Conference Program
9:00-9:20 PM CET: Welcome Remarks and Keynote Address
Speakers:
- Oliver Wenden, Vice-President, Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
- Sarah Stimson Karis, Board of Director & ACRE Board of Counselor, Stimson Center
- Raphaël Cuvelier, Vice President, Ocean & Climate Platform
- Monica Medina, Assistant Secretary, Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, US State Department (Keynote)
9:20-10:40 AM CET: Session 1 – Coastal resilience to biodiversity loss and climate change: what’s the situation and what’s at risk?
Speakers:
- Linwood Pendleton, Executive Director, Ocean Knowledge Action Network International Project Office (Moderator)
- Hans-Otto Pörtner, IPCC Vice Chair, Working Group II
- Tanya Brodie Rudolph, CEO and Founder, Enviromer
- Robert Nicholls, Director, Tyndall Center for Climate Change
- Awa Bousso Drame, PhD Student, UCL West African Coastal Areas Program, Centre de Suivi Ecologique, Dakar, Senegal
11:10 AM-12:40 PM CET: Session 2 – Assessing vulnerability: the need for innovative tools, policies and planning for coastal resilience
Speakers:
- Sally Yozell, Senior Fellow and Director, Environmental Security Program, Stimson Center (Moderator)
- Robin Kemper, Senior Risk Engineering Consultant, Zurich Resilience Solutions
- Nicole LeBoeuf, Assistant Administrator, NOAA’s National Ocean Service
- Arthur Tuda, Executive Director, Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association
- Jeremy Ragauin, AOSIS Fellow
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CET: Session 3 – Designing sustainable adaptation solutions for cities and territories
Speakers:
- Anna Zivian, Senior Research Fellow, Ocean Conservancy (Moderator)
- Raphaël Billé, Programme Director, Tour de Valat
- Kate Strachan, Senior Professional Officer, Climate Change & Coastal Management, ICLEI Africa
- Samantha Box, Coastal Strategy and Policy Team Leader, Coastal Partners
- Pauli Merriman, Policy Manager Oceans, WWF International
3:00-4:00 PM CET: Session 4 – Framing implementation: enabling conditions
Speakers:
- Karen Sack, Director, Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (Moderator)
- Chip Cunliffe, Head of Biodiversity, AXA XL
- Ronald Jean Jumeau, SIDS DOCKS Roving Ambassador for Oceans
- Eric Evelyn, Minister of Environment, St. Kitts and Nevis
- Leah Bunce Karrer, Senior Environmental Officer, Oceans and Coasts, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
4:30 – 5:30 PM CET: Roundtable with City Mayors
Speakers:
- Andy Deacon, Acting Managing Director, Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy
- Ana Paula Matos, Vice Mayor, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil
- Maider Arosteguy, Mayor of Biarritz, France
- Janelle Kellman, Mayor of Sausalito, California, USA and CEO, Center for Sea Level Rise
- Marie Christine Mba Ntoutoume, Mayor of Libreville, Gabon (TBC)
- Inês de Medeiros, Mayor of Almada, Portugal (TBC)
