The Marine Economy – A key component of the EU Strategy for the Atlantic Area
The Grand Hotel, Malahide, Co. Dublin. Tuesday February 7th 2012

Morning session chaired by Mr. Gerry Finn, Director, BMW Regional Assembly.
Teas/Coffees on arrival

9.00am           Registration

9.30am           Conference official opening by Councillor Cyril Burke, Chairman of the BMW Regional Assembly.

9.45am           Key Note address by Mr. Simon Coveney, TD., Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

10.15am        The components of the EU Atlantic Area Strategy - Mr. Matthew King,  Head of Unit for Maritime Policy in the Atlantic,  Arctic and Outermost Regions, DG Mare, European Commission

10.45am         Questions & Answers

11.00am         Coffee Break

11.30am         The Atlantic Area of co-operation - Features, Opportunities and Maritime Challenges: Dr. Dina Fernanda Sereno Ferreira, Vice President IFDR, Portugal. Presidency of the Atlantic Area Programme 2012 

11.50am         Marine co-operation in the Atlantic Area Programme - Achievements and perspectives for the future: Dr. Ana Teresa Lehmann, Vice-President of  CCDR-Norte, Managing Authority, Atlantic Area Programme

12.10pm         The importance of the Atlantic Area Strategy to the development of the Atlantic Marine Economy - Ms. Pauline Caumont, Executive Secretary, Atlantic Arc Commission, Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR)

12.35pm        Ireland’s Marine Economy and its relationship with other Atlantic Area Member State Marine Strategies - Dr. Peter Heffernan, CEO, Marine Institute.

1.00pm           Questions & Answers

1.15-2.15pm  Lunch

Afternoon session chaired by Mr. Pat Colgan, CEO, Special EU Programmes Body

2.15pm-2.40pm        The Socio Economic Development of the Marine Sector in the Atlantic Area - Dr. Stephen Hynes, SEMRU, National University of Ireland Galway.

2.40pm – 3.40pm     Panel discussion on value added of selected marine projects funded under the Atlantic Area Programme 2007-2013

Maritime Transport & Short Sea Shipping - PROPOSSE project.  Capt. Michael Mc Carthy, Port of Cork, IE

Marine Leisure & Watersports Tourism – NEA 2 project. François Arbellot, Regional Council of Brittany, FR

Marine Renewables as a growing sector - MAREN project. Ms. Bettina Bockelman Evans, Cardiff University, UK

Response management to marine disasters-ARCOPOL project. Ms. Marisa Fernandez, Centro Tecnologica del Mar Fundacion, ES                    

Integrated Coastal Fisheries management - PRESPO project. Mr. Miguel Gaspar, Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biologicos (IPIMAR), PT

3.40pm – 4.15pm     Questions/Answers & Concluding remarks.

Conference close

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