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9/3 Webinar: The blue recovery and the delayed ocean "super" year

Jointly organized by:Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (OPRI-SPF), The Nippon Foundation, Economist Group

The Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (OPRI-SPF) will co-host a webinar entitled "The blue recovery and the delayed ocean 'super' year" on Thursday September 3, 2020, with The Nippon Foundation and the Economist Group's World Ocean Initiative. Promoting the blue recovery that aims for economic resilience against COVID-19, the third and final webinar in the "Blue Recovery Series" will focus on the issues and prospects for consensus building and the promotion of international cooperation for the upcoming international ocean conferences, and developing the discussions from the first webinar “Ensuring a robust ‘blue’ recovery in Asia and the Pacific” (held July 23, 2020) and the second webinar “Science, innovation and the blue recovery” (held August 26, 2020). We look forward to your participation.

Regarding registration

Please register for the event from the Economist Group's website below. However, those who have registered for this webinar at the first webinar (July 23) or second webinar (August 26) do not need to register again.
URL: https://response.economistevents.com/blue-recovery-series-eng

For those who have completed registration, an email will be sent from the Economist Group.
Contact
Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (OPRI-SPF)
TEL: +81-3-5157-5210
Please send inquiries on the event to oceanpolicy (@) spf.or.jp

Program

Economist Webinar Thid Session Program
Part 3: The blue recovery and the delayed ocean "super" year
20:45 JST Site opening
21:00 JST Introductory remarks
Mr. Charles Goddard, Asia Pacific Editor, The Economist

Opening remarks
Dr. Atsushi Sunami, President, Sasakawa Peace Foundation / President, Ocean Policy Research Institute of SPF
21:05 JST Keynote Panel
Speaker
H.E. Mr. Seiichi Eto, Minister for Ocean Policy, Japan
H.E. Mr. Ricardo Serrão Santos, Minister of Maritime Affairs, Portugal
Mr. Peter Thomson, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean
 
Moderator
Mr. Charles Goddard, Asia Pacific Editor, The Economist
 
Q&A
21:45 JST High Level Panel 
Panelists

H.E. Ms. Rena Lee, President, Intergovernmental Conference on BBNJ; Ambassador for Oceans and Law of the Sea Issues and Special Envoy of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore

H.E. Ngedikes Olai Uludong, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Palau to the UN in New York 

Mr. Tiago Pitta e Cunha, CEO, the Oceano Azul Foundation

Prof. Naoko Ishii, Director, Center for Global Commons, The University of Tokyo

Dr. Atsushi Sunami, President, Sasakawa Peace Foundation / President, Ocean Policy Research Institute of SPF
 
Moderator
Mr. Charles Goddard, Asia Pacific Editor, The Economist
 
Q&A
 
22:30 JST Closing

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