Wednesday, 19 May 2010

16:45-18:30 PLENARY SESSION I: SUSTAINABILITY, SCIENCE AND INNOVATION

CHAIR: Don Felipe Pétriz Calvo, Secretary of State for Research, Spain

Janez Potočnik, Member of the European Commission in charge of Environment

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

Isabella Lövin, Member of the European Parliament, Vice-Chair the EP Intergroup Seas and Coastal Zones

Arvid Hallén, Director General, the Research Council of Norway

Dr Peter Heffernan, Chief Executive, Irish Marine Institute

Professor Peter Herzig, Director of the Leibniz Institute of Marines Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR)

Rapporteurs from workshops of the day on science, innovation and environment

Thursday, 20 May 2010

9:00-10:00 PLENARY SESSION II

Paz Fernández Felgueroso, Mayor of Gijón

Welcome Video Message by José Manuel Durão Barroso, President of the European Commission

Diego Lopez Garrido, State Secretary for European Affairs, Spain, on behalf of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union

Maria Damanaki, Member of the European Commission responsible for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Vice-President of the European Parliament

Elena Espinosa Mangana, Minister of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs, Spain

Vicente Álvarez Areces, President of the Government of the Principality of Asturias

Official inauguration by H.R.H. the Prince of Asturias

10.30-11.00 PRESS CONFERENCE

11.00-12.45 PLENARY SESSION III: INNOVATION FOR GROWTH AND JOBS: MINISTERIAL PANEL

CHAIR and CONCLUSIONS: Maria Damanaki, Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

Elena Espinosa Mangana, Minister of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs, Spain

Marcos da Cunha e Lorena Perestrello de Vasconcellos, Secretary of State for National Defence and Maritime Affairs, Portugal

Anna Wypych-Namiotko, Unsersecretary of State in the Ministry of Infrastructures, Poland

George P.Vlachos, Secretary General of Maritime Policy of the Ministry of Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping

Jean-François Tallec, Secretary General of the Sea, France

Corinne Lepage, Member of the European Parliament, Chairwoman of the Intergroup 'Seas and Coastal Zones'

15:00–16:30 PLENARY SESSION IV: INNOVATION AT THE CENTRE OF THE INTEGRATED MARITIME POLICY

CHAIR: Niko Wijnolst, Chairman of the European Network of Maritime Clusters

Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso, Vice-President of the Committee of the Regions, President of the Autonomous Community of Murcia

Corrado Antonini, Honorary Chair of the Community of European Shipyards' Association (CESA)

Claudio Martini, President of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR)

Dr Peter Heffernan, Chief Executive of the Irish Marine Institute

Åsa Andersson, Programme Director, Swedish Nature and Baltic Sea Programme, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

17:00–18:30 PLENARY SESSION V: RESTRUCTURING COASTAL CITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH

CHAIR: Fokion Fotiadis, Director General, Directorate Maritime Affairs and Fisheries European Commission

Paz Fernandez Felgueroso, Mayor, Gijón City Council, Spain

Joao Pedro Matos Fernandez, Chairman of the Portuguese Association of Ports, Head of the Port of Douro e Leixoes, Portugal

Dominique Cap, Vice-President of Brest Métropole Océane Urban Council, France

Joël Batteux, Président de la Communauté d’Agglomeration de lka Région nazairienne et de l’Estuaire- Maire de la ville de St. Nazaire

Anneli Hulthén, Mayor of Gothenburg, Sweden

Wieslaw Bielawski, Vice-Mayor of Gdansk, Poland