P R O G R A M M E

Wednesday 19, 9:00-16:15

Room: Teatro Auditorio (Laboral)

9:00-10:45 Session 5: Europe’s Seas: from the deep blue to coastal environments

CHAIR: Luis Valdés, Head Ocean Science Division, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, IOC – UNESCO

RAPPORTEUR: Antonio Bode, Senior Scientist, Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO)

Harry Bryden, Head Graduate School, National Oceanographic Centre, University of Southampton

Brian MacKenzie, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Danish Technological University

Herman Hummel, Head of Department, Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, National Institute of Ecology (NIOO), The Netherlands

Jürgen Mienert, Professor, Arctic Marine Geology and Applied Geophysics, Institute of Geology, University of Tromsø (UiT), Norway

Joan Albaiges, Co-ordinator, SEAS-ERA, Spanish National Research Council

Icarus Allen, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, the MEECE project

11:05-13:00 Session 6: Integrating marine and maritime research: The Good Environmental Status and the overall assessment of the marine environment

CHAIR: Carlos Berrozpe, Policy Officer, Directorate General Environment, European Commission

RAPPORTEUR: José Luis Buceta Miller, Division for the Protection of the Sea, Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs

Denis Bailly, SPICOSA project Scientific Coordinator, Deputy Director, CEDEM, University of Western Brittany, France

Maria Luisa Rodríguez Lucas, Deputy Secretary, OSPAR Commission

Tatjana Hema, MEDU Programme Officer, Coordinating Unit for the Mediterranean Action Plan

Ahmet Kideys, Executive Director, Black Sea Commission

Ronan Uhel, Head, Natural Systems and Vulnerability, European Environment Agency

14:30-15:45 Conference reporting and conclusions

CHAIR: András Siegler, Directorate General Research, European Commission

Reports on Thematic Sessions 1 to 6 (Rapporteurs)

Lars Horn, Chairman, Marine Board, European Science Foundation (Conference Conclusions)

15:45-16:15 Closing session

Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for the Environment

Don Felipe Pétriz Calvo, Secretary of State for Research Spain

Juan Carlos Martín Fragueiro, the Secretary General for the Sea, Spain

(Lead: Instituto Español de Oceanografía (Spanish Institute of Oceanography): www.ieo.es, and Spanish Ministry of Environment; General Secretariat for the Sea; Directorate General for the Sustainability of the Coast and Sea:http://www.mma.es/portal/secciones/aguas_marinas_litoral/)