Opening & High-Level Segment
25 November 2021, 1300-1520 (UTC+7, Bangkok time)
For those who had already registered for the conference via the website before 28 October 2021, you will soon receive the meeting link for the Opening & High-Level Segment. If you also wish to join any of the incubator sessions, please register to join the Decade Action Incubator Series.
Cholaphansa Narula
MC Host
Alex Rendell
MC Host
1230-1300
Participant logging in
1300-1325
Opening
H.E. Varawut Silpa-archa
Minister, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand
H.E. Ambassador Xing Qu
Deputy Director General, UNESCO
1325-1330
Introduction to the Ocean Decade – “The Ocean Science We Need for the Ocean We Want”
H.E. Vladimir Ryabinin
Executive Secretary IOC & Assistant Director General of UNESCO
1330-1420
High-Level Segment – The ocean sustains lives and livelihoods, we must “think globally and act locally” to “make peace with nature to deliver a prosperous and equitable world for all, leaving no one behind”.
H.E. Hong Wang
Vice Minister, Ministry of Natural Resources, China
H.E. Laksana Tri Handoko
Chair, National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia
H.E. Takashi Yanagi
Senior Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
H.E. Dato' Mansor Bin Haji Othman
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environment and Water, Malaysia
H.E. Ambassador Ma.Theresa Parreno Lazaro
Undersecretary, Department of Foreign Affairs, the Philippines
H.E. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
Executive Secretary, The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
H.E. Shigeru Aoyagi
Director, Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, UNESCO
1420-1515
Stakeholder Roundtable Dialogue – The ocean and ocean science hold answers to many defining challenges plaguing humanity. How could we unlock these solutions to sustainable development challenges in the region?
Panelists
Renato U. Solidum, Jr.
Undersecretary, Department of Science and Technology (DOST),
the Philippines
Minhan Dai
Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen University, China
Hide Sakaguchi
President, Ocean Policy Research Institute of The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Montri Rawanchaikul
CEO, PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited
Maeve Nightingale
Senior Programme Officer, IUCN
Seung-Tae Yoon
Early Career Ocean Professional, Kyungpook National University,
Republic of Korea
1515-1520
Decade Action Incubator Series
25-26 November 2021, 0830-1730 (UTC+7, Bangkok time)
Once you have registered, you will receive an email confirmation containing a zoom meeting link, which will enable you to join any incubator that you are interested in.
Decade Challenges Addressed:
Challenge 1
Understand and beat marine pollution
Challenge 2
Protect and restore ecosystems and biodiversity
Challenge 3
Sustainably feed the global population
Challenge 4
Develop a sustainable and equitable ocean economy
Challenge 5
Unlock ocean-based solutions to climate change
Challenge 6
Increase community resilience to ocean hazards
Challenge 7
Expand the Global Ocean Observing System
Challenge 8
Create a digital representation of the ocean
Challenge 9
Deliver data, knowledge and technology to all
Challenge 10
Change humanity's relationship with the ocean
25 November 2021, 0830-1030 (UTC+7, Bangkok time)
Incubator 1:
Ocean solutions: Understand the multiple stressors on coastal ecosystems and provide solutions that benefit people, nature and economy
Incubator 2:
Marine Life 2030: Increase our knowledge of marine biodiversity in Indo-Western Pacific region for better conservation and management
Incubator 3:
25 November 2021, 1030-1230 (UTC+7, Bangkok time)
Incubator 4:
Advance marine mammal and sea turtle studies to address challenges in conservation management
Incubator 5:
Nothing marginal about the Asian Marginal Seas: the AMS as the central point for unveiling marine environment and productivity changes in a changing climate
25 November 2021, 1300-1520 (UTC+7, Bangkok time)
25 November 2021, 1530-1730 (UTC+7, Bangkok time)
Incubator 6:
Save our corals: a partnership programme catalyzing knowledge and ocean science solutions to enhancing coral reef resilience
Incubator 7:
Seamless ocean forecasting and service system for a predicted ocean: From ocean to climate
26 November 2021, 0830-1030 (UTC+7, Bangkok time)
Incubator 8:
Unlock the mysteries and opportunities about marine biodiversity in the Indo-Pacific Convergent Center
Incubator 9:
Solutions to the conflicts of ocean uses: Accelerate marine spatial planning in the Western Pacific
Incubator 10:
Ocean spikes a fever: Marine heatwaves (MHWs) over the monsoonal ocean areas and their social and ecological impacts
26 November 2021, 1030-1230 (UTC+7, Bangkok time)
Incubator 11:
Incubator 13:
Explore the strongest ocean current in the Western Pacific: the 2nd Cooperative Study of Kuroshio and Adjacent Regions – from its sciences to human wellbeings
26 November 2021, 1300-1500 (UTC+7, Bangkok time)
Incubator 14:
Towards ocean sustainability: Direction of science and technology we need for the blue economy we want
Incubator 15:
Enhance coastal resilience and adaptation: Observe and predict coastal inundation and erosion
Launch a UN Decade endorsed project
Coastal zones under intensifying human activities and a changing climate: A regional programme integrating science, management and society to support ocean sustainability (COASTAL-SOS)
26 November 2021, 1530-1730 (UTC+7, Bangkok time)
Incubator 16:
Toward the societal applications of ocean data assimilation and forecast: Potential contributions to ForeSea and CoastPredict
Incubator 17:
Contact
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