Blue Invest in the Mediterranean 2019

Blue Invest in the Mediterranean 2019

Malta, 24 January 2019

BlueInvest turns to Mediterranean to kick-start growth in ocean economy

Read an article about what happened in Malta on January 24, 2019

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Agenda

08:45 – 09:10Registration & Welcome Coffee09:10 – 09:15Opening

Spyros Kouvelis, Moderator

09:15 – 09:20Welcome Address

Helene Dalli - Maltese Minister EU Affaires and Equality

09:20 – 09:30Keynote Speech

Karmenu Vella, EU Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affaires and Fisheries

09:30 – 09:40Introductory Address

Emma Navarro, Vice President European Investment Bank

09:40 – 10:301st Pitching Session: Food from the Sea

Companies:

• Telecapeche

10:30 – 10:50Boosting financing of the Blue Economy: four perspectives

- Andrea Liverani, World Bank

- Miguel Garcia Herraiz, Union for the Mediterranean

- Darko Manakovski, RARE

- Petros Kokkalis, Blue Growth Hub Piraeus

10:50 – 11:20Coffee and Networking Breakmaking11:20 – 12:002nd Pitching Session: Green Navigation

Companies:

12:00 – 12:20Interview: two sides of the same coin

• "The investor's perpective"- Andrew Smith - Greenbackers/ Deja Blue
• "The entrepreneur's perspective" - Clara Barthelemy- Vertigo Lab/ Blue Seeds

12:20 – 13:20Lunch and Networking BreakMatchmaking13:20 – 13:30“i-Training for Blue Careers”

Ahmed Youssef, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

13:30 – 14:103rd Pitching Session: Blue Energy and Clean Waters

Companies:

14:10 – 14:20“Med Youth for Water Network”

Baya Aissaoui, INOGS Italia

14:20 – 14:504th Pitching session: Green and Smart Coasts

Companies:

14:50 – 15:00Concluding remarks by moderator15:00 – 17:00"Speed dating" slot