The Earthshot Prize, ABALOBI, WildAid

Speakers

  • Molly Parker Prince – Coleman Family Ventures and The Earthshot Prize Founding Partner
  • Mayor Alfredo Coro II – Rare/Coastal 500
  • Hahn Goliath – ABALOBI
  • Meaghan Brosnan/Emily Owen – WildAid
Side Events Agenda

TUESDAY
16 APRIL
2024

Emerging impacts of regional cooperation in the Mediterranean Sea: a special focus on green shipping and sustainable coastal tourism
| 11:00 - 11:50 | Multifunctional Room 2 Round Table Events

Lead organization: WestMED Initiative

Other organizations: Direçao-Geral de Política do Mar (Portugal)

Speakers

  • Marisa Lameiras da Silva – Director General for Maritime Policy and WestMED Co-Presidency
  • Thanos Smanis – Synergies Expert, WestMed Initiative
  • Manolis Annetis – Project coordinator, Ethnicon Metsovion Polytechnion
  • Marika Mazzi Boem – Project coordinator from X23 The Innovation Bakery
  • Theocharis Tsoutsos – Project coordinator, Technical University of Crete
Side Event Agenda

Lead: U.S. Department of State, OECD, WRI, WEF

Speakers

  • Sue Biniaz – Principal Deputy Special Envoy for Climate
  • Karen Sack – Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance
  • Tom Pickerell – World Resources Institute
  • Taholo Kami – Kami Pasifiki
  • Lysi Wini – Solomon Islands Coordinator, Nia Tero
  • Jainey Bavishi – Deputy Administrator, NOAA
  • E. Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Dr. Pa’olelei Luteru, Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations
Side Event Agenda

Involved organizers: Government of France – Barcelona Convention / MEDET by PAMEX Local Invest Finance Facility (PLIFF), Hellenic Spanish Chamber of Commerce supported by Spanish Embassy

Speakers

  • Helena Athoussaki – Chief Sustainability Officer, Motor Oil Group
  • Ambassador Poivre d’Arvor – Special Envoy of the French President of the Republic for the organisation of the U.N. Ocean Conference
  • Dr. Petros Varelidis – Secretary General of Natural Environment and Water, Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy
  • Christophe Nuttall – Strategic Senior Advisor at R20 Regions of Climate Action, PLIFF coordinator
  • Thanasis Tsantilas – Vice President, Hellenic Spanish Chamber of Commerce
  • Enrique Manzanares – Universidad de Loyola, DELIMARA Director
Side Event Agenda

Lead: European Bureau for Conservation and Development (EBCD)

Co-organizers: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), The Global Action Network, Norway, International Coalition of Fisheries Associations (ICFA), Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP), Hellenic Aquaculture Producers Organization (HAPO), UN Aquatic Blue Foods Coalition

Speakers

  • Ilias Grampas – Deputy Director, EBCD
  • Dr. Manuel Barange – Director, Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Resources Division, FAO
  • Maria Varteressian – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway
  • Ismini Bogdanou – Director of Communications & Public Relations, Hellenic Aquaculture Producers Organization (HAPO)
  • Ambassador Stefán Jón Hafstein – Chair of the UN Aquatic Blue Foods Coalition
  • Javier Ojeda – General Secretary, Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP) (video-message)
Side Event Agenda

Speakers

  • Kostis Tselenis – The Hellenic Impact Investing Network, Chairman of the Board
  • Elly Andriopoulou – Managing Director – Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC)
  • Díaz Viñolas – Scientific Director of IEO
  • Nikos Therapos – Our Ocean Youth Leadership Summit Coordinator

Lead: Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association – HELMEPA

Speakers

  • Maria Damanaki – Founder, Leading Women for the Ocean (LWO), Former EU Commissioner for Maritime & Fisheries
  • Semiramis Paliou – Director and CEO DIANA SHIPPING INC., Chairperson, HELMEPA& INTERMEPA
  • Prof. Assuncao Cristas – NOVA School of Law, Portugal
  •  The Honorable Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D. – Deputy Director for Climate and Environment, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
  • Zefi Dimadama – Secretary General for Equality and Human Rights, Ministry of Social Cohesion and the Family
  • Dr. Minako Iue – Chair and CEO Sailors for the Sea, Japan
  •  Nancy Lindborg – President and Chief Executive David and Lucile Packard Foundation
  • Elpi Petraki – President Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association WISTA
  •  Tatiana Der Avedissian – Head of business development,World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group, Co-president, Harvard Kennedy School Women’s Network
Side Event Agenda

Lead: Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change

Other Organizers: Turkish Marine Environment Protection Association/ TURMEPA, Turkish Shipbuilders’ Association (GISBIR), Turkish Shipbuilders’ Association (GISAŞ), International Ship Recycling Association (ISRA)

Speakers

  • Dr. Vildan BÖLÜKBAŞI ATAY – Head of Marine and Coastal Management Department, Directorate General of Environmental Management, Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change of Türkiye
  • Semiha ÖZTÜRK – General Manager, Turkish Marine Environment Protection Association/ TURMEPA
  • Dağhan Mehmet Yazıcı- Environment and Sustainability, Turkish Marine Environment Protection Association/ TURMEPA
  • Mehtap ÖZDEMİR – Secretary General of Turkish Shipbuilders’ Association (GISBIR)
  • Dr. Konstantinos Galanis – Chairman of International Ship Recycling Association (ISRA)
  • Türkan MANASIR ÖZ – General Manager, Turkish Shipbuilders’ Association (GISAŞ)
Side Event Agenda

Lead: UN Environment Programme/Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP) – Information and Communication Regional Activity Centre (INFO/RAC)       

Other organizers: Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE)

Speakers

  • Tatjana Hema – UNEP/MAP Coordinator
  • Oliviero Montanaro – Director General PNM – Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security
  • Zeljka Skaricic – PAP/RAC Director
  • Annalisa Minelli – INFO/RAC Knowledge Management Officer
  • Christos Ioakeimidis – UNEP/MAP QSR Programme Management Officer
  • Elyes Hamza – SPA/RAC Director
Side Event Agenda

Leads: Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources (TIO-MNR), the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Society of Entrepreneurs and Ecology Foundation (SEE Foundation)

Co-organizers: Friends of Ocean Action (FOA), World Economic Forum, Ant Forest Foundation, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Packard Foundation)

Speakers

  • H.E. SUN Shuxian – Deputy Minister, Ministry of Natural Resources, PRC / Head of China’s State Oceanic Administration
  • H.E. Peter Thomson, UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean
  • Alfredo Giron – Head, Ocean Action Agenda, World Economic Forum
  • LIU Zhenghua – Researcher, TIO-MNR, PRC / Chief Scientist, APEC Marine Sustainable Development Center
  • Minna Epps – Head of Ocean, IUCN
  • Meg Caldwell – Interim Vice President, Packard Foundation
  • Marine DE BAZELAIRE – Group Natural Capital Advisor, HSBC
  • YANG Biao – Secretary General, SEE Foundation
Side Event Agenda

Organizers: Blue Action Fund, Minderoo, Med Donors Roundtable (represented by Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and Oceans 5)

Speakers

  • Pepe Clarke – WWF International
  • Léa Glâtre – Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation 
  • Markus Knigge – Blue Action Fund 
  • Marta Marrero – Oceans 5
  • Dr. Melissa Walsh – Minderoo Foundation
Side Event Agenda

Lead: Ocean Visions

Speakers:

  • Brad Ack – CEO, Ocean Visions
  • Jainey Bavishi – Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Deputy NOAA Administrator
  • Dr. Kilaparti Ramakrishna – Director of Marine Policy Center and Senior Advisor to the President on Ocean and Climate Policy, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
  • Ximena Rojas – Director of Marine, Coastal and Aquatic Resources Affairs (DAMCRA), Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Government of Colombia
  • Peter Bryant – Ocean Resilience and Climate Alliance (ORCA)
Side Events Agenda

Lead: ESG Shipping Awards

Co-organizer: Hellenic Chamber of Shipping

Speakers

  • Helena Athoussaki – Principal Organizer, ESG Shipping Awards
  • Eleni Polychronopoulou – President, Hellenic Marine Equipment Manufacturers and Exports (HEMEXPO)
  • Vivi Kolliopoulou – President, WISTA Hellas 
  • Maria Deligianni – Regional Director, Eastern Mediterranean, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA)
  • Rose Easton – Chief Responsible Investment Ecosystems Officer, UN PRI
Side Event Agenda

Lead: Global Fund for Coral Reefs, UN Development Programme, UN Environment Programme, UN Capital Development Fund, Conservation Finance Alliance

Speakers

  • Pierre Bardoux – Director of the Global Fund for Coral Reefs, UNCDF
  • Susan Gardner – Director, Ecosystems Division, UNEP
  • Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga – Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, The Philippines
  • David Meyers – GFCR Senior Technical Advisor
  • Melissa Walsh – Head of Ocean Finance, Minderoo Foundation
  • Nicolas Pascal – Executive Director & Co-Founder, Blue Alliance – Marine Protected Areas
  • Sam Teicher – Co-Founder + Chief Reef Officer, Coral Vita
  • Ron Tardiff – Ocean Innovation Lead, World Economic Forum
Side Events Agenda

Lead: Blue Ventures

Co-hosts: PRCM (Le Partenariat Régional pour la Conservation de la zone côtière et Marine) and Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, CSRP – Commission Sous-Régionale des Pêches- Stop Illegal Fishing, PRCM – Le Partenariat Régional pour la Conservation de la zone côtière et Marine, and OACPS – The Organisation of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific States

Speakers

  • Cristelle Pratt – Assistant Secretary-General of the Environment and Climate Action Department at the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS)
  • The Honourable Tsimanaoraty Paubert Mahatante – Ministre de la Pêche et de l’Economie Bleue, Republic of Madagascar
  • The Honourable Moktar Alhousseynou Lam – Ministre des Pêches et de l’Economie Maritime, Islamic Republic of Mauritania
  • The Honourable Pierre Hélé – Minister of Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development, Republic of Cameroon
  • The Honourable Mavis Hawa Koomson – Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Republic of Ghana
  • The Honourable Fatima Camara – Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Economy, Republic of Guinea
  • The Honourable Houmedi Msaidié – Ministère de l’Agriculture, de la Pêche, de l’Environnement, du Tourisme et de l’Artisanat, Union of the Comoros.
  • The Honourable Viriato LuÍs Soares Cassamá, Minister of Environment, Biodiversity and Climate Action, Republic of Guinea-Bissau.
  • The Honourable Betsy Muthoni Njagi, Principal Secretary – Blue Economy, Republic of Kenya 
  • The Honourable Abraão Aníbal Barbosa Vicente – Minister of the Sea, Republic of Cabo Verde
  • Melissa Wright – Bloomberg Ocean Initiative Lead

Co-organizers: DeepSea Technologies & Ministry of the Environment and Energy

Speakers

  • Julian Bray – Editor-in-Chief at TradeWinds & Managing Director at DN Media Group Global
  • Konstantinos Kyriakopoulos – CEO & Co-Founder at DeepSea Technologies
  • Garry Noonan Director of Innovation at Ardmore Shipping
  • Dinos Arcoumanis – Corresponding Member, Academy of Athens; Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering; Professor Emeritus, City, University of London
  • Alexis Synodinos Founder and CEO at HelioNav, Heliodive Project, Member of GICAN
  • Constantinos Capetanakis – Chair of IBIA (International Bunker Industry Association), with consultative status at the IMO, Bunker Director at Star Bulk
Side Events Agenda
Lead: New Agriculture New Generation

Co-organizers: General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Speakers
  • Alicia Bugeja Said – Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Animal Rights, Malta
  • Karmenu Vella – Former European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and Advisor to the Maltese Minister in charge of Foreign, European Affairs, and Trade
  • Georgios Paximadis – Aquaculture Specialist, General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • Effie Lazaridou – Chief Executive Officer, New Agriculture New Generation
  • Alexia Macheras – Sustainable Retail & Corporate Communication Manager, AΒ Vassilopoulos
  • Giannis Pelekanakis – Director of European Affairs, HAPO
Side Event Agenda
Leads: Only One, Systemiq

Speakers
  • Marine de Bazelaire – Group Advisor on Natural Capital, HSBC
  • Jennifer Ring – Ocean Finance Director, Systemiq
  • Karen Sack – Executive Director, Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance
  • Seve Paeniu – Minister of Finance from Tuvalu
  • Craig Cogut – Pegasus Capital Advisors
  • Kate Schweigart – Vice President, Innovative Finance, Rare

Speakers

  • Lucie Debaere – Belgium
  • Dionysia Theodora Avgerinopoulou – Our Ocean Conference 2024 Coordinator and Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for the Ocean
  • Vladimir Jares – DOALOS
  • Minna Epps – IUCN
  • Darius Campbell – NEAFC
  • Melissa Wright – Bloomberg Ocean Fund
  • Susan Gardner – UNEP
  • Mehak Arora – Earth Echo (Youth)
  • Palau – HE Surangel Whipps Jr., President
  • Seychelles – HE Wavel Ramkalawan, President (TBC)
  • European Commission – HE Virginijus Sinkevicius, Commissioner for Environment Oceans and Fisheries
  • Chile – HE Alberto van Klaveren, Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Costa Rica – HE Arnoldo André Tinoco, Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Nigeria – HE Iziaq Salako, Minister of State for Environment
  • Republic of Korea – HE Song Myeongdal, Vice Minister of Oceans and Fisheries
  • France – HE Hervé Berville, State Secretary for the Sea (TBC)
  • Belgium – HE Marc Calcoen, Ambassador of Belgium to Greece and Cyprus
  • Rapa Nui Community Representative from Koro Nui o te Vaikava (Ocean Council)
  • Sylvia Earle – Mission Blue
Side Event Agenda

 

Lead: Oceana

Other organizers: Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO)

Speakers

  • Dr. Dana Miller – Director of Strategic Initiatives, Oceana
  • Ryan Everton – CEO, TURN Systems
  • Carlos Laboy – Managing Director, HSBC (Head of Global Beverage Research)
  • Angélique Laskewitz – Executive Director, The Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO)
Side Event Agenda

Organizers: Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy, Global Environment Facility (GEF), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC-UNESCO), Global Water Partnership (GWP), Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)

Speakers

  • Dimitris Faloutsos – Deputy Coordinator Transboundary water cooperation, Global Water Partnership
  • Dr Petros Varelidis – Secretary General of Natural Environment and Waters, Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy
  • Prof. Michael Scoullos – Chair GWP-Med/ Professor Emeritus of Environmental Chemistry and Oceanography, University of Athens
  • Andrew Hume – Senior Environmental Specialist, International Waters Focal Area Coordinator, Global Environment Facility
  • Lorenzo Galbiati – International Waters Lead, GEF Unit, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 
  • Konstantina Toli – Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
  • José Pablo Murillo – Programme Officer, Stockholm International Water Institute
Side Event Agenda

Lead: Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency (NECCA)

Speakers 

  • Amalia Alberini – Marine Officer, WWF Greece
  • Maria Damanaki – Independent Advisor on Climate-Oceans, EU Commissioner for Maritime & Fisheries (2010-2014), Independent Advisor
  • Mercedes Muñoz Cañas – IUCN-MED, Programme Coordinator Marine Biodiversity and Blue Economy
  • Manya Russo – Project Manager & Environmental Conservation, Birdlife Malta
  • Prof. Panagiotis Dimopoulos – University of Patras, Member of NECCA board
Side Event Agenda

Organizers:  World Economic Forum

Speakers

  • Mr Thanasis Tsantilas, Chairman & Managing Director, Rokas Renewables (Iberdrola)
  • Ms Marianna Nathanail, Representative in Greece, European Investment Bank
  • Mr Georg Børsting, Norwegian Sherpa to the Ocean Panel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Norway
  • Ms Lizzie McLeod, Global Ocean Director, The Nature Conservancy
  • Ms Anna-Marie Laura, Clean Ocean Energy Sector Co-Lead for the Marrakesh Partnership for Global Climate Action, Ocean and Coastal Zone
Side Event Agenda

Lead: Deep Sea Conservation Coalition

Co-organizers: Government of Palau, Government of Costa Rica, Government of France, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Sustainable Ocean Alliance, World Wide Fund for Nature 

Speakers

  • Sofia Tsenikli – Global Moratorium Campaign Lead, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition
  • Demetres Karavellas – CEO, WWF Greece
  • H.E. Surangel S. Whipps Jr. – President, Palau
  • H.E. Arnoldo André Tinoco – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Costa Rica
  • H.E. Hervé Berville – Secretary of State of the Sea and Biodiversity, France
  • H.E. Alberto Van Klaveren – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chile
  • H.E. Teresa Ribera – Deputy Prime Minister, Spain
  • H.E. Ralph Regenvanu – Minister of Climate Change Adaptation, Energy, Environment, Meteorology, Geohazards and Disaster Management, Vanuatu
  • H.E. Sebastian Unger – Federal Government Commissioner for the Ocean, Germany
  • H.E. Iseult Fitzgerald – Ambassador of Ireland to Greece, Ireland
  • Forbi Nyosai – African Regional Representative, Sustainable Ocean Alliance
  • Minna Epps – Director, Global Marine and Polar Programme, IUCN
Side Events Agenda

Speakers

  • Ambassador Peter Thomson – UNSG’s Special Envoy for the Ocean
  • Kristian Teleki – CEO, Fauna & Flora
  • Minna Epps – Head, IUCN Ocean
  • Loreley Picourt – Executive Director, Ocean & Climate Platform
  • Alfredo Giron – Head, Ocean Action Agenda, World Economic Forum
  • Ambassador Olivier Poivre D’Arvor – Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of France for the UN Ocean Conference
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Moderator:Fanny Lossy, Director for Climate, ECSA

Co-organizers: European Community Shipowners Associations, Hellenic Impact Investing Network

Speakers

  • Luisa Puccio, Senior Director Shipping Policy, ECSA
  • Harald Fotland, President, Norwegian Shipowners Association
  • Natacha Stamatiou, Senior Analyst Global shipping, Environmental Defense Fund
  • Kostis Tselenis, Chairman, HIIN
  • Iannis Voutsinos, Managing Director PwC/ Head EU Affairs & Funding
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Hosts:
– World ESG Forum
– International Chamber of Shipping
– Lloyds Register

Moderator: Gina Panayiotou, Chair, World ESG Forum 

Speakers:

  • Tatiana der Avedissian, Head of Business Development, World Ocean Initiative, Economist
  • Guy Platten, Secretary-General, International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)
  • TBA, World Economic Forum (WEF)
  • Maria Deligianni, Regional Director, Easter Mediterranean, Cruise Line International Association (CLIA)
  • Theo Kourmpelis, Strategic Key Accounts Director, Lloyds Register (LR)
  • Capt, Moin Ahmed, Special Envoy to the Minister of Shipping, Bangladesh Ministry of Shipping
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Leads: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Monterey Bay Aquarium, International Labour Organization (ILO)

Speakers

  • Lejda Toci – United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
  • Alison Potter – International Labour Organization (ILO)
  • Josh Madeira – Monterey Bay Aquarium
  • Julia Nakamura – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Lead: Getting to Zero Coalition

Co-organizers: Climate Champions Team, UN Foundation, Lloyd’s Register Foundation, Sustainable Shipping Initiative, Maersk-Mckinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, Equal Routes, World Economic Forum

Speakers

  • Sue Biniaz – Deputy Special Envoy for Climate, Department of State, United States
  • Ambassador Ishoda – Special Climate Envoy for Maritime Decarbonization, Republic
  • of Marshall Islands
  • Elissama Menezes – Climate & Shipping Consultant, Equal Routes
  • Jerry Enoe – Blue Economy Advisor for the Government of Grenada
  • Charis Plakantonaki – Chief Strategy Officer
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Organizers:  European Commission, Environmental Defense Fund, BlueMissionMed project, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)

Speakers

  • Aris Karageorgis – Director, Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
  • Kate Bonzon – Vice President, Climate Resilient Fisheries & Oceans, Environmental Defense Fund
  • Kate Brown – Executive Director, Global Island Partnership 
  • Chuck Fox – Executive Director, Oceans 5
  • Charlina Vitcheva – Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
  • Pascal Lamy – Chair of the Mission Board, Mission Ocean & Waters    
  • George Hatzimarkos – Governor of South Aegean
  • John Bell – Deputy Mission Manager and Director Healthy Planet, DG RTD
  • Christina Deligianni – Institute for Sustainable Development at EPLO
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WENDESDAY
17 APRIL
2024

Oceanic Solutions: Strengthening Climate Resilience
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Multifunctional Room 2 Round Table Events

Lead: Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, UAE

Lead: The Blue Oxygen p.c. – project PARALIES

Other Organizers: EYDAP S.A. (Athens Water Supply & Sewerage Company S.A.), . NECCA: Hellenic Natural Environment & Climate Change Agency

Speakers

  • Ioannis Spanos – Chemical Engineer, Senior Environmental Auditor, Project Manager of project PARALIES
  • Andreas Sotiropoulos – Environmental Scientist, MSc. in Oceanography, Project Manager of project PARALIES
  • Kleanthis Nikolaidis – Project Manager of project PARALIES, Founder of Circular Independence
  • Margarita Gamaletsou – Director of Communication & Corporate Relations, EYDAP S.A.
  • Eleni Katsirodi – Forest Engineer MSc., Head of the Management Unit of Attica’s Protected areas, NECCA
  • Maria Trivourea – Biologist MSc., Conservation Officer of the Management Unit of Attica’s Protected areas, NECCA
  • Christos Ioakeimidis – QSR Programme Management Officer at the Coordinating Unit of UNEP/MAP
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Co-hosts: Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Executive Office of the President, U.S.; High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy; and the Government of Greece

Speakers

  • Tom Pickerell – World Resources Institute
  • Dr. Dionysia – Theodora Avgerinopoulou 
  • The Honorable Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D. – Deputy Director for Climate and Environment, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
  • Ambassador Ilana Seid – Permanent Representative of Palau to the United Nations
  • Julio Cordano – Co-Facilitator of the Ocean and Climate Change
  • Niall O’Dea – Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Lead: Allianz

Co-organizers: Enaleia, Sea Shepherd

Speakers

  • Barbara Karuth-Zelle – Allianz Board Member and Group COO
  • Lefteris Arapakis – Enaleia Director and Co-Founder
  • Alex Cornelissen – Sea Shepherd Global CEO
  • UNEP Representative – tbc
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Lead: Enduring Earth and Oceankind

Others Organizers: Blue Ventures, Builders Initiative, Conservation International, Oceans 5, Ocean Conservancy, Oceans North, The Nature Conservancy, The Pew Charitable Trusts, World Wildlife Fund, Zomalab

Speakers

  • Matt Elliott – Executive Director, Oceankind
  • Louie Porta – Executive Director, Oceans North
  • Zdenka Piskulich – Managing Director, Enduring Earth
  • Gabby Ahmadia – Vice President of Area-Based Conservation for the Oceans, WWF
  • Cristián Samper – Managing Director and Leader for Nature Solutions at the Bezos Earth Fund
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Speakers

  • Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou – Greece Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for the Ocean
  • Ambassador Poivre d’Arvor – Special Envoy of the French President of the Republic for the organisation of the U.N. Ocean Conference
  • Special Envoy of the French President for the UN Ocean Conference
  • Robert Calcagno, CEO of Monaco Oceanographic Institute
  • Pascal Lamy and HE Ilana Seid, co-chairs of the forum: general terms of the forum
  • Karen Sack, Executive Director, Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance
  • Clément Lavigne, Director of Ocean Policy, Monaco Oceanographic Institute

Lead: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and InterAmerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA)

Co-organizers: Government of Palau, Costa Rica, and Chile

  • Minna Epps – IUCN Global Ocean
  • E. Ilana Seid – Permanent Representative of Palau to the United Nations
  • E. Gina Guillén-Grillo – Director General for Foreign Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Costa Rica
  • Julio Cordano – Director of Environment, Climate Change and Ocean at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile
  • Torsten Thiele – Founder of Global Ocean Trust
  • Diego Lillo – Ocean coordinator, InterAmerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA)
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Co-hosts: Ocean Vision Legal, Med Sea Alliance, Gallifrey Foundation, Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation, MedReAct, Alexander Thamm, Mission Blue

Speakers

  • John Vermilye – Gallifrey Foundation
  • Anastasia Miliou – Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation
  • Domitilla Senni – MedReAct
  • Dr. Johannes Nagele – Alexander Thamm
  • Dr. Anna von Rebay – Ocean Vision Legal
  • Dr. Sylvia Earle – Mission Blue
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Co-organizers: Bloomberg Ocean Fund and Marine Conservation Institute

Speakers
 
  • H.E. Dr. Iziaq Salako, Minister of State for the Environment, Federal Republic of Nigeria
  • Ms. Melissa Wright, Bloomberg Ocean Initiative Lead at Bloomberg Philanthropies
  • H.E. Miguel Ceara Hatton, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, The Dominican Republic
  • H.E. Mahantante Tsimanaoraty Paubert, Minister of Fisheries and Blue Economy, Republic of Madagascar
  • H.E. Ernesto Adobo Jr, Undersecretary, Dept of Environment and Natural Resources, Republic of the Philippines
  • Dr. Petros Varelidis, Secretary General Natural Environment and Waters in the Ministry of Environment and Energy, The Hellenic Republic
  • Dr. Kirsten Grorud-Covert, Oregon State University
  • Dr. Lance Morgan, Marine Conservation Institute
  • Prerecorded remarks from Doug Neasloss, Blue Park Award recipient (video)
  • Andy Schofield and prerecorded remarks from James Glass and Janine Lavarello, Blue Park Award recipient (video)
  • Jose Mazo and Cliff Richard Astor, Blue Park Award recipient
  • Dr. Giuseppe Di Carlo, Pew Bertarelli Global Ocean Legacy
  • Camila Rimoldi Ibanez, Youth Leader from EarthEcho International
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Lead: Athanasios C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation

Speakers
  • H.A.H. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
  • Evi Lazou – Laskaridis, President, Athanasios C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation
  • George Papatheodorou – Professor, Geology Department and Dean of the School of Natural Sciences, University of Patras
  • Maria Damanaki – Independent Advisor on Climate-Oceans, EU Commissioner for Maritime & Fisheries (2010-2014), Independent Advisor
  • Cyrill Gutsch – CEO / Founder, Parlay for the Oceans
  • Maxine Burkett – Assistant Director for Climate, Ocean, and Equity at the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy
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Lead: Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor (CMAR)

Other organizers: Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy, Bezos Earth Fund, Re:wild Conservation International, World Bank, Enduring Earth, Pro Blue

Speakers

  • Franz Tattenbach – Minister of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica
  • Cristian Samper – Managing Director and Leader for Nature Solutions, Bezos Earth Fund
  • Giuseppe Di Carlo – Director, Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy
  • Shubash Lohani – Senior Director, Enduring Earth
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Lead: Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation

Co-hosts: NECCA, Monk Seal Alliance (MSA) (Foundations Thalassa, Segré, Hans Wilsdorf, PAIIF

Speakers

  • Maria Papadopoulou – President of the Board, NECCA
  • Olivier Wenden – Vice President and CEO, Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
  • Puri Canals – President, MedPAN
  • Panos Dendrinos – President, MOm 
  • Lina Hansson – Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
  • Laurent Sourbes – Head of Management Unit of National Parks Zakynthos, Ainos and Protected Areas of Ionian Islands, NECCA
  • Auriane Pertuisot – Coordinator of the MSA, Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
  • Julie Belmont – SPA RAC project coordinator
  • Cem Orkun Karaç – Co-founder & Coordinator SAD-AFAG, Underwater Research Society-Mediterranean Seal Research Group

Lead: MIO-ECSDE – Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development

Co-hosts: UfM, UNEP/MAP, IOC UNESCO, The Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection, IUCN, MEDASSET, Beyond Plastic Med, WES, RAED, BlueCycle, Laskaridis Shipping Co. Ltd., USAID, Ocean Conservancy, NOAA, Common Seas, ZUG

Speakers

  • Michael Scoullos – Professor Emeritus of Environmental Chemistry and Oceanography at the University of Athens, Team Leader of the Water and Environment Support (WES) project, Chairperson of MIO-ECSDE and GWP-Med
  • E. Ms. Steffi Lemke – German Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (accompanied by Mr. Marquardt and Dr. Altvater from Zukunft – Umwelt – Gesellschaft (ZUG) gGmbH)
  • Tatjana Hema – UNEP/MAP Coordinator
  • Nicole LeBoeuf – National Ocean Service Assistant Administrator, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
  • Thomais Vlachogianni – Senior Programme & Policy Officer, MIO-ECSDE
  • Mercedes Munoz Canas – Marine Biodiversity and Blue Economy Program Manager at IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
  • Aliki Lampropoulos – Head of External Affairs, Common Seas
  • Almotaz Abadi – Union for the Mediterranean Deputy Secretary General on Water, Environment & Blue Economy
  • Gillian Caldwell – Chief Climate Officer and Deputy Assistant Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • Nicholas Mallos – Vice President of Conservation, Ocean Conservancy
  • Emad Adly – Water and Environment Support (WES), General Coordinator of RAED
  • Nikos Simantiris – Scientific Officer at MEDASSET
  • Suzanna Laskaridis – Founder and Director of Blue Cycle
  • Konstantinos Aravossis – UNESCO Chairholder on Green Innovation and Circular Economy at National Technical University of Athens
Side Event Agenda

Lead: Ministry of Tourism of Greece

Speakers

  • Myron Flouris – Secretary General for Tourism Policy and Development, Ministry of Tourism, Greece
  • Geogre Kremlis – Chair of the UNECE ESPOO Convention, Director of the Climate and Circular Economy Institute of EPLO, Ambassador of EPLO to Bulgaria
  • Maria Deligianni – Regional Director, Eastern Mediterranean, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA)
  • Priante Alessandra – President, ENIT (Agenzia Nationale del Tourismo) (tbc)
  • Antonios Magoulas – President, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
  • Gregory Yovanoff – Managing Director, Strategis Maritime Centre of Excellence
  • Adriana Salazar – Union for the Mediterranean
  • Kostanza Sbokou-Konstantakopoulou – CEO Phaea Resorts, TEMES S.A. (tbc)
  • Barbara Lang Lenton, Burj Al Arab Sustainability officer – UAE
  • Nikki Schilling – Impact Officer, Rituals, USA
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Moderator: George Kremlis:  Ambassador of Eplo in Bulgaria, Member of the Board( EPLO), Director of the Circular Economy and Climate Institute

Speakers
 
  • Abizer Khairullah, Principal, Four Corner Foods, LLC
  • Christophoros Kapopoulos, Dipl. Civil Engineer M.Sc and Geologist, Scientific Committee Savecoast
  • Niki Schilling, Chief Impact Officer Ritulas
  • Maira Myrogianni, Secretary General for International Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs, President Enterprise Greece
  • Barbara Lang Lenton, Director- Aquarium and Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project Jumirah
  • Elena Rapti, Deputy Minister of Tourism

Lead: Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI)

Speakers

  • Xenia zu Hohenlohe – Chief Engagement & Strategy Officer, The Sustainable Markets Initiative
  • Marine de Bezalaire – Group Advisor on Natural Capital, HSBC Bank
  • Chris Gorell Barnes – Founding Partner, Ocean14 Capital
  • Mariza Kotsareli, Manager ESG, Sustainability and Climate Change Services
  • Konstantina Toli – Project Coordinator, IOC/UNESCO
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Lead: Ankara University National Center for the Sea and Maritime Law (DEHUKAM)

Other Organizer: Hellenic Foundation for European & ForeigHIGHn Policy (ELIAMEP)

Speakers

  • Prof. Emmanuella Doussis – UNESCO Chairholder on Climate Diplomacy, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens; Senior Policy Advisor, Head of the Climate & Sustainability Programme, ELIAMEP
  • Prof. Maria Gavouneli – Faculty of Law, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens; Director-General, ELIAMEP
  • Prof. İsmail Demir – Faculty of Law, Ankara University; Lead Researcher and Board Member,DEHUKAM
  • Mustafa Başkara, LLM – CEO, DEHUKAM; Director, Mediterranean Climate Change Research Center (AIDAM)
Side Event Agenda

Lead: US Government and The Nature Conservancy

Speakers

  • Andreas Hansen – Director, Global Ocean Policy, TNC
  • The Honorable Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D. – Deputy Director for Climate and Environment, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
  • Michael Schiffer – Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Asia, USAID
  • Carlos Correa – Senior Fellow, Conservation International and former Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia
  • Susan Ruffo – Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs), Introduction and Statement
  • Beverly Wade – Head of the Blue Bonds and Project Finance for Permanence Unit in the Prime Minister’s Office, Belize
  • Mahlet Mesfin – US State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary Mahlet Mesfin
  • President Whipps (Palau)
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Leads: Hellenic Ministry of Environment & Energy, European Investment Bank

Speakers

  • Fabrizia Lapecorella – Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
  • Theodoros Skylakakis – Minister of Environment and Energy of Greece
  • Steven Victor – Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and the Environment of Palau
  • Steven Victor – Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and the Environment of Palau
  • Hassan Mohamed – Deputy Minister of Climate Change, Environment & Energy of Maldives
  • Kyriakos Kakouris – Vice President of the European Investment Bank
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Part A: Addressing Impacts of Climate Change on the Marine Environment

Lead: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research

Co-organizers: Ocean Acidification Alliance, UNEP/MAP

Speakers

Speakers

  • Aris Karageorgis – HCMR/Institute of Oceanography director
  • Jessie Turner – Ocean Acidification Alliance Executive Director
  • Ambassador Olivier Poivre d’ Arvor – Special Envoy of the President of the French Republic for the United Nations Ocean Conference (Invited)
  • Tatjiana Hema – UNEP/MAP Coordinator
  • Dimitris Damalas – HCMR/Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters
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Part B: Blue Carbon – the potential of coastal vegetated ecosystems in responding to the climate and biodiversity crisis

Lead: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research

Co-organizers: National Technical University of Athens, The Green Tank, University of Crete, Goulandris Natural History Museum – Greek Biotope/Wetland Centre

Speakers

  • Ioli Christopoulou – Partner & Policy Director, The Green Tank
  • Carlos M. Duarte – Ibn Sina Distinguished Professor, Marine Science Tarek Ahmed Juffali Research Chair in Red Sea Ecology, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia (KAUST)
  • Minna Epps – Head IUCN Ocean, Centre for Conservation Action (IUCN)
  • Rosa Maria Roman-Cuesta – LULUCF Group, European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC)
  • Petros Varelidis – Secretary General Natural Environment and Waters, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Greece (MEEN)
  • Eugenia Apostolaki – Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)
  • Ioannis Sempos – School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
  • Sofia Reizopoulou – Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)
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Lead Organization: U.S. Department of State
Other Organizations: White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Smithsonian Institution

Speakers
  • Maxine Burkett, Assistant Director for Climate, Ocean, and Equity at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
  • Elizabeth Wilson – Senior Director of Environmental Policy, the Pew Charitable Trusts
  • David Agnew – Executive Secretary, Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
  • Digna Barsallo – National Director of Coasts and Oceans, Ministry of the Environment of Panama
  • Ana K. Spalding – Director, Adrienne Arsht Community Based Resilience Solutions Initiative, Smithsonian
  • Dr. Jane Lubchenco – Deputy Director for Climate and Environment at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
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Leads: Aegean Rebreath, German Committee of the UN-Ocean Decade

Speakers

  • Tassoula Eptakoili – Journalist
  • Stefanos Dianellos – Vice President and Head of Corporate Affairs, BAT Hellas
  • Xenia zu Hohenlohe – Chief Engagement & Strategy Officer, The Sustainable Markets Initiative
  • Dr.  Alexis Katechakis – German Committee of the UN-Ocean Decade Board Member / Marine Scientist & Corporate Sustainability Expert
  • George Sarelakos – President / Managing Director of Aegean Rebreath
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Leads: Government of Palau, Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Organizing partners: Pacific Island Forum (PIFS), Caribbean Community Secretariat, Development Agency-NEPAD, African Union, Sustainable Travel International (STI)

Lead: Stimson Center and Government of Belize

Speakers

  • Sally Yozell – Senior Fellow and Director, Environmental Security, Stimson Center
  • Carlos Pol – Director of Climate Finance Unit, Belize Ministry of Finance, Economic Development, and Investment
  • Gillian Caldwell – Chief Climate Officer and Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID, Government of the United States
  • Karen Sack – Executive Director of the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA)
  • Dr. Nicholas Hardman Mountford – Head of Oceans and Natural Resources, Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Felicia Cruz – Director of Blue Economy, Belize Ministry of Blue Economy and Civil Aviation
  • Pre-recorded remarks from Minister Ursell Arends, Aruba Minister of Transport, Integrity, Nature, and Senior Affairs
Side Events Agenda
Keynote speakers:
Maxine Burkett / Assistant Director for Climate, Ocean, and Equity, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Olivier Wenden / Vice President and CEO, Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
Cyril Gomez / Chief Operating Officer, Monaco Oceanographic Institute
 
Round table discussion:  

Moderator: Alessio Satta / Director / WWF Mediterranean
 
Speakers
  • Mercedes Muñoz Cañas, Marine Biodiversity and Blue Economy and Nature Conservation and Food Systemes Manager, IUCN
  • Demetres Karavellas / CEO, WWF Greece
  • Nikos Charalambides / Executive Director, Greenpeace Greece
  • Léa Glâtre / Coordinator of the Pelagos Initiative, Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
  • Clément Lavigne / Director Ocean Policy, Monaco Oceanographic Institute

Lead: High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel)

Speakers

  • Tom Pickerell – Global Director, Ocean Program, World Resources Institute & Head of Secretariat, Ocean Panel
  • Georg Børsting – Policy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
  • Betsy Muthoni Njagi – Principal Secretary, State Department for Blue Economy and Fisheries, Kenya
  • The Honorable Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D. – Deputy Director for Climate and Environment, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
  • Ignace Beguin – High Level Climate Champions
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Host Organisations: Ocean 14 Capital and Blue Marine Foundation

Moderated by Chris Gorell Barnes, Founding Partner of Ocean 14 Capital and co-founder of Blue Marine Foundation

Panellists:

  • Torsten Thiele, Founder of Global Ocean Trust
  • Clare Brook, CEO of Blue Marine Foundation
  • Arthur Wood, Founding Partner of Equity 4 Humanity
  • Minna Epps, Head of IUCN Ocean

Lead: Oregon State University

Other organizers: UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), Marine Conservation Institute, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas

Speakers

  • Dr. Kirsten Grorud-Colvert – Associate Professor – Senior Research, Oregon State University and co-author on the OOC MPA/ABM Accountability Analysis
  • Dr. Jenna Sullivan-Stack – Research Associate, Oregon State University, USA
  • Director, Adrienne Arsht Community-Based Resilience Solutions Initiative, Smithsonian
  • Dr. Emanuel Gonçalves, Chief Scientist and Member of the Board of Trustees, Oceano Azul Foundation, Portugal
  • Sheila Babauta – Friends of the Mariana Trench, Mariana Islands
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Lead: ARCHELON – Τhe Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece

Other Organizers: Municipality of Rethymno, GRECOTEL HOTEL AND RESORTS, ECOCLUB

Speakers

  • Daphne Mavrogiorgos – Director Archelon
  • Konstantinos Gasparakis – Appointed Municipal Councilor for Tourism, Municipality of Rethymno
  • Demetrios Kalaitzidakis – Group Operations Director at Grecotel Hotels & Resorts
  • Frosso Dimitrakopoulou – Principal Consultant, ECOCLUB, Ecological Tourism Consultancy
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Moderator: Mr. Roby Fadillah – Directorate Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Ministry of National Development Planning of Republic Indonesia 

Panelists
  • Mr. Muhammad Firdaus Agung Kunto Kurniawan – Director of Marine Conservation and Biodiversity, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of Republic Indonesia
  • Ms. Aniza Suspita – Act. Deputy Secretary for Maritime Resources Coordination, Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Investment of Republic Indonesia 
  • Mr. Tonny Wagey – Executive Director Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund, Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas of Republic Indonesia. 
  • Ms. Stephanie Juwana – Program Director Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative 
  • Ms. Meizani Irmadhiany – Executive Chair Konservasi Indonesia

Lead: EU IUU Fishing Coalition (Environmental Justice Foundation, Pew, Oceana, The Nature Conservancy, and WWF) and the US IUU Fishing and Labor Rights Coalition (Stimson Center, Stephenson Ocean Security Project at CSIS, NRDC, Oceana, and WWF)

Co-organizers: Coalition for Fisheries Transparency (CFT), Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI), IUU Forum Japan

Speakers

  • Alexandra Cousteau – Explorer, Ocean Advocate, and Oceana Senior Advisor
  • Elizabeth McLeod – Global Director of Oceans, The Nature Conservancy
  • Ko Kyung-man – Director of Distant Water Fisheries Division, Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Republic of Korea
  • Director General Charlina Vitcheva – Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
  • Kelly Kryc – Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Fisheries, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Rocío Parra Cortés – Chief Advisor, Under-Secretariat for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism, Chile
  • Kevin Brosseau – Associate Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and IUU Action Alliance Co-Chair
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