Burgas The meeting point for Europe's Maritime Community Join the debate!

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1 Burgas 2018 The meeting point for Europe's Maritime Community Join the debate!

2 Information Meeting for Maritime Stakeholders Welcome by Bulgarian hosts of EMD 2018 Velik Zanchev, Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications of the Republic of Bulgaria Ruska Boyadzhieva, Deputy Mayor EU Policies, Environmental Protection, Burgas Municipality EMD 2018 Organisation, How to get involved? Christos Economou, Head of Unit, DG MARE Claus Schultze, Policy Officer, DG MARE Questions/Answers Round tables discussions Networking coffee

3 The annual meeting point for Europe's Maritime Community Conference Stakeholders Workshops Exhibition B2B meetings Networking cocktail Burgas maritime festival Side Events Site visits

4 Plenary debates

5 Inspirational talks

6 Workshop atmosphere

7 Exhibition - B2B meetings

8 Bring the EMD to your country To celebrate the vital role of Seas and Oceans for human life as well as for the economy For citizens, and notably the young generation, students and children Examples: workshops, maritime projects and activities, open door days at ports, harbours, environmental actions, university or school projects, museums and aquaria etc A call will be published on the EMD website in October 2017 We will select 3 Ambassadors at the EMD conference and show your photos. We provide promotional items.

9 EMD 2017 Evaluation Networking opportunities: most important aspect of the conference Stakeholder workshops/discussions: more interactive sessions engaging the audience Structured reporting of workshops: but not in form of a reporting back session Exhibition: average time spent at stands is min. Issues to improve with regard to organisation of stands Events in Europe: only 1/3 of participants are aware of these, but real interest to develop these and publicize them

10 Your feed-back, our commitment I come back with fresh ideas for coming projects, the discussions helped to inspire new ideas and approaches I can use in my work Started networking with new project teams and learnt more about the work of clusters and funded projects I discovered new funding sources to investigate The discussion gave me new energy and enthusiasm for my work

11 EMD 2018 Structure Venue: Burgas Free University Plenaries with a political opening, one debate and one inspirational key-note Languages for plenaries: BG to EN 4 blocks of parallel thematic sessions for stakeholders: workshops with interactive discussion A Pitch Stage / Maritime slam for exhibitors An exhibition space stands available B2B meetings Side events

12 Possible headline themes for the plenary debate (first ideas) 1. How to mobilise more private sector investment for sustainable Blue Growth and healthy seas and oceans 2. How to improve awareness on seas and oceans and encourage citizen activism We encourage proposals for possible plenary themes speakers (debate and inspirational talk) Submit your proposal via Contact us

13 Stakeholder workshops Each workshop is fully organised by a stakeholder Workshop not seminar Maximum 4 speakers Minimum 45 min discussion Discuss Policy development with a view to generate recommendations on how to advance the EU's/national/regional/international maritime agendas OR Best practice to advance the sharing and promotion of excellence and improving policy delivery

14 Menu of themes for workshops Maritime Spatial Planning (incl. land-sea Interaction) Coastal and Marine Environment, Climate Action Marine Research, Innovation & Technologies Ocean and Off-shore Energy Aquaculture & Sustainable Fisheries Ocean Literacy, Maritime Skills & People Ports as Innovation Hubs, Maritime Clusters Sustainable Tourism, Coastal Communities Digitalisation & Big Data for Maritime Applications Blue Bio-economy, marine biotechnology Maritime Security, Surveillance and Information Exchange Sea Basin Cooperation & strategies Funding & Investment for Blue Growth

15 Stakeholder workshops - Logistics 18 Workshops of 1.5 hours Room and Equipment provided (computer, screen, WiFi) No interpretation available Spaces available: 5 Amphitheatres: 400, 230, 180 and 2x150 seats Café style organisation: 6 rooms with 40 people

16 Role of Workshops Coordinators Coordinators design an interactive workshop, define its objective(s), identify speakers and send an application to Commission by end of November (registration on EMD web site) Selected Coordinators fully organise their workshop: Title, objectives, moderator, speakers After the conference Coordinators provide a structured reporting of the conclusions

17 Previsional Planning Deadline for applying to the organisation of a workshop List of selected workshop provided by COM CLOSED CLOSED Call for Exhibitors and B2B meetings February 2018 Deadline for applying to an EMD in Your Country Deadline for applying for a stand Deadline for providing final information for the workshops End February 2018 Mid April April 2018 Allocation of rooms for the workshops End April 2018

18 Criteria for WS assessment Contribution to the themes Format with interactive elements engaging the audience Attractive content and high-quality speakers coming from different horizons and different countries

19 Pitch Stage / Maritime Slam For Exhibitors We can accomodate 15 slots - Maximum length 5 min Project pitches, Presentation of project results Assessment according relevance to themes and impact

20 Exhibition Exhibition space stands Call for exhibitors in February

21 B2B meetings B2B meetings will be organised by European Enterprise Network, Yambol Chamber of Commerce and Industry Web registration will start in February

22 Ideas for possible side-events/activities Possible launch of 'Ocean Literacy for All' platform/project Possible beach-cleaning action with students Public viewing of 'Plastics Ocean' film Black Sea Strategy workshop (CPMR, BISEC, COR) China focus: One belt, one road workshop FLACS-related meetings (to be invited Meeting of the Member States Expert Group on MSP Let's talk about Europe Dialogue (CoR) Other ideas?

23 2008 BRUSSELS /Belgium 2009 ROME /Italy 2010 GIJON /Spain 2011 GDANSK /Poland 2012 GOTHENBURG /Sweden 2013 VALLETTA /Malta 2014 BREMEN /Germany 2015 PIRAEUS /Greece 2018 BURGAS /Bulgaria 2019 LISBON /Portugal 2020 CORK /Ireland 2021 DEN HELDER / The Netherlands 2022 RAVENNA/ Italy 2023 BREST /France 2024 SVENDBORG /Denmark 2016 TURKU /Finland 2017 POOLE /United Kingdom

24 Welcome to Burgas for EMD 2018