8:30 Registration

9:30 Welcome and Institutional Greetings

Rear Admiral Domenico Guglielmi, Italian Navy, Institute for Maritime Military Studies (Venice), Commander, Italy

Prof. Andrea Lenzi, President of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Italy

Gianluigi Consoli, Director General for Internationalisation and Communication Ministry of University and Research (MUR), Italy

10:00 Chromosomes, Nerves, Cell Division: Fundamental Discoveries In Biology At Marine Stations.

  What Next?

  T. Hunt (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2001) – followed by Q&A

10:45 Contribution of the Mission Ocean&Waters to the Ocean R&I Strategy

  P. Lamy (Chair of the Board for the European Union’s Mission: Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030)

11:00 Break

11:30 Highlights and Key Takeaways from the Symposium

12:15 Questions & discussion (Moderated Discussion with audience interaction via Slido)

13:00 Light lunch

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS

14:00 Roundtable 1 – Stakeholders perspectives: Transformative Ocean Science

Contributions to the Ocean R&I Strategy:

• Jean-François Doussin – Deputy Director, Institut National des Sciences de l’Univers (CNRS-INSU), France
• Anna Rindorf – Director, National Institute of Aquatic Resources (AQUA-DTU), Denmark
• Aris Karageorgis – Director and President, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Greece
• Bjørn Egil Asbjørnslett – Director, NTNU Ocean and Coast, NTNU, Norway
• Adrian Stanica – Director, GeoEcoMar, Romania
• Baris Salihoglu – Director, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
• Antonio Tovar Sanchez – Director, Institute of Marine Science of Andalusia (ICMAN) Spanish Research Council, Spain
• Rosa Fugueroa – Director, Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), Spain

14:45 Questions & discussion

15:00 Roundtable 2 – Stakeholders perspectives: Transformative Ocean Science

Contributions to the Ocean R&I Strategy:

• Sheila Heymans – Executive Director of the European Marine Board
• Adam Soule – Director, Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute, NOAA, USA
• Diego Fernandez – Director, Research and Development, EO Science European Space Agency (ESA), EU
• Maria Luz Paramio Martin – President, EurOcean
• Simonetta Fraschetti – Secretary General, EuroMarine Association
• Peter Haugan – Chair, JPI Oceans, EU
• Alan Deidun – SEA-EU Rector’s Delegate at UM and Malta’s Ocean Ambassador 

15:45 Questions & discussion

16:00 Roundtable 3 – From the Ocean Pact to the Ocean R&I Strategy and the Ocean Act

• James Morrison – Director, Directorate General for Research and. Innovation, European Commission
• Delilah Al Khudhairy – Director, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE), European Commission
• Katja Matthes – Director, GEOMAR, Germany
• Johh Siddorn – CEO, National Oceanography Centre, UK
• François Houllier – CEO, IFREMER, France
• Francesco Petracchini – Director, Department of Earth System Sciences and Environmental Technologies (CNR), Italy

16:45 Questions & discussion

17:00 Conclusion and Closing Remarks