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The document outlines the agenda for the Our Ocean Conference 2024 taking place in Athens, Greece. It includes multiple sessions over two days on topics like greening the shipping sector, confronting plastic pollution, effective marine protected area management, and the ocean-climate nexus. There will also be receptions, working lunches, and appearances by government ministers and other officials.

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Our Ocean Conference 2024 Agenda

The document outlines the agenda for the Our Ocean Conference 2024 taking place in Athens, Greece. It includes multiple sessions over two days on topics like greening the shipping sector, confronting plastic pollution, effective marine protected area management, and the ocean-climate nexus. There will also be receptions, working lunches, and appearances by government ministers and other officials.

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AGENDA

Monday, 15 April 2024


10:00 – 19:00 Registration

09:00 – 17:00 Young Ocean Leaders Forum


Education, Employment, Innovation
Venue: Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) |
Lighthouse

17:30 – 19:30 Our Ocean Film Festival Opening & Reception


Venue: Megaron Athens Concert Hall

20:00 – 22:00 Reception hosted in honor of the Heads of accredited


delegations to the 9th Our Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the
Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Environment and
Energy of the Hellenic Republic. By invitation only (1+1).
Venue: Acropolis Museum

Tuesday, 16 April 2024


07:00 – 09:00 Delegations Arrivals, Registration & Coffee

08:45 – 09.30 Welcoming, Video address by H.E. the President of the Hellenic
Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Keynote Addresses
Actions to save the ocean

SPEAKERS

• George Gerapetritis – Minister for Foreign Affairs of the


Hellenic Republic
• Theodoros Skylakakis – Minister of Environment and
Energy of the Hellenic Republic
• Secretary John Kerry
• Peter Thomson – UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for
the Ocean

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• Virginijus Sinkevicius – EU Commissioner for the
Environment, Ocean and Fisheries
• Melina Travlos – President of the Union of Greek
Shipowners
• Jennifer R. Littlejohn – Acting Assistant Secretary, US
Department of State

09.30 – 10:30 Plenary Session I


Greening the Shipping Sector

MODERATOR: Nigel Lowry – Lloyd's List Intelligence

SPEAKERS:

• Christos Stylianides – Minister of Maritime Affairs and


Insular Policy, Hellenic Republic
• Karin Orsel – President, European Community Shipowners’
Associations
• Dimitrios Fafalios – Secretary of the Board of Directors of
the Union of Greek Shipowners
• Dorota Lost-Sieminska – Director of Legal Affairs and
External Relations Division, IMO
• Guy Platten – International Chamber of Shipping
• Sue Biniaz – Principal Deputy Special Envoy for Climate,
US Department of State
• Harald Fotland – President of the Norwegian Shipowners’
Association

10:30 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK – SIDE EVENTS

11:00 – 12:00 Plenary Session II


Confronting Plastic Pollution

MODERATOR: DR. Thomais Vlachogianni – Senior Policy &


Programme Officer on Marine Litter, MIO-ECSDE

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SPEAKERS:

• Evi Lazou – Laskaridis – President, Athanasios C.


Laskaridis Charitable Foundation
• Susan Gardner – Director of the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP)
• Dr. Amna Bint Abdullah Al Dahak Al Shamsi – Minister of
Climate Change and Environment of the United Arab
Emirates
• Forbi Perise Eyong – Young Voice, Cameroon / Regional
Representative for Africa
• Dr. Dana Miller – Director of Strategic Initiatives, Oceana
• Inga Βerzina – Minister of Environmental Protection and
Regional Development of the Republic of Latvia

12:00 – 14:00 LUNCH BREAK – SIDE EVENTS

12:00 – 14:00 High-Level working luncheon for Heads of Delegations οn the


protection of marine biodiversity: international processes
Venue: DELTA restaurant – SNFCC

MODERATOR: Maria Damanaki – f. Commissioner for the


Environment, Ocean and Fisheries

SPEAKERS:

• Katrina Maguire - First Assistant Secretary, International


Environment Reef and Oceans, Department of Climate
Change, Environment, Energy and Water of Australia
• Susanne Kraus - Winkler - State Secretary of Labour and
Economy of the Republic of Austria
• Dr. Ibrahim Alarabi Munir - Minister of Environment of the
State of Libya
• Ionut - Sorin Banciu - Secretary of State at the Ministry of
Environment, Water and Forests of Romania
• Dr. Joyelle Trizia Clarke - Minister of Sustainable
Development of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis

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• Ernesto D. Adobo - Undersecretary for Legal and
Administration of the Republic of Philippines
• Josue Alejandro Lorca Vega - Minister of Popular Power
for Ecososialism of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
• Ambassador Lazar Comanescu - Secretary General of the
Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organisation
• Ralph Regenvanu - Minister of Climate Change Adaption of
the Republic of Vanuatu
• Abner Andre Perez - Minister of Blue Economy and Disaster
Risk Management of Belize
• Vladimir Jares - Director of the Division for Ocean Affairs
and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs at the UN
Secretariat

12:30 – 14:00 Working luncheon offered by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to
Ministers and Deputy Ministers for Foreign Affairs (upon
invitation)

14:00 – 15:00 Plenary Session ΙII


Effective Management of Marine Protected Areas

MODERATOR: Alexandra Cousteau – Senior Advisor, Oceana

SPEAKERS:

• Herve Berville – Secretary of State for the Sea and


Biodiversity of the French Republic
• Secretary John Kerry
• Dona Bertarelli – Philanthropist
• Angelo Villagomez – Center for American Progress
• Jelta Wong - Minister for Fisheries and Marine Resources of
the Independent State of Papua New Guinea
• Enric Sala – National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence,
Pristine Seas
• Teresa Ribera Rodriquez – Third Vice-President of the
Government and Minister for Ecological Transition and
Demographic Challenge of the Kingdom of Spain

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15:00 – 16:00 COFFEE BREAK – SIDE EVENTS

16:00 – 17:00 Plenary Session IV


Ocean – Climate Nexus

MODERATOR: Axel Threlfall – Editor at Large for Reuters

SPEAKERS:

• Sun Shuxian – Vice Minister of the Ministry of Natural


Resources of the People's Republic of China
• Vidar Helgesen – IOC Executive Secretary
• Loreley Picourt – Young Voice, Executive Director, Ocean
and Climate Platform
• Secretary John Kerry
• Fabrizia Lapecorella – OECD Deputy Secretary
• Asterio Appi, MP – Minister of Climate Change and National
Resilience of the Republic of Nauru
• Cristelle Pratt – Assistant Secretary General Environment &
Climate Action, Organisation of African Caribbean and
Pacific States

17:00 – 18:00 SIDE EVENTS

17:00 – 17:20 Family Photo for Heads of delegations

17:20 – 17:30 Keynote Address by the Prime Minister of the Hellenic


Republic, Kyriakos Mitsotakis

17:30 – 19:15 High-Level Segment with the participation of Heads of State |


Government | 3 min. intervention

MODERATOR: Maria Damanaki – f. Commissioner for the


Environment, Ocean and Fisheries

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SPEAKERS:

• His All Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew


• H.E. Wavel Ramkalawan – President of the Republic of
Seychelles
• H.E. Surangel S. Whipps, JR – President of the Republic of
Palau
• H.E. Wesley W. Simina – President of the Federated States
of Micronesia
• H.E. Dr. Roosevelt Skerrit – Prime Minister of the
Commonwealth of Dominica
• H.E. Ulysses Correia e Silva – Prime Minister of the
Republic of Capo Verde
• H.E. Mark Brown – Prime Minister of the Government of the
Cook Islands
• H.E. Hu’akavameiliku Sovaleni Siaosi – Prime Minister of
the Kingdom of Tonga
• Η.Ε. Dickon Mitchell – Prime Minister of Grenada
• H.E. Patrice Emery Trovoada – Prime Minister of the
Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
• H.E. Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao – Prime Minister of the
Democratic Republic of Timor Leste

19:30 - 20:30 Cocktail Reception for Heads of State | Government +1


Hosted by the Prime Minister

20:00 - 22:00 Dinner | Hosted by the Minister of Environment and


Energy for counterparts

Wednesday, 17 April 2024


08:00 – 09:00 Delegations Arrival and Coffee - Side Events

09:00 – 10:00 High-Level Panel on Ocean Sustainable Management |


Ministers of Foreign Affairs | 3 min. intervention

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SPEAKERS:

• Doihir Dhoulkamal - Minister of Foreign Affairs and


International Cooperation of the Union of Comoros
• Arnoldo Andre Tinoco - Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Worship of the Republic of Costa Rica
• Dr. Hasan Mahmud - MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
• Rasata Rafaravavitafika - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Madagascar
• Ramadan Mohammed Abdallah Goc - Deputy Minister of
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic
of South Sudan
• Maria Varteressian - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of
the Kingdom of Norway
• Rui Alberto Figueiredo Soares - Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Cooperation and Regional Integration of the Republic of
Capo Verde
• Gareth Haddad do Espirito Santo Guadalupe - Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities of the
Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe.

10:00 – 11:00 Plenary Session V


The Pathway to Innovative Maritime Security and Emerging
Technologies

MODERATOR: Nick Clark – Al jazeera

SPEAKERS:

• Maja Markovcic Kostelac – Executive Director, European


Maritime Safety Organization
• Carlos Del Toro – Secretary of the US Navy
• Viriato Luis Soares Cassama – Minister of Environment,
Biodiversity and Climate Action of the Republic of Guinea-
Bissau
• Dieudonne Loic Ndinga Moudouma – Minister of
Transport, Merchant Navy and the Sea Environment of the
Gabonese Republic

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• Kwaku Ofori Asiamah – Minister of Transport of the
Republic of Ghana

11:00 – 12:00 Plenary Session VI


Sustainable Tourism – Sustainable Blue Economy

MODERATOR: Tatiana Der Avedissian - World Ocean Initiative, The


Economist Group

SPEAKERS:

• Olga Kefalogianni – Minister of Tourism of the Hellenic


Republic
• Craig Cogut – Founder and Chairman of Pegasus
CapiAdvisors, Six Senses hotels, Global Fund for Coral
Reefs
• Terry Tamminen – President / CEO of Alta Seas and the
Port of Los Angeles, f. Environment Secretary of California
• Mr. Achilleas Konstantakopoulos – Chairman, T.E.MES.
S.A.
• Minister Walter Roban – Deputy Premier and Minister of
Home Affairs, Bermuda
• Mirela Kumbaro Furxhi – Minister of Tourism and
Environment of the Republic of Albania
• Hassan Mohamed – Deputy Minister of Climate Change,
Environment and Energy of the Republic of Maldives

12:00 – 14:00 LUNCH BREAK – SIDE EVENTS

12:00 - 14:00 High-Level working luncheon for Heads of Delegations on


Sustainable Tourism on the Mediterranean | Venue: Delta
restaurant – SNFCC

MODERATOR: Hon. Dr Alicia Bugeja Said – f. EU Commissioner


Perit Karmenu Vella of Malta

SPEAKERS:

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• Olga Kefalogianni – Minister of Tourism of the Hellenic
Republic
• HSH Prince Albert II – Sovereign Prince of the Principality of
Monaco
• Abadi Almotaz – Deputy Secretary General of the Union for
the Mediterranean
• Claudio Barbaro – Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of
Environment and Energy Security of the Italian Republic
• Senator Matthew Samuda – Minister, Ministry of Economic
Growth and Job Creation of Jamaica
• Vladimir Martinovic – Minister of Tourism, Ecology,
Sustainable Development of Montenegro
• Zane Lightbourne – Minister of State for the Environment of
the Commonwealth of the Bahamas
• Stelios Kympouropoulos – Member of the European
Parliament

14:00 – 15:00 Plenary Session VII


Promoting Sustainable Fisheries

MODERATOR: Alfredo Giron – WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

SPEAKERS:

• Lefteris Avgenakis – Minister of Rural Development and


Food, Hellenic Republic
• Esben Sverdup-Jensen – CEO at Danish Pelagic
Producers Organisation (DPPO) and ICFA Board member
• Carmen Ivelise Van Dunem do Sacramento Neto dos
Santos – Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources of
the Republic of Angola
• Steffi Lemke – Federal Minister for the Environment,
Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer
Protection of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Charlina Vitcheva – Director General, DG MARE,
European Commission
• Kevin Brosseau – Αssociate Deputy Minister of Fisheries
and Oceans of Canada

15:00 – 16:00 Plenary Session VIII

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The Challenges & Solutions of the Mediterranean Countries

MODERATOR: Prof. Michael Scoullos

SPEAKERS:

• HSH Prince Albert II – Sovereign Prince of the


Principality of Monaco
• Tatjana Hema – Coordinator, United Nations
Environment Programme / Coordinating Unit for the
Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP), Barcelona
Convention Secretariat
• Leila Chikhaoui Mahdaoui – Minister of Environment of
Tunisia
• Masa Kociper – State Secretary in the Prime Minister’s
Office, Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial
Planning of the Republic of Slovenia
• Julia Manning – Associate Director, Senior
Environmental Adviser, EBRD
• Hon. Dr. Alicia Bugeja Said – Parliamentary Secretary
for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Animal Rights of the
Republic of Malta

16:00 – 17:00 COFFEE BREAK – SIDE EVENTS

17:00 – 17:45 Closing Ceremony | High-Level Panel on OOC Legacy


Official Handover: Looking to Our Ocean 2025

MODERATOR: Dr. Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou – Greek


Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for the Ocean | Our Ocean
Conference 2024 Coordinator

SPEAKERS:

• Khadija Stewart – Regional Representative for the


Caribbean
• Kirsten Grorud-Colvert – Oregon University

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• Ambassador Julie Lymperopoulos – Ambassador and
General Consul of the Republic of Panama to the Hellenic
Republic
• H.E. Surangel S. Whipps, JR – President of the Republic of
Palau
• Ambassador Bebeb A. K. Nugraha Djundjunan –
Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Greece
• Georg Borsting – Norwegian Sherpa to the Ocean Panel,
MFA Norway
• Hon. Dr Alicia Bugeja Said – f. EU Commissioner Perit
Karmenu Vella of Malta
• Ambassador Julio Cordano – Director of Environment,
Climate Change and Ocean Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Chile
• Mahlet N. Mesfin, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Ocean -
Fisheries and Polar Affairs, U.S. Department of State
• Theodoros Skylakakis – Minister of Environment and
Energy of the Hellenic Republic
• Myeong-dal SONG – Vice Minister of Oceans and Fisheries,
Republic of Korea on OOC10

17:45– 18:00 Cultural Event: Chorus featuring Sounds of the Mediterranean

18:00 – 20:00 Closing Reception

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