Domani, 17 maggio 2019, si terrà a presso la Fiera di Roma, la Tavola Rotonda “Italy and the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA). Blue Economy as an opportunity to develop stronger cooperation in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean”, organizzata dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale in collaborazione con la presidenza sudafricana di IORA e con il supporto della Federazione del Mare, in rappresentanza del cluster marittimo italiano.
L’evento si inserisce nel programma di EXCO 2019, prima fiera internazionale dedicata alla cooperazione, ed è finalizzato a favorire i contatti tra l’Italia e gli Stati IORA e, naturalmente il cluster marittimo italiano, sulle principali tematiche della Blue Economy quali: pesca e acquacoltura, energie oceaniche rinnovabili, porti e spedizioni marittime, ricerca e sviluppo in biologia marina, turismo e sviluppo delle comunità costiere.
P R O G R A M M E
10,00 Institutional greeting – Emanuela del Re, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Roundtable introduction – Luca Sabbatucci, Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Keynote speech – Anil Sooklal, Deputy Director-General for Asia and Middle East Focal Point for the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IORA), Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) “IORA and the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace, development and cooperation”
The IORA blue economy work plan – Gatot Hari Gunawan, Director, Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Secretariat
11.00 IORA priorities on blue economy and Italian stakeholders
-Fisheries and Aquaculture – Reenat Sandhu, Ambassador of India – Esti Andayani, Ambassador of Indonesia – Luigi Giannini, President of Federpesca – Nino Carlino, President of the Mazara del Vallo District – Giuseppe Palma, Secretary General of Assoittica
-Seaports and Shipping – Abdul Malik Melvin Castelino, Ambassador Malaysia – Mario Mattioli, President of Confitarma and of Federazione del Mare (Italian Maritime Cluster) – Emilio Fortunato Campana, CNR Department of Engineering, ICT and energy and transport technologies – Leonardo Manzari, Italian Blue Growth-WestMed National Hub for Italy and Seafuture organizer
-Renewable Ocean Energy – Ahmad Al Mulla, Deputy Head of Mission, Ambassade of United Arab Emirates – Stefania Valentini, Federpesca, representative of Cluster BIG – Gian Maria Sannino, Head Climate and Impact Modeling Lab, ENEA, SFTT-MET – Riccardo Sensi, Managing Partner for United Arab Emirates, Gianni Origoni & Partners (GOP)
-Environment and disaster prevention, Seabed Exploration, Marine Biotechnology – Massimo Claudio Comparini, CEO of eGeos – Marzia Rovere, CNR – Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR)
– Tourism and development of coastal communities – Biagio Di Terlizzi, Deputy Director, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM)
12.30 Comments and conclusions
