Oceans Day@G-STIC, November 21, 2019
Looking for eye-openers and deep dives on the topic of 'Oceans'? We have put together an inspiring program, based on five themes:
- Nature based solutions for coastal protection
- Desalination
- Clean shipping
- Marine spatial planning
- Smart sea
SEMI-PLENARY SESSIONS (9:00-12:30)
Introductory session (OECD)
Digital technologies in the ocean economy: exploring the future
Claire Jolly, Head of Unit - Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, OECD (France)
State of play on the five themes
- Nature based solutions in coastal defense
Todd S. Bridges, Senior Research Scientist, Environmental Science, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center - Clean shipping - alternative fuels
Manasés Tello Ruiz, University of Ghent - Innovations for desalination challenges
Svetlozar Velizarov, Researcher Bio(chemical) Process Engineering, LAQV - Marine spatial planning as driver for blue technology implementation?
Ivana Lukic, Blue growth and Planning assistant, s.Pro - sustainable projects
SUBMARINER Network for Blue Growth - Smart Sea - dataplatforms & data collection in a maritime context
Eric Delory, Head of Observatory, Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) - Panel discussion with Patrick Meire, Marjolein Vanoppen, Dario Bazargan, Ivana Lukic and Claire Jolly
- KEYNOTE: Blue technologies to combat climate change in the Ocean Decade
Julian Barbière, Head of the Marine Policy and Regional Coordination Section of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO