Program

08.20 am – Registration
09.15 am – Institutional welcome

SESSION I: Measuring sustainability
09.45 am – State of Ocean Report 2024 UNESCO. Emma Heslop, Physical oceanographer at IOC-UNESCO.

SESSION II: Measuring sustainability: The vision of NGOs
10.15 h – Aquaculture certification schemes. Alma Román, Head of ASC Spain and Portugal.
10.23 am – Certified brands. Pamela Nath, Director of Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP).
10.31 am – Fishery certification schemes. Mike Kraft, Executive Director FISH Standard For Crew and Certified Seafood International (CSI).
10.40 am – Round table. Moderator: Oyvind Ihle, CEO GSSI.

11.15 am – Coffee break and networking

SESSION III: Measuring sustainability: The vision of the value chain
11.45 am – Aquaculture. Garazi Rodriguez, Head of Production and Marketing Plans at APROMAR.
11.53 am – Fishing and transformation. Luis García, Director of Sustainability at CONXEMAR.
12.01 am – Commercial distribution. María Martínez Herrera, Director of Sustainability ASEDAS.
12.09 pm – Consumers. Raquel Arribas, Director of Institutional Relations at Kantar Worldpanel.
12.18 pm – Round table. Moderator: Nuno Cosme, Chief Sustainability & CSR Officer Nueva Pescanova Group

SESIÓN IV: Measuring sustainability: The vision of the institutions
12.55 pm – European regualtion. Damián Martínez, Head of Sustainability Projects AECOC.
1.05 pm – Regulations in other markets. Bhakti Annand, Consultant at the Sustainable Trade and Value Chains unit NFI/FAO.
13.14 pm – Round Table. Moderator: Íñigo Azqueta, ANFACO-CECOPESCA Sector Coordinator.

1.45 pm – Refreshments & networking

SESSION V: Measuring sustainability: The vision of science
3.30 pm – International research groups. Elena Ojea, Oportunius program research professor at CIM-Universidade de Vigo.
3.38 pm – Galician research ecosystem. Fran Saborido, Professor and researcher at the Marine Research Institute-CSIC.
3.46 pm – Sustainability accounting. Madlen Sobkowiak, Director MSc in Global & Sustainable Business at EDHEC.
3.54 pm – Round Table. Moderator: Rosa Chapela, Managing Director CETMAR.

SESSION VI: Measuring sustainability: The financial vision
4.30 pm – Bjarni Herrera, CEO & Founder Accrona; Sustainable Finance Expert.
4.40 pm – Shashwat Koirala, Lead of the OECD’s Sustainable Ocean for All programme.
4.50 pm – Round table. Moderator: María G. Cabeza, Social Resp. and Sustainability Manager ABANCA.

SESSION VII: A vision from Europe
5.20 pm – Antonio Basanta, Policy Assistant at the Office of the Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans of the European Commission.

CLOSING SESSION
5.50 pm – Conclusions. Ángel Matamoro, CoDirector GSSG Forum.

6:00 pm – Institucional closure