Speakers

Confirmed Speakers by category :

( Click on the "read more" link to find a short biography of the person concerned )

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• Livio Ambrogio, President of oEuropean Intermodal Association and Managing Director of Ambrogio Trasporti, Italy, read more

• Giuseppe Aridon, VP Business Development Telespazio, FINMECCANICA, Italy

• Jean-Marie d’Aspe, Managing Director, SNCM, France

• François Auque, CEO Astrium, France

• Benedict de Saint-Laurent, General Manager, ANIMA Network, France, read more

• Michael Cabibbo, Managing Director, World Wide Ecological Shipping and Transport, Westlogistics, Italy

• Chris Campbell, Executive Director, Ocean Renewable Energy Group, Canada, read more

• Maria Livanos Cattaui, Member of the Board of Directors, Petroplus Holdings AG, USA, read more

• Isabelle de Cremoux, General Partner, Director of Lifesciences Department, Seventure Partners, France

• Jean Dauphin, Director of Earth Observation & Science Programs, Astrium Satellites, Astrium, France, read more

• Henri Germain Delauze, President, COMEX, France, read more

• Jean-Michel Gires, Executive Vice President Sustainable Development and Environment Total – Strategy & Risk assessment, France, read more

• Giancarlo Grasso, Senior Advisor to the Chairman and CEO FINMECCANICA, Italy

• Marina Grossi, CEO Selex Sistemi Integrati FINMECCANICA, Italy

• Hervé Guillou "CEO EADS Defence & Communications Systems" EADS, France

• Michel Dupiech, Deputy Vice-President, Services, DCNS, France

• François Duthoit, R&T Innovation Director, DCNS, France, read more

• Marc Feraud, Vice Chairman, Port of Marseille, France

• Jean-Luc Ferrandi,Combat Systems Managing Director, DCNS, France, read more

• Maryse François, Head of Research, Hydro, Alstom, France

• Jean-Michel Germa, Chief Executive Officer, La Compagnie du Vent, France, read more

• Pierfrancesco Guarguaglini, President FINMECCANICA, Italy

• Christian Guichard, Joint Managing Director, Defense Systems, CNIM, France

• Emanuele Grimaldi, Co-Managing Director, Grimaldi Group, Italy, read more

• Govert Hamers, Chairman, General Assembly, Waterborne Technology Platform, Belgium, read more

• Peter Heinrichs, Executive Vice President, Wirth, Germany, read more

• David Heydon, Director, Deepsea Metals, Australia, read more

• Geraldine Knatz, Executive Director, Port of Los Angeles, USA, read more

• Matthieu Lambeaux, Executive Director, FINDUS, France, read more

• Willem P. J. Laros, Chairman COREDES and TAC ( R&D res. Technical working groups), CESA Community of European Shipyards Associations, Belgium, read more

• Gilles Longuève, Managing Director, JLMD, France

• Philippe Louis-Dreyfus, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Louis Dreyfus Armateurs, and Chairman, European Community Shipowners’ Associations, France

• Jean-Georges Malcor Director Naval Division THALES, France

• Dirk Martens, Manager, Environment and Pollution Response, Total -Trading & Shipping, France, read more

• Patrick Mauté, Vice-Président et Directeur Général, Observation Optique & Science, Thales, France

• Eberhard Meller, General Executive Manager, BDEW German Association of Energy and Water Industries, Germany, read more

• Dominic Michaelis, Director, Energy Island Ltd,France, read more

• Jean-François Minster, Senior Vice President Scientific Developement, Total, France, read more

• Kenji Ohno, General Director, Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, Japan, read more

• Gérard Marie Papierok, General Manager, Bio Veto test SAS (VIRBAC Group), Honorary Chairman, Health Competititive Cluster Orpheme,France

• Antoine Person, General Secretary, Louis Dreyfus Armateurs, France

• Bernard Planchais, Executive Vice-President & Chief Operating Officer, DCNS, France, read more

• Jean-Marie Poimboeuf CEO DCNS, France

• Bernard Ponsot, Assistant Director of the Defence Systems division, CNIM, France

• Pierre Quinchon, Senior Vice-President, Warships, DCNS, France

• Bernard Raemy, Executive Vice President, Carbon Capture Corporation, USA, read more

• Cosimo La Rocca, Managing Director, European Satellite Navigation Industries, Germany/Italy

• Jorge Rolo, Administration Council Empordef, Portugal

• Bernard Sans, President, PACA Sea Innovation and Business Cluster, Director of DCNS Services Toulon, France, read more

• Claudia Seibel, Partner, IUR-REALIS Rechtsanwälte, Germany, read more

• Stefano Silvestri, President Insitutio Affairi Internazionale, Italy

• Lee Stein, Founder Prize Capital LLC, USA

• Gilli Trond, CEO Ocean Rainforest, Faroe Islands

• Francis Vallat, President of the Institut Français de la Mer and President of the French Maritime Cluster, France

• Patrick Verhoeven, Secretary General, European Sea Ports Organisation, EU

• Gérard Villemein, Maritime Safety & Security Director THALES, France

• Niko Wijnolst, Chairman, European Network of Maritime Clusters, Netherlands, read more

• Olivier Yvon, Key Account Manager Naval EADS Defence & Security,EADS, France

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• Christophe Agnus, Founder and Director, Nautilus, France

• Melanie Austen, Head of Science, Biodiversity and Sustainable Ecosystems, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom, read more

• Jean-Pascal Bergé, Coordinator of SEApro network, Ifremer, France, read more

• Roger Bingham, Director, Salk Institute - The Sciences Network, San Diego, USA

• Catherine Boyen, Chief Scientific Coordinator for Marine-Genomics-Europe and Honorary Secretary for the jury Station Biologique de Roscoff, France

• Jean-Paul Cadoret, Head of the Algae Physiology and Biotechnology Laboratory, IFREMER, France

• Daniel Desbruyères, Chair of the Research Department "Deep-Sea Ecosystem Studies", Ifremer, France, read more

• David Dolphin, Chair, Genome BC and Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia, Canada, read more

• Jean-Pierre Féral, Head of Research, CNRS, France, read more

• Yves Fouquet, Head of GEODE Multidiciplinary Studies of Extreme Environments in the Deep Seas, Ifremer, France

• Philippe Goulletquer, Lead Scientist, IFREMER, France

• John Gunn, Deputy Chief CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research, Australia, read more

• Tony Haymet, Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA, read more

• Peter Heffernan, Chief Executive Officer, Irish Marine Institute, and EU Ambassador for the Seas, EU, read more

• Carlo Heip, Director, Royal Institute of Sea Research, Netherlands, read more

• Peter Herzig, Director, Leibniz-Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR), Germany, read more

• Nancy Knowlton, Sant Chair for Marine Science, Smithsonian Institute, USA

• Jack Legrand, Head of GEPEA, Nantes University, France, read more

• Dominique Leglu, Editor-in-Chief, Sciences et Avenir, France, read more

• Catherine Mével, Director, ECORD and Member of the Steering Committee, Deep Sea Frontier Initiative, France, read more

• Jan Olafsen, President, European Society for Marine Biotechnology and Professor, University of Tromsø, Norway, read more

• Geoffrey O’Sullivan, International Co-Operation Manager, Irish Marine Institute, Ireland, read more

• Jean-Yves Perrot, President and Chief Executive Officer, IFREMER, France

• Alexey Pushkov, Anchor, Post Scriptum, and Professor, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Confirmed (in principle), Russia

• V. Ramanathan, Victor Alderson Professor of Applied Ocean Sciences and Professor of Climate and Atmospheric Sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA, read more

• Louis Alexandre Romaña, Scientific Manager in charge of the coastal environment, IFREMER, France, read more

• Patricia Ricard, Chairwoman, Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute, France

• Martin Scholten, Director, Wageningen IMARES, Netherlands

• Steven Scott, Director of the Scotiabank Marine Geology Research Laboratory, University of Toronto, Canada, read more

• Richard Sempéré, Research Director at CNRS, Head of LMGEM-COM, France

• Richard Somerville,Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA, read more

• Kiyoshi Suyehiro, Executive Director, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan, read more

• Jörn Thiede, former Director, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, and leader on the Aurora Borealis project , Germany, read more

• Marc Tondriaux, Director - Earth Observation Services, Astrium Services & Chairman - Infoterra Group

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• Salvatore Arico, Programme Specialist for Biodiversity, Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences, UNESCO, read more

• Greg Austin, Vice President and Director, Global Security Program and Policy Innovation, EastWest Centre, Belgium, read more

• Michel Barnier, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, France

• José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission,EU, (Confirmed in principle)

• Klaus-Günther Barthel, Deputy Head of Unit DG Research, Biotechnologies, European Commission, EU, read more

• Fabrizia Benini, Head of Unit, Maritime Policy - Mediterranean and the Black Sea, DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission

• Gilles Bessero, Chief Executive, SHOM, France, read more

• Joe Borg, European Commissioner Responsible for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, EU

• Scott Borgerson, Visiting Fellow for Ocean Governance, Council on Foreign Relations, USA, read more

• James Boutilier, Special Advisor (Policy), Maritime Forces Pacific Headquarters, Canada, read more

• Francesco Saverio Civili, Coordinator of the MED POL Programme, UNEP/MAP, Greece

• Admiral Alain Coldefy, Naval Adviser to CEO EADS, France

• Amir Dossal, Executive Director, UN Office for Partnerships, UN, read more

• Jean-Yves Le Drian, President of Brittany Region, France, read more

• Paul Egerton, Executive Secretary, European Polar Board, France, read more

• Rolf Einar Fife, Director General, Legal Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway

• Pierre-François Forissier, Commander-in-Chief, French Navy, France

• Franco Frattini, Vice-President of the European Commission, EU

•Peter Gammeltoft, Head of the Water & Marine Unit, DG Environment, European Commission, read more

• Admiral Marin Gillier, Head of the French marine commandos, Marine Nationale, France

• João Mira Gomes, State Secretary of Portugal for Defense and Maritime Affairs, Portugal, read more

• Xavier de La Gorce, Secretary General for the Seas, France, read more

• Henri Guaino, Advisor to the President of the French Republic (In principle)

• Frédéric Hébert, Director, REMPEC, France

• Gunn Marit Helgesen, Vice-President of the CPMR, County Mayor of Telemark, Norway, read more

• Abd Ramin Hussin, Undersecretary for Maritime Security Policy, National Security Council, Prime Minister’s Department, Malaysia, read more

• Elie Jarmache, Senior officer, Secrétariat Général de la Mer, France

• Yves Jego, Secretary of State for the Overseas Territories of France

• Ilkka Laitinen, Executive Director, FRONTEX, Poland, read more

• Jacques Lanxade, Chairman, Académie de Marine, and President, Mediterranean Foundation for Strategic Research, France

• Geoffrey Love, Director, Weather and Disaster Risk Reduction Services Department, World Meteorological Organization

• Tim Manhire,Executive Director, Maritime Analysis & Operations Centre (Narcotics), EU

• Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director, European Environmental Agency, EU, read more

• Stefan Micallef, Deputy Director, Sub-division for Pollution Response and Technical Co-operation Co-ordination, International Maritime Organization, read more

• José Montilla, President of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain (In principle)

• Jonathan Mullin, Capabilities Director, European Defense Agency, EU

• Keiichi Mushiake, Director of Stock Enhancement Technology Development Center, National Research Institute of Aquaculture Fisheries Research Agency, Japan, read more

• Claire Nouvian, IUCN's Ocean Ambassador and Curator, Exhibition "The Deep", read more

• Valérie Pécresse, Minister of Higher Education and Research of France (Confirmed in principle)

• John B. Richardson, Special Adviser on Maritime Affairs, FIPRA International Ltd, UK, read more
• Admiral Xavier Rolin Group naval Advisor THALES, France

• Karin Roth, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, Germany, read more

• Willem de Ruiter, Director, European Maritime Safety Agency, Portugal, read more

• Mário Ruivo, Chairman, National Council of the Environment & Sustainable Development/CNADS, Portugal, read more

• Pierre Schellekens, Head of Unit for the Integrated Maritime Policy in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, DG MARE (Maritime Affairs and Fisheries), European Commission

• Kirsten Ullbæk Selvig, Director General, Department of Coastal Affairs, Norwegian Ministry of Fishing & Coastal Affairs, Norway, read more

• Richard Spinrad, Assistant Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), USA, read more

• Jean Tandonnet, Vice Admiral, Maritime Prefect, France

• Shin Tani, Cabinet Counsellor, The Secretariat of Headquarters for Ocean Policy Cabinet Secretariat, Japan, read more

• Dimitrios Theologitis Head of Unit in charge of Maritime transport, ports policy and maritime security, EC

• Jean-Daniel Tordjman, Ambassadeur aux Pôles de Compétitivité, France, read more

• Francis Vallat, President French Sea Institute & French Maritime Cluster, France

• Michel Vauzelle, Deputy, President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Regional Council, President of the CRPM Intermediterranean Commission, France

• Ana Paula Vitorino, State Secretary of transport, Portugal, read more

• Elisabeth Walaas, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs for Norway

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• Mohamed Nadir Aziza, Director General, The Mediterranean Observatory, Italy, read more

• James Barnes, Executive Director, Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, USA, read more

• Sandra Bessudo, Executive Director, Malpelo Foundation, Colombia

• Biliana Cicin–Sain, Co-Chair, Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts and Islands, USA

• Sophie Clairet, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Areion Group, France, read more

• Jean-Michel Cousteau, President, Ocean Future Society, USA, read more

• Simon Cripps, Chief Executive Officer, Dorset Wildlife Trust, United Kingdom, read more

• Maud Fontenoy,Vice chairman, Conservatory for the Littoral, France, read more

• Matthew Gianni, Political and Policy Advisor, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, Netherlands, read more

• Ed Girardet, Program Director, Media21,Switzerland

• Jean Dominique Giuliani, President of the Schuman Foundation, France, read more

• Bruno Giussani, Directeur Europe, TED.com, Switzerland, read more

• Nik Gowing, Main presenter, BBC World TV, UK, read more

• Sergi Tudela, Head of Fisheries Programme, WWF (World Wildlife Fund) Mediterranean Programme, Spain

• Michael Lacey, Secretary General, International Salvage Union, UK, read more

• Carl Lundin, Marine Program Director, IUCN, Switzerland, read more,

• Aqqaluk Lynge, President, Inuit Circumpolar Council, Greenland

• Dawn M. Martin, President, SeaWeb and its Seafood Choices Alliance program,USA

• Ann Morrison, Contributor, Time Magazine, former Co-Editor Time Europe,USA, read more

•Donald Morrison, Contributor, Time Magazine, former Editor, Time Magazine Asia and former Co-Editor, Time Magazine Europe, USA, read more

• Denis Ody, Head of the Oceans and Seas Program, WWF, France, read more

• David de Rothschild, Co-Director, the Plastiki Expedition, UK

• Steen Sabinsky, Directeur Général Centre Européen de Développement Maritime, EU, read more

• Kelly Slater, World Champion Surfer, Confirmed (In principle), USA

• S. Martin Taylor, President and CEO, Ocean Networks Canada, read more

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