Full Day Seminar
“Pondering on the EU Green Paper on Maritime Policy”
09.00h Registration
09.30h Welcome address and opening
Dr. Awni Behnam, President of the International Ocean Institute
Prof. Juanito Camilleri, Rector of the University of Malta
Chair: Dr. Aldo Drago, Director of the IOI-Malta Operational Centre
10.00h Presentation: Mr Tiago Cunha, Office of the EU Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs
10.20h Presentation: Rev. Prof. Peter Serracino Inglott, Chairman, IOI-MOC Board
11.00h – 11.15h Coffee Break
11.15h Presentation: Dr. Ranier Fsadni, Mediterranean Institute Anthropology
11.40h
Discussion Panel 1: UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES TO THE FUTURE MARITIME POLICY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION  
Chair: Amb. Salvino Busuttil, Fondation de Malte
Panelists:
Capt. David Bugeja - Malta Maritime Authority
Ronald Menzel - ANTINEA Foundation
Aldo Drago - IOI-Malta Operational Centre (University of Malta)
Ann Fenech – Fenech & Fenech Advocates
Plenary  
01.00h – 14.00h Break
14.00h Opening of afternoon Session
Presentation of the Elisabeth Mann Borgese Medal to Commissioner Borg
Address: Commissioner Dr. Joe Borg (Member of the European Commission responsible for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs)
14.30h
Discussion Panel 2: THE REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF A FUTURE MARITIME POLICY FOR EUROPE
Chair: Mr. Paul Mifsud, Coordinator UNEP/MAP
Panelists:
Philippe Vallette - NAUSICAA
Antonio Speranza - CINFAI
Regina Asariotis - UNCTAD
Adonis Velegrakis – University of the Aegean
Camilleri Matthew - Malta Centre for Fisheries Science
Plenary
16.00h – 16.15h Coffee Break
16.15h
  Paper by the class IOI-Malta Course 2006
Presentation by IOI-Malta Course Participants:
16.45h Closure  

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