8:30 Registration

9:30 Welcome and Opening remarks 

Mario Sprovieri, Director of the Institute of Marine Sciences of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ISMAR), Italy

9:35 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

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

Tim 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

Pascal Lamy Chair of the Board for the European Union’s Mission: Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030

11:00 From the European Mission Starfish to the European Ocean Act

Geneviève Pons President and DG of Europe Jacques Delors, Brussels

11:10 Break

11:40 Highlights and Key Takeaways from the Symposium

 Elena Gissi and Giuseppe Suaria – CNR-ISMAR, Italy

12:00 Questions & discussion (Moderated Discussion with audience interaction via Slido)

12:45 Light lunch

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS

13:45 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
• Emma Huertas – Deputy Director, Institute of Marine Science of Andalusia (ICMAN) Spanish Research Council, Spain
• Rosa Figueroa – Director, Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), Spain

15:00 Questions & discussion

15:15 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, USA
• Giuseppe Magnifico – Steering committee member, 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 Break

16:30 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

17:15 Questions & discussion

17:30 Conclusion and Closing Remarks