Joint conference of the European Parliament and the European Commission

European Parliament, Brussels – 19 March 2019

Draft Programme

registration

12:00 – 14:00 Registration of participants (Atrium welcome point)

14:00 – 15:00 Opening ceremony (plenary chamber)

• Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament
• Frans Timmermans, Vice-President of the European Commission (TBC)
• Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner responsible for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
• Carlos Moedas, Member of the European Commission, responsible for Research, Science and Innovation (TBC)
• Gesine Meissner, Special Envoy of the President of the European Parliament on Maritime Policy
• Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU
• Sylvia Earle, Oceanographer (TBC)
• Nello Musumeci, President of Sicily (TBC)
• Boyan Slat, Founder of The Ocean Cleanup (TBC) or Daniela Fernandez, Founder and CEO of the Sustainable Ocean Alliance (TBC)

Family photo

15:00 – 16:00 Panel 1: Shaping global ocean governance for the future

(plenary chamber)

Chair: Alain Cadec (EPP), Chair of the Parliament’s fisheries committee

Introduction: Alain Cadec (EPP), Chair of the Parliament’s fisheries committee – João Aguiar Machado, Director of the European Commission’s directorate general for maritime affairs and fisheries – Christian Leffler, Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service

• José Inácio Faria (EPP), Ulrike Rodust (S&D), Gabriel Mato (EPP) (TBC)
• Steve Trent, Executive Director of the Environmental Justice Foundation
• Maria Damanaki, Global Managing Director for oceans at the Nature Conservancy
• Johan Rockström, Professor and Researcher at the Stockholm Resilience Centre (TBC)
• Árni M. Mathiesen, assistant director-general, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Food and Agriculture Organisation
• Pasquale Legora De Feo, CEO of CO.NA.TE.CO S.P.A.

Q&A

16:00 – 17:00 Panel 2: Achieving healthy, clean seas and oceans

(plenary chamber)

Chair: Adina-Ioana Vălean (EPP), Chair of the Parliament’s committee on environment, public health and food safety

Introduction: Adina-Ioana Vălean (EPP), Chair of the Parliament’s committee on environment, public health and food safety – Jean-Eric Paquet, Director of the European Commission’s directorate general for research and innovation – Joanna Drake, Deputy Director-General for Mobility and Environment at the Eureopean Commission

• Mark Demesmaeker (ECR), Ricardo Serrão Santos (ALDE), Cláudia Monteiro De Aguiar (EPP), Giovanni La Via (EPP)
• Audrey Azoulay, Director General of UNESCO
• Peter Herzig, eEecutive Director at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel
• Søren Skou, CEO of the transport and logistics division of MAERSK CEO (TBC)
• Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (TBC)

Q&A

17:00 – 18:00 Panel 3: A sustainable blue economy, reducing pressures on the oceans

(plenary chamber)

Chair: Jerzy Buzek, Chair of Parliament’s committee on industry, research and energy

Introduction: Jerzy Buzek, Chair of Parliament’s committee on industry, research and energy – Emma Navarro, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank – Pierre Delsaux, Deputy Director-General of the European Commission’s directorate general for internal market, industry, entrepreneurship and SMEs

• Izaskun Bilbao Barandica (ALDE), Clara Eugenia Aguilera García (S&D), Christian Ehler (EPP), Dan Nica (S&D), Jakop Dalunde (Greens/EFA)
• Vitor Verdelho, General Manager at the European Algae Biomass Association (EABA)
• Ester Asin, Director of the WWF European Policy Office
• Emanuele Grimaldi, Co-Managing Director at Grimaldi Group
• Rémi Gruet, CEO Ocean Energy Europe

Q&A

18:00 – 18:30 Concluding remarks (plenary chamber)

• Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
• Gesine Meissner, Special Envoy of the President of the European Parliament on Maritime Policy

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