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Session Summaries
All reports for BioMarine Editor:Philippa Neave Writers: Daniel Aeberhard,Amy Barrett,Simon Coss
Day 1, Toulon, Monday, October 20
Maritime Europe and Mediterranean day. Maritime geopolitics
Opening Speech of Pierre Erwes, President and Founder of BioMarine
2 Towards a New Future for Ocean Security
3 Keynote introduction from France and Europe
4. New high speed landing craft unveiled at BioMarine
5.Underwater is the New Outer Space
6.Thawing oceans, opaque law, and the use of force: Who controls the Arctic?
7 .EU must do more for the Med says BioMarine
8.Blue geopolitics – and blue multilateralism?
Day 2, Toulon,Tuesday, October 21
Security, pollution, prevention
1. Protecting people and the oceans from maritime disasters
2.Making the Mediterranean less polluted
3.Cleaning up the oceans: What advances are on the horizon?
4. Space technology in service of our oceans
5. Finding the pirates and smugglers
6. Tomorrow’s technologies for building safer ships
Day 3 Marseille, Wednesday, October 22
The oceans, environment and energ
1. Climate change and the oceans: Scenarios for the future
2. Debate: Better managing how the land meets the sea
3. R & D update: What has the International Polar Year accomplished?
4. Public agora: Abysses: The final frontier
5. Debate: The hunt for alternatives to oil: The role of the oceans in energy strategies
6. R & D update: Marine biomass: Still an Eldorado?
7. R & D update: Extracting energy from the sea: Emergent technologies
8. R & D update: The brave new world of deep-sea mining and exploration
9. What people don’t know about the oceans – and should care about
Day 4 Marseille, Thursday, October 23
The life resources of our oceans
1. Debate: What science can and cannot do to preserve the living richness of the seas
2. R & D update: Blue biotech: Ready soon to go from niche to centre stage?
3. Debate: Blue fishing and aquaculture: Threats, obstacles and opportunities
4. R & D update: Maritime clusters: Building on initial successes
5. Debate: Year 2020: What food will we be getting from the oceans?
6. Debate: Coral, clouds and dolphins: Witnessing the impact of humans on the ocean
7. Debate: Governing the high seas and their ocean resources
Day 5, Marseille, Friday October 24European maritime policy dayMultimodality: Ports and maritime transport
1. Debate: The role of maritime transport to the mid-century: Open access, competition and regulation
2. Debate: The ports of our cities – or our cities versus our ports?
3. Debate: Europe’s motorways of the sea: Outcomes of the new regulations
4. Closing plenary: Europe’s integrated maritime policy: Lessons to learn and problems to overcome
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All reports for BioMarine Editor:Philippa Neave Writers: Daniel Aeberhard,Amy Barrett,Simon Coss
