NOTICE
The program may be subject to change
Thursday, September 24
08:30 – 09:00
Attendance Registration and Networking Coffee
09:00 – 09:30
Institutional Welcome
09:30 – 10:00
Panel 0: The Canary Islands ecosystem aligned and ready for the boost
10:00 – 10:30
Keynote: Manuel Maqueda – specialist in Circular and Regenerative Economy
10:30 – 11:40
Panel 1: Criticality of the Submarine Cable
Participants:
- José María Liarte – Commander of the Navy Diving Center and Director of the Military Diving School
- Rubén Molowny – CEO of CANALINK
- Matt Bowden – Director of Operations at Red Penguin Marine
- Domingo Gómez-Pamo – Senior Defense and Security Advisor – Naval Systems, INDRA
- Luis Velasco – Director of Facilities Development Support at Red Eléctrica
Moderator: Beatriz Calzada – President of the Port Authority of Las Palmas
11:40 – 12:10
Coffee break
12:15 – 13:15
Panel 2: Dual Technologies
Participants:
- Santiago de Colsa – Rear Admiral of the Canary Islands Naval Command
- Ruyman Medina – General Manager of ASTICAN
- Guillermo Ramos – Business Advisor Zamakona Yards
- Iván Suárez– Founder and CEO of New Sky
Moderator: Gustavo Santana – President of State Ports
13:15 – 15:00
Lunch
15:05 – 15:25
Keynote: Elisabeth Kotthaus – Head of Unit for Tourism, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE)
15:25 – 16:15
Panel 3: Decarbonization of Maritime Transport
Participants:
- Santiago Yanes – Vice President of the Net Zero Sea Alliance
- Carlos Giner – Director of MOEVE in the Canary Islands
- José María Collado – Commercial Director at Boluda Shipping
Moderator: Pedro Suárez López – President of the Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
16:20 – 17:20
Panel 4: Living Resources
Participants:
- Jesús María Arrieta – Director of the Canary Islands Oceanographic Center, Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC)
- José J. Pascual – Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of La Laguna (ULL)
- Ricardo Haroun – Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) and researcher at the ECOAQUA University Institute
- Juan Ramón Rodríguez – Responsible for Bioasis Gran Canaria at the Economic Promotion Society of Gran Canaria (SPEGC)
Moderator: Javier Ojeda – Manager of the Spanish Aquaculture Business Association (APROMAR)
Friday, September 25
09:00 – 10:00
Panel 5: Ocean Test Sites
Participants:
- Raúl Guanche – Full Professor and Principal Investigator of the CEHINAV group (Hydrodynamic Testing Channel of the ETSI Navales) of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM)
- Yago Torre-Enciso – Technical Director at Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP)
- Jordi Puigcorbé – Director of the IREC Energy Research Institute of Catalonia
- Gonzalo Piernavieja – Director of R&D&I at the Technological Institute of the Canary Islands (ITC)
Moderator: José Joaquín Hernández – Director of the Canary Islands Ocean Platform (PLOCAN)
10:05 – 10:55
Panel 6: Marine Renewables
Participants:
- Manuel Fernández – Business Development Director for Spain at Ocean Winds
- Bernardino Couñago– CEO and co-founder of BlueNewables
- Valerino Ruiz – Head of Area of the General Directorate of Coasts and Management of the Canary Islands Maritime Space
Moderator: Julieta Schallenberg – Deputy Ministry of Ecological Transition, Climate Action and Energy
10:55 – 11:25
Coffee break
11:30 – 12:30
Panel 7: Coastal Tourism
Participants:
- Fátima Lemes – Mayor of Arona City Council
- Marco Aurelio Pérez – Mayor of the San Bartolomé de Tirajana City Council
- Elisabeth Kotthaus – Head of Unit for Tourism, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE)
- Jessica de León – Minister of Tourism and Employment
Moderator: Lope Afonso Hernández – Vice President and Councillor for Tourism, Foreign Action and Institutional Relations of the Tenerife Island Council
12:30 – 12:50
Keynote: Jordi Guillén – Head of the Maritime Economics Team at the Joint Research Centre (JRC)
12:50 – 13:50
Panel 8: Impact of the Blue Economy
Participants:
- Aridane González – President of the Committee of Experts for Climate Change, Circular Economy and Blue Economy of the Canary Islands
- Harold Hasler-Sheetal – Scientific Officer del International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
- Marta Pascual – Representative of the EU Spanish National Hub – Oceans and Sustainable Blue Economy
- Canary Islands Maritime Cluster – tbc
Moderator: Pedro Alfonso Martín – President of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations CEOE Tenerife
13:50 – 14:15
Closing Ceremony