UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
Virtual Ocean Literacy Summit
8 June, 2020
9am – 12:30 am UTC
Draft Agenda
(9:00-9:05) Special opening message: UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay
Opening
(9:05-9:10) Vladimir Ryabinin (Executive Secretary of IOC-UNESCO): Ocean Decade, Ocean Literacy
(9:10-9:15) Megan Rowling, moderator (Thomson Reuters journalist)
(9:15-9:25) Keynote by Peter Thomson(UN Special Envoy for the Ocean): Why we need ocean action, and the role of ocean literacy
(9:25-9:28) Video“The Earth has One big Ocean with many features”
(9:28-9:30) Panel 1: Our ocean connects us …
- Ricardo Serrão Santos, Minister of the Sea of Portugal
- Thomas Remengesau Jr., President of Palau
- Chip Cunliffe, Head of Sustainability, AXA
- Helen Ågren, Ambassador for the Ocean, Sweden
- Tyler-Rae Chung, Member of the Early Career Ocean Professionals Group for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
9:55-10:10 Debate with moderators
Debate – 10:10-10:20
10:20-10:25 Justin Wordland, moderator (Time Magazine journalist)
Panel 2– Our Ocean engages us…
- Margaret Leinen, Scripps Institute
- Kerstin Forsberg, Planeta Oceano
- Nina Jensen, REVOcean
- Jyotika Virmani, Schmidt Ocean Institute
- Markus Reymann, Alligator Head Foundation and TBA21 Academy
- Sylvia Spalding, IPMEN and NMEA
- Adrian Rogers, Ocean Wise
10:50-11:00 – questions with moderator
Debate with questions from the audience 11:10-11:15
Lisa Friedman, moderator (New York Time journalist) – 11:15-11:20
Video by Anne de Carbuccia, One Planet, One Future
Panel 3– Our Ocean inspires us
- Can Büyükberber, Visual Artist and Director
- John Canning, Interactive and Mixed Reality Producer
- Altin Gün, Musician
- DRĖĖĖMY (Reem Abdou), Ethnomusical Sound Artist
- Görkem Hayta, Cultural Diplomacy Expert
- Lorenzo Bertelli, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility of Prada S.p.A.
- Alexia Barrier, Alexia Barrier, skipper IMOCA , president of 4myplanet association
11:50-12:00 debate with moderator
Debate with audience – 12:00-12:10
12:10-12:15 Video message– EC Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, The EU Ocean Literacy Initiative
12:15-12:20 Kenza Khallafi, Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection, a proposal for an Ocean Literacy Network in Africa
12:20-12:25 The way forward – OL as part of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and looking forward to the 10 years we have to work together – Julian Barbière (IOC-UNESCO)
12:25-12:28 Immersive audiovisual (cultural diplomacy demo)
Closing remarks