2nd HLD-20-21 November 2017 – Florianopolis, Brazil
Innovation for Inclusive Ocean Economies
Join us for five days of inspiring discussion and strategic cooperation to address inclusive ocean economies in the Atlantic region and advance UN Sustainable Development Goals across space, atmosphere, ocean, climate, energy, and data science. The first day will focus on a ministerial meeting to address post-pandemic economic recovery:
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The Philadelphia Declaration
We’re proud to host our first high-level dialogue in North America at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The location not only holds historical significance as a naval shipyard, but also serves today as a vibrant public-private innovation center driving economic development in Philadelphia and into the Atlantic.
The Philadelphia Declaration signifies a transition to five new AIR Centre missions. Learn More
Marsa Matruh, Egypt
Transformative Science and Technology
We’ll help organizations integrate their work in emerging science and technology to achieve meaningful societal impact. Daily sessions will focus on AIR Centre thematic missions:
Featured Presenters
Eric Barron (Host)
President, Penn State
University Park, PA USA
Zdenka Willis
President,
Marine Technology Society
Great Falls, VA, USA
Ogbonnaya Onu
Minister of Science and Technology
Nigeria, Africa
Maria do Rosário Sambo
Minister of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation
Angola
Miguel Belló Mora
CEO, AIR Centre
Madrid, Spain
Manuel Heitor
Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education
Lisbon, Portugal
Craig McLean
Assistant Administrator of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, NOAA
Silver Spring, MD, USA
Larry Mayer
Director of the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, UNH
Chair of the Ocean Studies Board, NAS
Durham, New Hampshire, USA
Jan Wörner
Director General, European Space Agency
Germany
DAY 1
The 6th High-Level Industry-Science-Government Dialogue on Atlantic Interactions
Day 1 October 5th
Opening Concert
- Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror), composed by Arvo Part
Elizabeth Ann Allen, piano, and Pavel Gomziakov, cello
Plenary SessionWelcome Remarks
- Greg Jenkins, Penn State, USA Moderator
- Eric J. Barron, President, Penn State, USA
- Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania, USA
- Vaughan Turekian, Executive Director of the Division on Policy and Global Affairs, NASEM, USA
- Reece Smyth, Department of State, Office of Science and Technology Cooperation, USA
Plenary Session AIR Centre: Vision, Mission, Current Status, and Selected Projects
- Jerry Miller, Founder and CEO, Science for Decisions, USA Moderator
- Keynote Speakers
- Miguel Belló Mora, CEO, AIR Centre
- Stewart Bernard, CSO AIR Centre / SANSA, South Africa
Plenary Session Ministerial Meeting
- Lee Kump, Dean of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Penn State, USA Moderator
- Keynote Speaker
- Zdenka Willis, President, Marine Technology Society, USA
- Brief Remarks
- Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister for Science and Technology, Nigeria
- Paulo Veiga, Minister of Maritime Economy, Cabo Verde
- Pedro Duque, Minister of Science and Innovation, Spain
- Grunde Kreken Almeland, Secretary of State, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Norway
- Julieta Izidro Rodrigues, Minister of Education and Higher Education, São Tomé and Príncipe
- Maria do Rosário Sambo, Minister of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Angola
- Amanda Solloway, Minister for Science, Research and Innovation, United Kingdom
- Daan du Toit, Deputy Director-General: International Cooperation and Resources, Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa
- Sigi Gruber, Head of Unit, Healthy Oceans & Seas, European Commission, Belgium
- João Carlos Oliveira da Silva, Secretary of Environment of the State of Bahia, Brazil
- Gui Menezes, Regional Secretary of the Sea, Science and Technology Azores, Portugal
- Manuel Heitor, Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal
- Presentation of the Philadelphia Declaration
- Manuel Heitor, Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal
Plenary Session Brief remarks from High-Level Representatives:
Global Challenges and Local Action: How Space and Ocean Sciences Can Support Economic Recovery and Job Creation in a Post-Pandemic World
- Tom Richard, Director of Penn State Institutes for Energy and the Environment; Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering Penn State, USA Moderator
- Brief Introduction
- Manuel Heitor, Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal
- Presenters
- Craig McLean, Assistant Administrator of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, NOAA, USA
- Terry Quinn, Director of Ocean Sciences, NSF, USA
- Jan Wörner, Director General, ESA, Germany
- Salvador Landeros, Mexican Space Agency, Mexico
- Jack Kaye, NASA, USA
- Larry Mayer, Chair of the Ocean Studies Board, NAS, USA
- Closing Remarks
- Miguel Belló Mora, CEO, AIR Centre
DAYS 2-5
Innovation for Sustainable Marine Development and the Blue Economy
Day 2 October 6th
Plenary Session Blue Economy for Post-Pandemic Recovery
- Jen McCann, Coastal Resources Center, URI, USA Moderator
- Miguel Marques, PwC, Portugal
- Gregory Watson, IADB
- Erik Giercksky, UN Global Compact
- Claire Jolly, OECD
Parallel Session AIR Centre Missions: Clean and Productive Coasts, Bays and Estuaries
Marine Spatial Planning
- Sally Yozell, Stimson Center, USA Moderator
- Juan Ronco, European Commission
- Tammy Warren, Government of Bermuda, Bermuda
- Michele Quesada Da Silva, IOC-UNESCO
- Marta Vergilio, Regional Fund for Science, Azores, Portugal
- Mandy Lombard, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa
Coastal Pollution
- David Yoskowitz, Harte Research Institute, USA Moderator
- Olivia Oliveira, IG/UFBA, Brazil
- John Paul Unyimadu, NIOMR, Nigeria
- Luiz Paulo Assad, LAMCE/COPPE/UFRJ, Brazil
- Eduardo Silva, INESCTEC/ISEP, Portugal
- Paolo Corradi, ESA, Italy
Parallel sessions co-organized with GEO MBON
Parallel Session AIR Centre Missions: Clean and Productive Coasts, Bays and Estuaries
Mangroves
- Esperança Costa, Secretary of State of Fisheries, Angola Moderator
- Yara Schaeffer-Novelli, USP, Brazil
- Alexandra Rodriguez, INVEMAR, Colombia
- Bubu Jallow, GOTG/GEF/UNEP, Gambia
- Antonio Queiroz, UFBA, Brazil
- Foster Mensah, CERSGIS, Ghana
Coastal processes
- João Lorenzetti, INPE, Brazil Moderator
- Victoria Coles, UMCES/HPL, USA
- Marcelo Rollnic, IG/UFPA, Brazil
- Ffion Atkins, UCT, South Africa
- José Lino Costa, CoastNet, MARE, FCUL, Portuga
- Francisco Campuzano, Maretec/ IST, Portugal
Parallel sessions co-organized with GEO MBON
Day 3 October 7th
Plenary Session UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021 – 2030: Opportunities for Atlantic Engagement
- Julian Barbière, Chief of Section, Marine Policy and Regional Coordination, Ocean Decade Focal Point, IOC-UNESCO Moderator
- Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary, IOC-UNESCO
- Alison Clausen, Programme Specialist, IOC-UNESCO, Paris, France
- Christa G. von Hillebrandt-Andrade, Manager US NWS Caribbean Tsunami Warning Program, Member of Ocean Decade Executive Planning Group, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
- Mika Odido, IOC Coordinator in Africa, IOC’s Sub Commission for Africa & the Adjacent Island States (IOCAFRICA), Kenya, Africa
- Edward Senkondo, Researcher and Member of Informal Working Group for Early Career Professionals of the Ocean Decade
Parallel Session AIR Centre Missions: Resilience to Coastal Natural Hazards
Extreme Weather
- Greg Jenkins, Penn State, USA Moderator
- Giovanni Coppini, CMCC, Italy
- Jenni Evans, Penn State, USA
- Nuno Moreira, IPMA, Portugal
- Mark Guishard, Bermuda Weather Service, Bermuda
- Marc de Vos, SA Weather Service, South Africa
Floods
- Andrew Kruczkiewicz, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University, USA Moderator
- Obassi Ettu, RMRDC, Nigeria
- Marco Tedesco, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, USA
- Jose Luiz Zezere, IGOT, Portugal
- Lafayette Dantas da Luz, UFBA, Brazil
Parallel Session AIR Centre Missions: Resilience to Coastal Natural Hazards
Sea Level Rise
- Jerry Miller, Science for Decisions, USA Moderator
- John Englander, USA
- Richard Alley, Penn State, USA
- Klaus Keller, Penn State, USA
- Melanie Luck-Vogel, CSIR, South Africa
Coastal Erosion
- Jimmy Adegoke, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA Moderator
- Goncalo Vieira, IGOT, Portugal
- Landim Dominguez, UFBA, Brazil
- Sergio Ávila, Azores, Portugal
- Christine A. Omuombo, University of Nairobi, Kenya
- Joni Backstrom, UNC Wilmington, USA
Day 4 October 8th
Plenary Session International Collaboration
- Leah Mupas Segui, NOAA, USA Moderator
- Jon White, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, USA
- Emily Smail, GEO Blue Planet
- Abdoulaye Diagana, Abidjan Convention Secretariat (UNEP), Ivory Coast
- Sigi Gruber, Head of the Healthy Oceans and Seas Unit, DG RTD, EC
Parallel Session AIR Centre Missions: Sustainable Food Production
Sustainable Fisheries
- Greg Jenkins, Penn State, USA Moderator
- Kwame Agyekum, University of Ghana, Ghana
- Benvindo Fonseca, IMAR, Cape Verde
- Serge Raemaekers, ABALOBI, South Africa
- Marcelo Oliveira, Bahia Pesca, Brazil
- Michael Ruccio, NOAA, USA
Sustainable Aquaculture
- Stewart Bernard, SANSA, South Africa Moderator
- Elisa Ravagnan, NORCE, Norway
- Suleiman Sadiku, FUTMINNA, Nigeria
- Paulo Serra Lopes, Aquazor, Portugal
- Hayley Evers-King, EUMETSAT
- Lars Ebbesson, iFishIENCi / NORCE, Norway
Parallel Session AIR Centre Missions: Improved Resource Management of Oceans, Coasts and Marine Systems
Coastal Observation
- Gabrielle Canonico, NOAA/IOOS, USA Moderator
- Tommy Bornman, SAEON, South Africa
- Regina Folorunsho, NIOMR, Nigeria
- João Paulo Vitorino, Instituto Hidrográfico, Portugal
- Segen Estefen, INPO, Brazil
- Sergio Rossi, Università di Salento, Italy
Seagrass
- Rocío Moreno, Preservation Balearic Islands, Spain Moderator
- James W. Fourqurean, FIU, USA
- Sarah Manuel, Government of Bermuda, Bermuda
- Karine Matos Magalhães, Rural Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
- Heidi Dierssen, University of Connecticut, USA
Parallel sessions co-organized with GEO MBON
Parallel Session AIR Centre Missions: Improved Resource Management of Oceans, Coasts and Marine Systems
Corals
- David Obura, CORDIO, Kenya Moderator
- Milton Kampel, INPE, Brazil
- Eric Hochberg, BIOS, Bermudas
- Ruy Kikuchi, UFBA, Brazil
- Beatrice Padovani Ferreira, UFPE, Brazil
- Mark Eakin, NOAA, USA
Sargassum
- Karima Degia, UWI, Barbados Moderator
- Frank Muller-Karger, USF, USA
- Chuanmin Hu, USF, USA
- Jewel Kudjawu, EPA, Ghana
- Paulo Horta, UFSC, Brazil
Parallel sessions co-organized with GEO MBON
Day 5 October 9th
Plenary Session Capacity Building and Innovation
- Ana Noronha, Ciência Viva, Portugal Moderator
- DK Osseo-Asare, Penn State, USA
- Yesim Sireli, UNCC, USA
- Paulo Lara, Projecto TAMAR, Brazil
- Jan Seys, Flanders Marine Institute, Belgium
Parallel Session AIR Centre Missions: Improved Environmental and Maritime Monitoring
Numerical Modeling
- Ramiro Neves, MARETEC/IST, Portugal Moderator
- Luiz Paulo Assad, COPPE, Brazil
- Felix Uba, University of Ghana, Ghana
- Mary Gasalla - USP/IPBES, Brazil
- Nadia Pinardi, CMCC, Italy
- Jennifer Jackson-Veitch, SAEON, South Africa
Marine Robotics
- Michael Jones, TMA Blue Tech, USA Moderator
- Gerard Dooly, University of Limerick, Ireland
- Antonio Pascoal / Luís Sebastião, ISR IST, Portugal
- Katy Croff Bell, MIT Media Lab, USA
- João Tasso, LSTS/FEUP, Portugal
- Pedro Monteiro, CSIR, South Africa
Parallel Session AIR Centre Missions: Improved Environmental and Maritime Monitoring
Nanosatellite Constellation
- Minoo Rathnasabapathy, MIT Media Lab, USA Moderator
- Amal Khatri, SANSA, South Africa
- Evelyn Honoré-Livermore, NTNU, Norway
- Amber Emory, NASA, USA
- Milton Kampel, INPE, Brazil
- Francis Chizea, NASRDA, Nigeria
Artificial Intelligence
- Susana Barbosa, INESCTEC / AIR_DataNET, Portugal Moderator
- Francisco Doblas-Reyes, BSC, Spain
- Jamese Sims, NOAA, USA
- Alipio Jorge, MACC, Portugal
- Alexandre Evsukoff, COPPE/UFRJ, Brazil
- Guido Cervone, Penn State, USA
Final Remarks
- Manuel Heitor, Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal
- Closing Concert
- Après un rêve (After a Dream), composed by Fauré
Elizabeth Ann Allen, piano, and Pavel Gomziakov, cello
- Après un rêve (After a Dream), composed by Fauré
