The world marine and mariTime forum

FRANCE
OCTOBER, 2008
20 | 21 TOULON
22 | 23 | 24 MARSEILLE
The world marine
and maritime forum
Second Announcement
An OFficial event
of the 2008 european union
french presidency
www.biomarine.org
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE
FOR PARTNERSHIPS
BioMarine… a wave of change
For the past six months I have been travelling
around the world to raise awareness about the
state of our oceans. I have been met with an unprecedented interest in and support for BioMarine
– more than any other project we have launched.
People have given their time to advance serious
proposals and recommendations, resulting in a
constructive debate with the emphasis on solving
problems of which we have long been aware.
There is no time left for procrastination... Global
warming, overfishing, and energy shortages are
harsh realities. I have met many remarkable and
courageous men and women who struggle every
day to advance science and develop our societies
while also boosting our economies. The era of
economy versus ecology and scientific breakthroughs versus ethics is over. There are solutions
available, even if they need to be developed and
adapted to respond to the social and economic context of different localities and regions.
We need your support to launch new initiatives
and to initiate and follow through on programmes
of action at BioMarine.
We want BioMarine 2008 to mark the beginning
not of another forum talk shop, but of a marvellous experience: initiation of a wave of change that
we will develop and build on with you, in order
to propose solutions for the future and concrete
steps to take today.
Finally I would like to thank all our business sponsors and our partners, especially the PACA region,
the Bouches-du-Rhône and Var, the city of Marseille
and the urban communities of Marseille and Toulon
who have been the first supporters of the project.
So join us… and dive into change.
Pierre ERWES,
President & Founder - BioMarine
What is BioMarine?
BioMarine is a unique 5-day
international forum which brings
together the business, scientific and
political communities to draw out
innovative and concrete solutions
to advance ocean sustainability.
BioMarine offers an outstanding
conference programme together with
a unique business convention which is
open to participants from the business
and scientific sectors alike.
BioMarine will also be the major
maritime event of the French
Presidency of the European Union
and will have a strong institutional
dimension.
Designed as a media communication
platform, the largest French and
international media organisations will
be invited to BioMarine in order to
raise international public awareness
on issues related to the sea and
the oceans.
Who will attend?
Top executives from leading companies
and new ventures in the marine and
maritime sectors.
Internationally renowned scientists
working in the fields of oceanography,
marine biology, climatology and the
geosciences.
Representatives of European and
international governments, key
international organisations and NGOs
working in the maritime sector.
International media and journalists.
WELCOME
BioMarine will bring together over 2,000 international stakeholders:
The BioMarine Forum
BioMarine will offer to all participants:
an outstanding conference programme,
a business convention,
an exhibition,
and other parallel events.
The conference programme will bring together
over 150 internationally renowned speakers to
participate in up to 40 sessions.
Debates: round tables involving interviews,
discussion and audience participation
(PowerPoint presentations and keynote
speeches will be limited).
R & D updates: to learn about the latest business
and scientific breakthroughs in your field.
Agoras: to raise the general public’s awareness
about key issues.
Social programme
and parallel events
Discovery Day: discover major business and
scientific sites and local skills in and around
Marseille and Toulon, open to all BioMarine
participants:
• Marseille/Fos: First port in the Mediterranean
and third world hydrocarbon port,
• Marseille/La Ciotat: Marina industrial site,
using the most performant ship lifting device
in the Mediterranean (more than 2,000
tonnes capacity),
• Toulon: IFREMER, European centre
of submarine technologies; first military port
of France; Project of Sea Techno-pole,
• Nice/Sophia Antipolis: The largest scientific
park in Europe.
ublic maritime event in Toulon, from 18th to
P
20th October, with the exceptional presence of
three scientific ships: “Le Raymond Croze”,
“Le Beautemps Beaupré” and Ifremer’s
“Le Suroit”.
Evening receptions on Monday and Wednesday
in Toulon and Marseille.
Free evening in Marseille on Thursday evening
with entertainment throughout the city.
Toulon
Welcome from BioMarine, France and Europe
Opening summit debate:
The oceans: The challenges we have to meet
BioMarine
Business Convention
Afternoon
Opening lunch
Debate:
Thawing oceans, opaque law, and the use of force:
Who owns the Arctic?
Mediterranean debate:
Towards a sustainable development
of the Mediterranean BioMarine
BioMarine
Round Table
Business
(upon
Convention
invitation)
Debate:
Blue geopolitics – and blue multilateralism?
Cocktail reception
hosted by the French Navy aboard the Mistral,
Force Projection and Command Ship
Day 2 - Tuesday, 21 October
Morning
security, pollution, prevention
Debate:
Protecting people and the oceans
from maritime disasters
Mediterranean debate:
Making the Mediterranean less polluted
BioMarine
BioMarine
Round Table
Business
(upon
Convention
invitation)
Afternoon
Lunch
R & D update:
Cleaning up the oceans:
What advances are
on the horizon?
R & D update:
Space technology
in service of our oceans
R & D update:
Tomorrow’s technologies for building safer
and cleaner ships
R & D update:
Finding the pirates and smugglers
Toulon-Marseille transfer
BioMarine
BioMarine
Round Table
Business
(upon
Convention
invitation)
PROGRAMME - october, monday 20 and tuesday 21 - Toulon
Morning
Day 1 - Monday, 20 October
Maritime geopolitics
Marseille
Morning
Day 3 - Wednesday, 22 October
The oceans, environment and energy
Debate:
Climate change and the oceans: Scenarios for the future
Debate:
R & D update:
Better managing
What has the
how the land meets International Polar
the sea
Year accomplished?
Public agora:
Abysses:
The final frontier
BioMarine
Business
Convention
Exhibition
Lunch
Afternoon
Debate:
The hunt for alternatives to oil:
Does the answer lie in the oceans?
R & D update:
Marine biomass:
Still an Eldorado?
R & D update:
Extracting oil from
under the water:
Breakthroughs in
offshore oil and gas
exploration
R & D update:
Nodules
and sulphides:
The brave new world
of mining and ocean
exploration
Summit debate
BioMarine cocktail reception
BioMarine
Business
Convention
Exhibition
Debate:
What science can and cannot do to preserve
the living richness of the seas
Debate:
Debate:
Blue fishing and
Creating more
aquaculture:
responsible mariThreats, obstacles
time ventures
and opportunities
Public agora:
What Europeans
don’t know about
the oceans – and
should care about
BioMarine
Business
Convention
BioMarine
Round
Table
Exhibition
(upon
invitation)
BioMarine
Business
Convention
BioMarine
Round
Table
Exhibition
(upon
invitation)
Afternoon
Lunch
R & D update:
Public agora:
R & D update:
Blue biotech:
Can we have the Maritime clusters:
Ready soon to
fish, and keep
Building on initial
go from niche to
eating them too?
successes
centre stage?
Debate:
Oyster beds, clouds and abysses:
Witnessing the impact of humans on the ocean
Debate:
Year 2020: What food will we be getting from the oceans?
Free evening in Marseille
Day 5 - Friday, 24 October
multimodality: Ports and maritime transport
Morning
Debate:
The role of maritime transport to the mid-century: Open
access, competition and regulation
Debate:
Europe’s motorways
of the sea: Outcomes
of the new regulations
Debate:
The ports of our cities – or
our cities versus our ports?
Debate:
Europe’s integrated maritime policy:
Lessons to learn and problems to overcome
Debate:
Our seas: Our vision
Afternoon
Closing lunch
Discovery Day
BioMarine
Business
Convention
BioMarine
Round
Table
Exhibition
(upon
invitation)
PROGRAMME - october, wednesday 22, thursday 23 and friday 24 - marseille
Morning
Day 4 - Thursday, 23 October
The life resources of our oceans
Speakers confirmed as of May 15
Business
Livio Ambrogio, President, European Intermodal Association and Managing Director, Ambrogio
Trasporti, Italy
Michael vom Baur, Senior Vice-President and Head of LNG Unit, Aker Yards, Norway
Chris Campbell, Executive Director, Ocean Renewable Energy Group, Canada
Emanuele Grimaldi, Co-Managing Director, Grimaldi Group, Italy
Govert Hamers, Chairman, General Assembly, Waterborne Technology Platform, Belgium
David Heydon, President, Chief Executive and Director, Nautilus Minerals Inc., Australia
Geraldine Knatz, Executive Director, Port of Los Angeles, USA
Maria Livanos Cattaui, Member of the Board of Directors, Petroplus Holdings AG, USA
Philippe Louis-Dreyfus, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Louis Dreyfus Armateurs,
and Chairman, European Community Shipowners’ Associations, France
Koji Omi, Former Finance Minister of Japan, Chairman, STS Forum, Japan
Pierre-Guy Thérond, Director of Technology, EDF New Energies, France
Francis Vallat, President, French Maritime Cluster, France
Patrick Verhoeven, Secretary General, European Sea Ports Organisation
Niko Wijnolst, Chairman, Dutch Maritime Network, Netherlands
Government and international organisations
Michel Barnier, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, France
J oe Borg, European Commissioner Responsible for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs
Amir Dossal, Executive Director, UN Office for Partnerships
Paul Egerton, Executive Secretary, European Polar Board, France
Pierre-François Forissier, Commander-in-Chief, French Navy, France
Franco Frattini, Vice-President of the European Commission
João Mira Gomes, State Secretary, Portugal for Defense and Maritime Affairs, Portugal
Xavier de La Gorce, Secretary General for the Seas, France
Abd Ramin Hussin, Undersecretary for Maritime Security Policy, National Security Council,
Prime Minister’s Department, Malaysia
Fotis Karamitsos, Director Maritime transport, Galileo & intelligent transport Directorate General
for Energy and Transport European Commission
Ilkka Laitinen, Executive Director, FRONTEX, Poland
Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director, European Environmental Agency
James Michael Burnell-Nugent, Director, Orchard Leadership, and Former Commander-in-Chief,
Fleet, Royal Navy, UK
John B. Richardson, Head of the Task Force for Maritime Affairs, Directorate-General for Fisheries
and Maritime Policy for the European Commission
Willem de Ruiter, Director, European Maritime Safety Agency, Portugal
Mário Ruivo, Chairman, National Council of the Environment & Sustainable Development/CNADS,
Portugal
Kirsten Ullbæk Selvig, Director General, Department of Coastal Affairs, Norwegian Ministry
of Fishing & Coastal Affairs, Norway
Richard Spinrad, Assistant Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), USA
Jean Tandonnet, Vice Admiral of Escadre, Maritime Chief Administrator for the Mediterranean, France
Ana Paula Vitorino, State Secretary of transport, Portugal
Melanie Austen, Head of Science, Biodiversity and Sustainable Ecosystems, Plymouth Marine
Laboratory, UK
Roger Bingham, Director, Salk Institute - The Sciences Network, San Diego, USA
Catherine Boyen, Chief Scientific Coordinator, Marine-Genomics-Europe and Honorary Secretary
for the jury, Station Biologique de Roscoff, France
Jean-Paul Cadoret, Head of the Algae Physiology and Biotechnology Laboratory, IFREMER, France
Françoise Gaill, Scientific Officer, CNRS, France
John Gunn, Deputy Chief CSIRO, Marine & Atmospheric Research, Australia
Tony Haymet, Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA
Peter Heffernan, Chief Executive Officer, Irish Marine Institute and EU Ambassador for the Seas
Carlo Heip, Director, Royal Institute of Sea Research, Netherlands
Peter Herzig, Director, IFM-GEOMAR, Germany
Nancy Knowlton, Sant Chair for Marine Science, Smithsonian Institute, USA
Catherine Mével, Director, ECORD and Member of the Steering Committee, Deep Sea Frontier
Initiative, France
Jan Olafsen, President, European Society for Marine Biotechnology and Professor,
University of Tromsø, Norway
Geoffrey O’Sullivan, International Co-Operation Manager, Irish Marine Institute, Ireland
Jean-Yves Perrot, President and Chief Executive Officer, IFREMER, France
V. Ramanathan, Victor Alderson Professor of Applied Ocean Sciences and Professor of Climate
and Atmospheric Sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA
Patricia Ricard, Chairwoman, Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute, France
Martin Scholten, Director, Wageningen IMARES, Netherlands
Steven Scott, Director, Scotiabank Marine Geology Research Laboratory, University of Toronto, Canada
Richard Sempere , Director, UMR LMGEM and Professor, University of Marseille, France
Ismail Serageldin, Director, Bibliotheca of Alexandria, Egypt
Richard Somerville, Distinguished Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA
Kiyoshi Suyehiro, Executive Director, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan
Jörn Thiede, Former Director, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research and Leader
on the Aurora Borealis project, Germany
NGOs, Foundations and Institutions
Jim Barnes, Executive Director, Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, USA
Sandra Bessudo, Executive Director, Malpelo Foundation, Colombia
Scott Borgerson, International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, USA
Biliana Cicin-Sain, Co-Chair, Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts and Islands, USA
Jean-Michel Cousteau, President, Ocean Future Society, USA
Maud Fontenoy, Ocean explorer, France
Carl Lundin, Marine Program Director (IUCN), Switzerland
Denis Ody, Head of the Oceans and Seas Program, WWF, France
Steen Sabinsky, Managing Director, Maritime Development Centre of Europe
Robert Wade, Professor of Political Economy and Development, London School of Economics, UK
Brian Wadsworth, Chairman of the Administrative Board of the European Maritime Safety Agency
Speakers
Science
BioMarine is also…
A Business Convention
Over the five days of the BioMarine Forum
a business convention will be held allowing
one-to-one meetings between professionals
to take place, thanks to the use of a partnering
software specially designed to help set up
meetings and optimise time management.
This convention is open to business partners,
scientists, financial organisations and all
key development stakeholders (technology
transfer, research bodies, business consultants,
public development agencies etc.).
Why participate in the business convention?
Ensure other participants know about your
company, product or scientific project.
Meet key stakeholders in the sector including
business, scientific, financial and public
partners.
Launch long-term partnerships.
Develop your network within the business
and scientific communities in France and
throughout the world.
These meetings will take place at the same
time as the conference in a dedicated area
in both Toulon and Marseille.
An Exhibition Area of 3,000 sqm presenting:
The latest breakthroughs and projects from BioMarine's business partners.
Partner pavilions from France, Europe and worldwide.
Business and science exhibitor booths.
Registration - available online
at www.biomarine.org
Participation to BioMarine is free of charge for representatives of *:
The scientific community
NGOs, Foundations and not-for-profit Institutions
Governments and international organisations
For all others, registration fees are charged as follows **:
Early Registration Fee
(before August 20, 2008) Standard Registration Fee (after August 20, 2008)
special rates
regular
fees
for partners, maritime
clusters and SMEs:
E 3,500 Ex. VAT
E 1,750 Ex. VAT
E 4,200 Ex. VAT
E 2,100 Ex. VAT
Registration gives you access to:
All the sessions held in Toulon and Marseille
The partnering on-line tool, which authorizes you to participate in the business convention
Lunches and coffee breaks during the 5 days of the Forum
Cocktail receptions in Toulon and Marseille
“BioMarine delegate bag” and the final program of BioMarine
**Groups of 10 or more - Contact us!
institutional Partners
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE
FOR PARTNERSHIPS
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE
FOR PARTNERSHIPS
industrial Partners
scientific Partners
Business Convention, BioMarine Exhibition – Practical Information
* subject to approval by BioMarine
Venues
Toulon : Palais des Congrès Neptune
Place Besagne - 83000 Toulon
Tel.: + 33 (0)4 98 00 83 83
www.congresneptune.com
Marseille : Parc Chanot
Rond-point du Prado - 13008 Marseille
Tel.: +33 (0)4 91 76 16 00
www.parc-chanot.com
© esprit public | mai 2008 | Crédit photos de Toulon : TPM – Hortense HEBRARD
Major Partners
Contacts :
BioMarine
forum Biomarine Solaris - 210, av. jean Jaurès 69007 LYON - FRANCE
Contact sponsors and partnerships :
[email protected]
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