Business2Sea 2017

Description

The 7^th edition of Business2Sea/Sea Forum will take place at 5^th and 6^th of June at Alfandega Porto Congress Centre, Porto, Portugal, and will be dedicated to the main theme “Ocean Technology and Industries”. The theme is aligned with the Government's strategic guidelines for "Blue Growth" and wishes to promote the involvement of different stakeholders - companies, R&D centres, higher education institutions, local authorities, clusters, associations and agencies – to materialise the mentioned strategy. The event will include a diversified program with emphasis on the opening session and plenary sessions, workshops, B2B meetings and e exhibition of technology and maritime services and products.

Please find details in the event here.

More information about each component of the event Business2Sea / Fórum do Mar 2017 at:

• CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND MEETINGS ABOUT THE SEA

• EXHIBTION OF PRODUCTS, SERVICES, TECHNOLOGIES AND PROJECTS CONNECTED TO THE SEA

• PROFISSIONAL AND BUSINESS MEETINGS WITH INTERNATIONAL GUESTS

​On the agenda: 

10h00 – Business2Sea 2017 (B2S2017) Opening Session http://www.forumoceano.pt/p116-business2sea-2017-conferences-en

Make your registration for the 5th June activities HERE. 

Intervention:

- Chairman of Fórum Oceano, António Nogueira Leite - President of Norte Portugal Regional Coordination and Development Commission, Freire de Sousa * - Hydrographic Institute General Director, Rear admiral Coelho Cândido (Representing the Portuguese Army Chief) - President of ENMC, Francis Vallat * - Portuguese General Secretary for Fisheries, José Apolinário * - Economy Minister, Manuel Caldeira Cabral *  

11h30 – Visit to the Exhibition    13h00 – Tasting of Seafood, courtesy of DOCAPESCA14h00 – The Port Tech Clusters Strategy  

14h30 – Panel 1 Ports, maritime transport and logistic systems: main challenges

Moderator: Vieira dos Santos, President of the Leixões Port CommunityIntervention:

- General Secretary of AGEPOR, Belmar da Costa - Presidente da APDL, Brògueira Dias - General Secretary of the Competitiveness Cluster TICE.PT, Vasco Lagarto - Director of Waterborne Unit, DG MOVE, Magda Kopczynska * - Executive Director of Norwegian Maritime Forum, Tord Dale * 

15h45 – Panel 2 Entrepreneurship, innovation and development of the blue economy

Moderator: IAPMEI Representative *Intervention:

- DGPM, Fundo Azul, Representative - Manager of Pólo do Mar da UPTEC, Susana Pinheiro - MARE STARTUP Coordinator, José Guerreiro - DG Research & Innovation, Marine Resources Unit, EC, Ana Teresa Caetano * - Flow Tech (incubating company), Joana Flores

17h00 – Coffee Break 17h15 – Panel 3New skills for the blue economy

Moderator: ANQEP Representative *Intervention:

- ISQ Representative - QUASAR Administrator, Carlos Maio - Secretary General of AIN, Ventura de Sousa - APP Representative * - President of WavEC Offshore Renewables, António Sarmento - President of National Maritime College Infante D. Henrique, Luís Filipe Baptista - ERASMUS+ Vocational Education and Training Program, EC, Tapio Saavala

 19h00 – Coktail Dinatoire, at Porto Cruise Terminal, courtesy of APDL   Make your registration for the 5th June activities HERE. 06th JUNE - Parallel events (confirmed)- Blue Biotechnology Seminar, organised by BlueBio Alliance  

- Workshop Jovens ao Mar - Professions and Careers at Sea, organised by Fórum Oceano- Workshop UP2SEA, organised by University of Porto- Seminar Indústry 4.0 Sea, organised by COTEC and Fórum Oceano- Business Training Seminar - External Merkets, organised by Câmara de Comércio e Indústria Portuguesa- Business Training Seminar - Access to European Funds, organised by Magellan and Fórum Oceano- Portugal Náutico, stakeholder group meeting, organised by Fórum Oceano (only by invitation)- Workshop SpilLeSS (First-line response to oil spills based on native microorganism cooperation), organised by CIIMAR and INESC TEC- Norte Inova +, organised by University of Porto, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro and University of Minho- Kick-off meeting of the project INvertebrateIT - Disruptive and forward-looking opportunities for competitive and sustainable aquaculture, organised by Innogate to Europe and Fórum Oceano (only for consortium members and invited guests) - Tasting of sea products