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Kick-off of the Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership in Rome

The 60 partner institutions of the Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership will meet in Rome on 25 January for the kick off meeting of the Partnership. The event is organised back to back with meeting of the Steering Committee and General Assembly on 23 and 24 January.

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Rome, Italy or online

24 May 2023 | 9:00-17:00

English




Description

The 60 partner institutions of the Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership will meet in Rome on 25 January for the kick off meeting of the Partnership. The event is organised back to back with meeting of the Steering Committee and General Assembly on 23 and 24 January. The kick-off meeting will present the Partnership and it’s thematic foci and regional sea basin approach. Synergies with other Partnerships and the Mission Restore our Seas and Ocean will be discussed with key representatives of the European Commission. The event is a first occasion for engagement and for looking iahead towards delivering impact to meet the EU policy objectives of the Green Deal, the digital dransformation and Covid recovery.

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Rome

Programme

Day 1 - Wednesday 26 January 2023

09:00 Registration and Mounting of posters
10:30 Welcome by the organizing institute | Jan Mees, Flanders Marine Institute (BE)
10:40 History of the EMBS, by Prof. Guido Persoone | Organiser of EMBS10, held in Ostend in 1975
10:50 Welcome by the EMBS chair | Tasman Crowe, University College Dublin (IE)
11:00 Pitches on the information booths
  • Inter-Research Science Center | Christine Paetzold (DE)
  • Flanders Marine Institute | Karen Rappé (BE)
  • EMBRC-ERIC | Jan Vanaverbeke (BE)
  • VEMCO | Amy Brookman (CA)
  • The Marine Biological Assocation | Matthew Frost (UK)
  • EMODnet | Selene Álvarez Peña (BE)
  • European Marine Board | Kate Larkin (BE)
  • LifeWatch Belgium | Jolien Goossens (BE)
  • Thelma Biotel | Annette Haugsdal (NO)
12:30 Lunch break + poster session
14:00 Marked changes in megafauna composition of the North Sea require multidisciplinary collaborations: A historical overview | Kees Camphuysen, NIOZ (NL)
14:30 Metchnikovellids as basal microsporidia: Research history and perspectives | Gita Paskerova, Saint-Petersburg State University (RU)
15:15 Short history of the Adriatic marine science: Croatian naturalists and their contributions | Jakov Dulcic, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (HR)
16:00 Coffee break

Day 2 - Wednesday 25 January 2023

09:00 Registration and Mounting of posters
10:30 Welcome by the organizing institute | Jan Mees, Flanders Marine Institute (BE)
10:40 History of the EMBS, by Prof. Guido Persoone | Organiser of EMBS10, held in Ostend in 1975
10:50 Welcome by the EMBS chair | Tasman Crowe, University College Dublin (IE)
11:00 Pitches on the information booths
  • Inter-Research Science Center | Christine Paetzold (DE)
  • Flanders Marine Institute | Karen Rappé (BE)
  • EMBRC-ERIC | Jan Vanaverbeke (BE)
  • VEMCO | Amy Brookman (CA)
  • The Marine Biological Assocation | Matthew Frost (UK)
  • EMODnet | Selene Álvarez Peña (BE)
  • European Marine Board | Kate Larkin (BE)
  • LifeWatch Belgium | Jolien Goossens (BE)
  • Thelma Biotel | Annette Haugsdal (NO)
12:30 Lunch break + poster session
14:00 Marked changes in megafauna composition of the North Sea require multidisciplinary collaborations: A historical overview | Kees Camphuysen, NIOZ (NL)
14:30 Metchnikovellids as basal microsporidia: Research history and perspectives | Gita Paskerova, Saint-Petersburg State University (RU)
15:15 Short history of the Adriatic marine science: Croatian naturalists and their contributions | Jakov Dulcic, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (HR)
16:00 Coffee break