13 June 2022

Side events organised by the of Aix-Marseille University

• Launch of the Ocean Sciences Institute of Aix-Marseille University
• First meeting of the European Ocean Research and Education Alliance (EOREA)

17:30-18:30: VISIT to Grotte Cosquer marine protected area (optional)

19:00-20:00: Opening Ceremony: Torchlight initiative at the Parc du Pharo

Welcome

• Benoît Payan, Mayor of Marseille
• Young people’s voices
• Kestutis Sadauskas, Mission Manager and John Bell, Deputy Mission Manager, European Commission
• Karim Amellal, Ambassador of the French Republic to the Mediterranean

Mediterranean lighthouse: a path from France to Italy

• Renaud Muselier, President of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur region (to be confirmed)
• Maria Cristina Messa, Italian Minister for Universities and Research

14 June 2022

How to engage with the Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030” –

A Mediterranean Lighthouse

Auditorium Gastaut room

Professional moderator: Christopher Burns

9:30-10:00 | Welcome and opening session

Eric Berton, President of Aix-Marseille University

Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth (video – tbc)

Kestutis Sadauskas, Deputy Director-General, European Commission DG MARE, and Mission Manager Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030”

Olivier Poivre d’Arvor, Ambassador for the Poles and Maritime Affairs, France

Nasser Kamel, Secretary-General of the Union for the Mediterranean (tbc)

Benoît Payan, Mayor of Marseille

10:00-10:45 | Session 1: Implementing the EU Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030”

John Bell, Director Healthy Planet, European Commission DG Research and Innovation, and Deputy Mission Manager Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030”

Tatjana Hema, Coordinator of UNEP/MAP-Barcelona convention

Catherine Chabaud, Member of the European Parliament

Geneviève Pons, Director General and Vice President, Jacques Delors Institut

François Houiller, President and CEO of Ifremer (tbc)

10:45-11:15 | Session 2: Towards the Mediterranean Lighthouse

Siri Granum Carson, Director of NTNU Oceans and member of the Ocean University Alliance

Isabelle Poitou, Director of Association MerTerre from Provence-Alpes Côte d’Azur region

Erik Orsenna, Chairman of the Initiatives for the Future of Great Rivers

Christophe Avellan, Director of Pôle Mer Méditerranée

Bukem Belen, Youth Ambassador from Turkey

11:15-11:30 | Coffee break

11:30-12:15 | Session 3: Mission Charter and regional engagement

Presentation of the Mission Charter by the European Commission

Enzo Bianco, Member of Committee of the Regions

Renaud Muselier, President of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur region (TBC)

Phoebe Koundouri, Environmental Economics Professor and Director, Sustainable Development Unit and EIT Climate- KIC HUB Greece, ATHENA Information Technology Research Center

Maria Garcies i Ramon, Project & Policy Officer, Intermediterranean Commission at Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions

12:15-12:50 | Session 4: Mission for, with and by Youth

Mateja Greco, Scientific Associate at Slovenian National Institute of Biology

Elyne Dugeny, Youth Ambassador from Toulon 

Inès Boujmil, Youth Ambassador from Tunisia and winner of BlueMed Hackathon

Selma Menabit, Youth Ambassador from Romania

Martino Kuntze, from Youth4Ocean Forum

Yi hyun Kang, Postdoctoral researcher, Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles, Belgium

12:50-13:20 | Conclusion

Maria Cristina Messa, Italian Minister for Universities and Research

Denis Robin, French General Secretary of the Sea (TBC)

Karim Amellal, Ambassador, interministerial delegate of the French Republic to the Medietrranean

13:30: NETWORKING LUNCH

15:00: VISIT to Grotte Cosquer marine protected area (optional)

14:30: Side event Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership (SBEP) workshop