Speaker
Dr. Atsushi Sunami
President, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
9:15-9:55 JST | Registration |
10:00-11:00 JST | Opening Session Opening Remarks Dr. Atsushi Sunami, President, Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) Mr. Vidar Helgesen, Executive Secretary, Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC/UNESCO) Keynote Address Mr. Julian Pierre Barbière, Head of Marine Policy and Regional Coordination IOC/UNESCO "Midway Milestones: Advancing the Goals of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030)" Remarks by the Guest of Honor(TBC) |
11:00-11:30 JST | Group Photo and Coffee Break |
11:30-12:30 JST | High-Level Roundtable with Ambassadors, Experts and Practitioners Theme: "Driving Ocean Leadership and Innovation: Advancing Governance, Blue Economy, and Marine Science to Achieve 30x30" Moderator: Atsushi Sunami, President, SPF Speakers (provisional): 1. Prof. Yutaka Michida, Chair, IOC-UNESCO |
12:30-14:00 JST | Lunch Break |
14:00-15:00 JST | High-Level Roundtable with Principals of Foundations Theme: “Catalyzing Cross-Sector Collaboration: Mobilizing Private Foundations for Nature-Positive and Climate-Resilient Decade Action” Moderator: Ms. Alison Clausen, Programme Specialist, Marine Policy and Regional Coordination Section, IOC/UNESCO Speakers: (TBC) |
15:00-16:00 JST | Interactive Roundtable with Solution Example and Voice of Local Community Theme: "Asia’s Vision for the Ocean Decade: Advancing Regional Action to Honor the Ocean as the Mother of Life" Moderator: Dr. Kotaro Tanaka, Research Fellow, OPRI, SPF Speakers: (TBC) |
16:00-16:15 JST | Coffee Break |
16:15-17:00 JST | Ocean Literacy and Capacity Building Theme: “Transforming Ocean Knowledge into Action: Ocean Literacy and Capacity Building as a Foundation for the Ocean We Want” Moderator: Amb. Dr. Fabrizio Bozzato, Senior Research Fellow, Planning and Coordination Department, SPF Speakers: (TBC) |
17:00 JST | Closing of Day 1 |
President, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Executive Secretary, IOC-UNESCO
IOC programme specialist, head of section for Marine Policy and Regional Coordination in charge of the Integrated Coastal Area Management
The Chairperson, IOC-UNESCO