OCEANS OF POTENTIAL
Plymouth Hoe, Sept 10-12^th 2012
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Amongst the highest level line-up of speakers assembled in the UK to discuss the future use and protection of our seas.

MBA Member discount rate available!  

Speakers include:  

·    Dr Wendy Watson-Wright, Assistant Director-General, UNESCO and Executive Secretary Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
·    Prof Jacquie McGlade, Director of the European Environment Agency
·    Iain Gray, Chief Executive of the Technology Strategy Board
·    Prof Duncan Wingham, Chief Executive of the Natural Environment Research Council
·    Dr Susan Avery, President and Director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
·    Prof Lora Fleming, Director of the European Centre for Environment and Human Health
·    Tim Kruger, Oxford Geoengineering Programme, Oxford University
·    Prof Simon Jennings, Chief Science Advisor at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas)
·    Dr Nick Hardman-Mountford, Senior Marine Scientist at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
·    Dr Steve Crooks, Climate Change Director, ESA PWA, USA
·    Prof Martin Attrill, Director of the Marine Institute, Plymouth University
·    Prof Manuel Barange, Chair of the Scientific Committee of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)

As part of the conference (evening of Tues 11^th Sept), there will be a public debate on ‘Sustainable fisheries in a changing world’. The debate will include various high-profile stakeholders (industry, science and end-users) and will be chaired by Monty Halls whose recent work includes BBC TV series on a year living and working with crab fishermen in Cornwall and on the Great Barrier Reef. Come and join in!

There will also be a special session run by the Marine Biological Association on ‘multiple uses of the marine environment’ and members of the MBA will receive a 10% discount on their registration costs for the conference.

Poster abstracts still being accepted until 17^th August

Registration only £150

Further details of the meeting are below, including full programme:

As we continue into the 21st century, it is becoming increasingly clear that we need to take a smarter approach to managing our resources and maximizing the potential of the natural environment to provide for society’s needs. The oceans are beginning to demonstrate their wealth of potential – from renewable energy and carbon sequestration to human health, bioengineering and new approaches to food production.

There are a growing number of opportunities for the development of symbiotic industries and for marine science to provide a host of tools to assist in the management of marine resources, ensuring that exploitation of the oceans proceeds both efficiently and sustainably.

To this end the “Oceans of Potential” conference will bring together stakeholders from a broad range of disciplines to discuss these opportunities and to place marine science at the heart of an exciting vision of the future.

We are offering various sponsorship and exhibition packages to provide additional visibility at the Oceans of Potential conference, please visit http://coastms.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a477eb8cd0fd95c25563618a1&id=8e7fae6e8a&e=b94ba4027b.

The conference is an initiative of the Plymouth marine sciences organisations, coordinated by Plymouth Marine Laboratory and part of the wider Plymouth Marine City Festival. The conference will be the second in the series of major marine conferences planned to run until 2020; the previous conference focused on marine spatial planning and was in partnership with the UK Marine Management Organisation.

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Kind regards,
The Steering Committee

FULL PROGRAMME  

Tuesday 11^th September 2012

Session 1: Possibilities and visions for the ocean through innovations in science and technology

09:15	Welcome Professor Stephen de Mora, Chief Executive, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
09:20	Potential of the ocean and challenges of sustainability Dr Wendy Watson-Wright, Assistant Director-General, UNESCO and Executive Secretary Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
09:45	European perspective Dr Jacquie McGlade, Director European Environment Agency
10:10	A new marine economy and the role of marine science Professor Duncan Wingham, NERC Chief Executive and previous Chair of the NERC’s Science & Innovation Strategy Board
10:35	Open discussion

 Session 2: Bioprospecting

11:10	Session Keynote Marine bioprospecting – new frontiers of genomic research Dr Andrew Allen, Craig Venter institute (tbc)
11:35	Potential of the ocean and challenges of sustainability Interconnections between the environment and human health – opportunities and challenges Professor Lora Fleming, Director of the European Centre for Environment and Human Health
11:50	Sustainable chemicals from cyanobacteria and microalgae Dr Carole Llewellyn, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
12:05	Unilever’s perspective on developing new supply chains and innovation within the consumer goods and speciality chemicals industry Dr Gianfranco Unali, Open Innovation Manager at Unilever
12:20	Open discussion

 Session 3: Multiple uses of the marine environment (Marine Biological Association Special Session)

13:35	Session Keynote Challenges and future trends Susan Avery, President and Director Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
14:00	Marine Protected Areas and climate change Prof John Pinnegar, Programme Director of Cefas’ Marine Climate Change Centre (MC3)
14:15	MPAs: do they help maximise opportunities/resource potential? Dr Lindsay Seiderer, Managing Director, Marine Ecological Surveys
14:30	The international legal framework and governing economic activities in the sea Daniel Owen, Barrister and specialist in the law that regulates how we use the seas and oceans, Fenners Chambers
14:45	The UK regulators perspective Dr Melanie Austen, Chief Scientific Advisor, Marine Management Organisation
15:00	Open discussion Speakers as panel (15 min)

 Session 4: Fisheries and aquaculture

15:35	Session Keynote: Predicting the impacts and socio-economic consequences of climate change on global marine ecosystems and fisheries Professor Manuel Barange, Chair of the ICES Scientific Committee and Director of Science at Plymouth Marine Laboratory
16:00	Towards an ecosystem approach to fisheries in Europe: a perspective on existing progress and future directions Professor Simon Jennings, Chief Science Advisor at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Lowestoft
16:15	Global food and aquaculture futures Professor James Muir, Institute of Aquaculture
16:30	Fisheries – future trends in the increasing food and nutrition needs, an industry perspective Mike Park, Chief Executive of the Scottish White Fish Producers’ Association (SWFPA)
16:45	Open discussion Speakers as panel (15 min)

 Wednesday 12^th September 2012

 Session 5: Blue carbon and sustainable energy

09:15	The future of marine renewable energy Professor Martin Attrill, Director of the Marine Institute at Plymouth University
09:40	Blue carbon Dr Steve Crooks, Climate Change Director, ESA PWA
09:55	Blue carbon and carbon capture and storage Mr Jonas Helseth, Deputy Director of Bellona Europe
10:10	Australia’s national programme on blue carbon, integration and future trends Dr Nick Hardman-Mountford, Senior Marine Scientist at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
10:25	Open discussion

 Session 6: Science fiction to science fact

11:00	Carbon capture and carbon storage – fiction or fact? Professor Stuart Haszeldine OBE FRSE C.Geol, University of Edinburgh
11:15	Geo-engineering – taking control of our planet’s climate? Tim Kruger, James Martin Fellow, Oxford Geoengineering Programme, Oxford University
11:30	Innovative offshore greenhouse constructions providing multiple layers of farming Claude Monique Mampaey, Director, Deep Arctic Water BV
11:45	Technology development and in situ monitoring Dr Tim Smyth, Head of Science “Cycling the sunlit ocean”, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
12:00	To be confirmed – 3 x 5 min pitches on the future of the oceans (novel ways to maintain sustainability in a changing world) (abstracts welcome)
12:15	Session Keynote Commercialising opportunities – best practice and future trends Iain Gray, Chief Executive of the UK Technology Strategy Board (TSB)
12:40	Open discussion
13:00	Networking lunch at the Business Expo