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"Charting the course towards a Sustainable Blue Economy" Symposium

The first Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership Symposium taking place on 13-14 February 2024 at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium will bring together thought leaders, experts, and practitioners in a big-scale European event to promote the transformation towards a sustainable blue economy.

Practical info

Royal Belgian Art Fine Museum Belgium (Rue du Musée 5, 1000 Brussels)

13 Feb 2024-14 Feb 2024 | 9:00-17:00

info@bluepartnership.eu

English




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Description

The Symposium will synthesise the objectives of the projects funded in the 1st Joint Transnational Call and present the priorities for the second call. It will provide an opportunity to learn from leading panelists drawn from science, policy, and business, to gain new insights, and expand the network.

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Belgium

Programme

PROGRAMME DAY 1, 13 FEB 2024

12:00 Registration and lunch
13:00 Welcome messages
  • Belgian EU Presidency
  • Italian Minister
  • European Commissioner TBD 
13:30 Keynote on the Blue Economy
  • Keynote speaker TBD 
14:00 "Lifting the anchor”
1st year of the Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership
  • Ministry of University and Research, Italy (MUR)
  • Regional Fund for Science and Technology, Portugal (FRCT) 
14:30 Coffee break
15:00 “Setting sails” 
The Partnership’s new R&I projects
  • Panel session with 5 selected projects from the first Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership Joint Call.   
16:00 Cultural intermezzo 
16:15 Introduction to foresight panels
  • Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership leadership 
16:30 Foresight panel 1 
Ocean observation in the Blue Economy 
  • TBD
17:15 Networking reception with cultural performance   

PROGRAMME DAY 2, 14 FEB 2024

08:30 Registration and coffee
09:00 Ouverture 
  • TBD
09:10

“Fair winds” 
Launch of the 2nd Partnership call 

  • Partnership Call Steering Committee 
09:30

Foresight panel 2 
Innovative governance for the Blue Economy 

  • TBD
10:15 Coffee break 
10:45 Foresight panel 3 
An inclusive and just Sustainable Blue Economy 
  • TBD
11:30 Looking beyond the Horizon 
  • European Commissioner TBD 
11:45 Visions for the Blue Economy 2030 
  • TBD
12:00 The role of culture in the Blue Economy
  • TBD
12:30 Closing