European Maritime Day 2017

"The Future of our Seas"

18-19 May, Poole, UK

Provisional programme

Venue: Lighthouse Arts & Conference Centre in Poole

Interpretation: English, French and German. Interpretation is provided only in the Plenary Room.

Interact with: #EMD2017 / @EU_MARE / Facebook/EUmaritimefish

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Day 1 Thursday, 18 May 2017

From 08.00 Welcome coffee - Registration and exhibition area

09.00 09.30 Welcome and Opening (Moderator: Karen Coleman)

Opening Address:

The Rt Hon John Hayes CBE MP, Minister of State at the Department for Transport
Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
Jean D'Amour, Minister for Maritime Affairs, Quebec (tbc)

09.30 09.45 Inspirational Key-notes

Barbara Jackson, CEO, Race for the Baltic: Barbara Jackson has gone from high-flying corporate player to
promoting environmental change in the Baltic by bringing together stakeholders from across the region.

09.45 10.15 Coffee Break

10.15 12.30 Leadership Exchange: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SEAS OPPORTUNITIES AND
CHALLENGES

Moderator: Fiona Harvey, The Guardian

Julie Girling, Member of European Parliament (tbc)

Vasco Cordeiro, President of the Azores, President of CPMR
John Tuckett, CEO Marine Management Organisation
Sandy Luk, Chief Executive Marine Conservation Society
Kevin Daffey, Director, Marine Engineering & Technology Rolls Royce
Bernhard Friess, Director Maritime Policy and Blue Economy, European Commission

Seas and oceans are one of the most precious resources of our planet. They are also important drivers for Europe's economy.
But we need to develop them sustainably. Sustainability has long been at the heart of the EU with EU legislation providing high
levels of protection in areas such as water quality and nature conservation, resulting in a better environment and a better
quality of life for everyone to enjoy.
However, more complex global challenges remain to be tackled, such as the growing problem of marine litter and micro-
plastics. While these require determined, ambitious and coordinated action by governments, they also needs serious
commitments and breakthroughs from the private sector.
European companies are world leaders in sustainability and many companies and entrepreneurs, including in the maritime
economy, have moved beyond notions of reducing their environmental impact or improving their corporate social responsibility
towards accelerating real transformation. This session will discuss related challenges and opportunities and chart out the way
forward.

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12.30 13.30 Lunch Break
13.30 15.00 PARALLEL WORKSHOPS, Themes 1-4
Workshop themes:
15.00 15.15 Coffee Break (1) Innovation & Growth
15.15 16.45 PARALLEL WORKSHOPS, Themes 1-4 (2) People & Skills
(3) Safety & Security
16.45 17.00 Coffee Break (4) Sustainability &
Governance
17.00 18.30 PARALLEL WORKSHOPS, Themes 1-4
*Workshops proposed and organised by
maritime stakeholders.
18.30 21.00 Networking Cocktail (Poole Park)

Day 2 Friday, 19 May 2017

08.30 10.00 PARALLEL WORKSHOPS, Themes 1-4

10.00 10.25 Coffee Break

10.25 10.30 Welcome Back: Karen Coleman, Moderator

10.30 12.00 PARALLEL SESSIONS

Session 1 BLUE GROWTH AT SEA-BASIN/MACRO-REGIONAL LEVEL

Moderator: Christos Economou, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG MARE

This session will highlight best practice projects that promote cooperation in marine clusters or around sea basins,
and it will discuss in what way these contribute to strategic project pipelines and provide new perspectives for blue
growth. It will also aim discuss the evolving nature of project funding and risk sharing for blue growth projects to
bring innovative ideas closer to market.

Philipp Schwartz, INTERACT Knowledge of the Seas Network

Martina Rossi, Coordinator Maritime Technology Cluster Friuli-Venezia-Giulia
Peter Heffernan, Chief Executive, Marine Institute Ireland
Ditte Folke Kikkert Henriksen, Danish Maritime Authority, EUSBR Policy Coordinator Ship
Sofia Loukmidou, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Greece, EUSAIR Blue Growth coordinator
Chris Shirling Rooke, CEO, Mersey Maritime Cluster (tbc)

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Session 2 BLUE GROWTH IN ACTION: LAUNCH OF EMFF PROJECTS ON SKILLS, CREATIVE
SOLUTIONS AND TECHNOLOGY

Moderator: Karen Coleman

The session will highlight a sample of successful projects funded under the 2016 Blue Growth calls of the European
Maritime and Fisheries Fund. By focusing on skills' needs (BLUE CAREERS), creativity and entrepreneurship (BLUE
LABS) as well as getting research results closer to market (BLUE TECH), these projects will work towards supporting
innovation and growth in the blue economy. The project pitches will be followed by a short panel discussion on how
these projects and public private partnerships will contribute to boost blue growth in a strategic way.

Project pitches:

Stphanie Bordenave-Juchereau, University of la Rochelle, coordinator of BBMBC (A Blue Biotechnology

Master for a Blue Career, Blue career project)
Marco Lemos, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, coordinator of AMALIA (Algae-to-Market Lab Ideas , Blue labs
project)
Jan Reid, Scotland Europe, coordinator of NESSIE (North Sea Solutions for Innovation in Corrosion for
Energy, Blue tech project)

Panellists:

Helena Vieira, Marine Biotech Expert, University of Lisbon

Anne Overmeire, Coordinator, Flanders Maritime Cluster
Richard Tuffs, Director, European Regions Research and Innovation Network

12.00 13.15 Lunch

13.15 14.15 'Workshop Summary and Reflections Session: what have we learned?

This session will enable feed-back from stakeholder workshops and will attempt to harvest common messages and policy
recommendations.

14.15 15.00 Closing Panel and Handover

Joao AGUIAR MACHADO, Director General, European Commission -DG MARE

Gesine Meissner, Member of European Parliament, Chair of SEARICA Intergroup
Therese Coffey, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment and
Rural life Opportunities, Dept. for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Councillor Lindsay Wilson, Mayor of Poole
Dimitar Nikolov , Mayor of Burgas

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