WORLD MARITIME UNIVERSITY (WMU) - SASAKAWA GLOBAL OCEAN INSTITUTE
WEBINAR: THE PEOPLE WE NEED FOR THE OCEAN WE WANT 8 JULY 2021, 15:00-16:30 CEST ONLINE Registration is required: https://bit.ly/3zKlQh9
Launch of the Report 2021 for the 'Empowering Women for the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development' Programme A Satellite Activity of the First Ocean Decade Laboratory "An Inspiring and Engaging Ocean"
WEBINAR PROGRAMME Thursday 8 July 2021, 15:00 - 16:30 Central European Summer Time (CEST), Virtually via Zoom, World Maritime University (WMU)
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Ronán Long, Director, WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute, World Maritime University
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Opening Remarks
Welcoming Address
Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, President, World Maritime University
15:15 - 15:30
Empowering Women for the Ocean Decade Programme Overview
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Mariamalia Rodriguez Chaves, Post-Doc Research Fellow, WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute
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Ellen Johannesen, PhD Candidate, WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute
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Renis Auma Ojwala, PhD Candidate, WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute
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Report Launch
Rhea King, Executive Director, Science Programs, Ecosystems and Oceans Science, Fisheries and Oceans Canada Roundtable Discussion Moderator: Zhen Sun, Co-Principal Investigator, Research Officer, WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute
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Wendy Watson-Wright, Member and Gender Focal point, Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP) Michael Lodge, Secretary-General, International Seabed Authority
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Ariel Hernán Troisi, Chairperson, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO
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Priorities for the Ocean Decade
Ronán Long, Director, WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute, World Maritime University
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Empowering Women Programme Webpage here Link to 2021 Programme Report here Link to Programme Illustration "The People we need for the Ocean we want" here WMU Website page here GOI Website page here
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BIOGRAPHIES (In order of Appearance)
Ronán Long Director, WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute Professor Ronán Long is the Director of the WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute at the World Maritime University (WMU), Malmö, Sweden, and holds the Nippon Foundation Professorial Chair in Ocean Governance and the Law of the Sea. He leads a world class team of specialists that are undertaking a diverse range of projects on land-to-ocean leadership, climate change and the Law of the Sea, BBNJ, marine debris and Sargassum in the eastern Caribbean, robotics and AI in the maritime domain, as well as women empowerment for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. He is the author/co-editor of 14 books and over 100 scholarly articles on oceans law and policy. He read for his PhD at the School of Law Trinity College Dublin, he has been a Senior Visiting Scholar-in-Residence at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Visiting Scholar at the ?Centre for Oceans Law and Policy'
at the University of Virginia. Additionally, Professor Long teaches on the Law of the Sea programme at Harvard Law School. Prior to his academic career, he was a permanent staff member at the European Commission and undertook over 40 missions on behalf of the European Institutions to the Member States of the European Union, the United States of America, Canada, Central America as well as to African countries. During his previous career in the Irish Naval Service, he won an academic prize at Britannia Royal Naval College and held a number of appointments ashore and afloat, including membership of the Navy?s elite diving unit. As a keen yachtsman, he has represented Ireland at the top competitive level in offshore racing. Ronán is passionate about the law of the sea, conservation and global sustainability, as well as the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry President of the World Maritime University (WMU) Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry (LL.B, LL.M, Ph.D International Law) joined WMU as President in the summer of 2015. Prior to joining WMU, she served as the Director of the International Labour Standards Department of the International Labour Office (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland. Dr. Doumbia-Henry began her career at the University of the West Indies, Barbados, as a lecturer in law. She later worked with the Iran-US Claims Tribunal in The Hague, The Netherlands and then joined the ILO in 1986 where she served both as a senior lawyer of the Organization and in several management positions. As the Director of the International Labour Standards
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Department, she was responsible for developing the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 and remained responsible for it until she joined WMU. Since the late 1990s, she led the ILO participation in a number of IMO/ILO interagency collaborations on several issues of common interest to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and ILO, including the Joint IMO/ILO Ad Hoc Expert Working Groups on Fair Treatment of Seafarers and on Liability and Compensation regarding Claims for Death, Personal Injury and Abandonment of Seafarers.
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Mariamalia Rodríguez Chaves Post-Doctoral Fellow, Empowering Women for the UN Ocean Decade Programme, WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute Dr. Rodríguez Chaves has more than fifteen years of experience working with environmental nongovernmental organizations and as an independent consultant on diverse environmental topics. She has a Law Degree, and a Master?s Degree in Environmental Law, from the University of Costa Rica; and a PhD degree from the School of Law of the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG). She successfully accomplished the United
Nations-Nippon Foundation of Japan Fellowship, and is the Deputy Global Representative of its Alumni network. Currently, Mariamalia is a Post-Doctoral Fellow researcher in the WMU-GOI Empowering Women programme, and a consultant for the High Seas Alliance, where she works closely with the Latin American countries participating in the BBNJ negotiations.
Ellen Johannesen PhD Candidate, Empowering Women for the UN Ocean Decade Programme, WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute Ellen Johannesen is a PhD Candidate at the World Maritime University. A Canadian who has spent the past 14 years in Copenhagen, Ms. Johannesen has worked in maritime science administration as the Coordinating Officer at the Secretariat of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
since 2009. With an interdisciplinary background, her professional interests include international marine science cooperation and administration, the ecosystem approach, and more recently considering the role of gender in ocean science.
Renis Auma Ojwala PhD Candidate, Empowering Women for the UN Ocean Decade Programme, WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute Renis Auma Ojwala is a PhD Candidate at the World Maritime University. Her research topic focuses on ?Evaluating Gender Equality in Ocean Science for Sustainable Development in Kenya.? Renis holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Applied Aquatic Science from Egerton University and a Master of Science Degree in Limnology and Wetland Management - a Joint International Master of Science Programme from BOKU University in
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Vienna Austria, Egerton University in Kenya, and UNESCO-IHE (Currently, IHE-Delft) in The Netherlands. Renis is passionate about gender equality and women?s empowerment in Ocean science and fisheries research related fields and has worked with various institutions such as Egerton University, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Kenya), Victory Fish Farms and National Museum of Kenya.
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BIOGRAPHIES Rhea King Executive Director, Science Programs, Ecosystems and Oceans Science, Fisheries and Oceans Canada Rhea?s focus is balance. Balancing work, balancing family, balancing swimming lessons and basketball games, MS Teams meetings, yoga and lunches on the run, along with the many other requests that come her way every day. She has worked for the Department of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard for the last 20 years, where she has fulfilled the roles of: Regional Director of Human Resources, Director of Aboriginal Fisheries, Regional Director of Policy and Economics, Associate Regional Director General and Regional Director of Aquatic Ecosystems. Rhea is currently serving as the Executive Director of Science Programs in DFO?s National Capital Region. For Rhea, it?s not the position or the title that?s important, it?s the people that she works to support, encourage and inspire every day that are her priority. Over the years, she has served as a workplace advocate for many employee-focused initiatives, including Diversity and Inclusion, Public Service
Renewal, Mental Health and Wellness, Harassment Prevention, Learning and Development and, most recently, as the Champion for Indigenous Reconciliation as well as Psychological Health and Safety. Rhea proudly served as the Volunteer Services Chair for the North American Indigenous Games, and hopes to do so again when the next Games are scheduled post-COVID. As a mother and an executive, she is a strong advocate for maintaining a healthy work-life integration. You?re just as likely to find Rhea cheering on the side lines at a basketball game or helping with a math problem, as you are to find her sitting at a senior executive table. Her passion has been, and remains, her family and her community. Her work at DFO is an extension of that passion and exemplifies her belief that what happens now will pave the way for the future for all public servants in Canada. She believes deeply in the strength and flexibility offered by Canada?s Federal Public Service.
Wendy Watson-Wright Member and Gender Focal point, Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP) Dr. Wendy Watson-Wright is a member of, and Gender Focal Point for, the United Nations Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP), a body established in 1969 to advise the UN system on marine environmental issues. She served as the first female Executive Secretary and Assistant Director General of UNESCO?s Intergovernmental oceanographic Commission (IOC-UNESCO) in Paris from 2010 to 2015 and was the inaugural CEO of the Atlantic Canadian-led Ocean Frontier
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Institute (OFI) (2016 to 2019). For most of her career, Dr. Watson-Wright held various senior positions within Fisheries and Oceans Canada, including eight years as its Assistant Deputy Minister of Science. She has recently joined the board of directors of the World Ocean Observatory and sits on several other boards and panels including the International Ocean Institute (IOI) and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation (Canada). A Killam scholar, she holds a Ph.D. in Physiology from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Michael Lodge Secretary-General, International Seabed Authority Michael W. Lodge is a British national. He received his LLB from the University of East Anglia, and has an MSc in marine policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is a barrister of Gray?s Inn, London. Prior to his election as Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority in July 2016, he had served as Deputy to the Secretary-General and Legal Counsel. Other professional experiences include serving as Legal Counsel to the ISA (1996-2003); Counsellor to the Round Table on Sustainable Development, OECD (2004-2007); Legal Counsel to the South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency (1991-1995). He has also held appointments as a Visiting Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford (2012-2013), an Associate Fellow of Chatham House, London (2007) and a member of the World Economic Forum?s Global Agenda Council on Oceans (2011-2016). With 28 years of experience as a public international lawyer, Michael Lodge has a strong background in the field of law of the sea as well as ten years?judicial experience in the UK and South Pacific. He spent many years living and working in the South Pacific and was one of the lead negotiators for the South Pacific Island States of the 1995 UN Fish
Stocks Agreement. He has also worked as a consultant on fisheries, environmental and international law in Europe, Asia, Eastern Europe, the South Pacific and Africa. With extensive knowledge of the United Nations and other international organisations, Michael Lodge has facilitated high-level multilateral and bilateral negotiations at international and regional level. His significant achievements include his pivotal role in the ISA from its inception in 1996 and in helping to create and implement the first international regulatory regime for seabed mining. He also contributed to the future security of global fish stocks by leading the process to create the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission from concept to its establishment as the largest regional fisheries management organization in the world, also serving as the interim executive director of the Commission. He was instrumental in advising the Pew Charitable Trusts on their support for the Global Ocean Commission and also acted as an adviser to the Commission on international law of the sea and ocean policy. Mr Lodge has published and lectured extensively on the international law of the sea, with over 25 published books and articles on law of the sea, oceans policy and related issues.
Kristen Isensee Programme Specialist and Gender Focal Point, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO Kirsten Isensee has been a Programme Specialist at the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO since 2012. Her work focuses on Ocean Carbon Sources and Sinks, trying to distinguish the natural and anthropogenic influences on the marine environment in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. She provides technical assistance to activities promoting women in
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ocean science and facilitates collaboration between scientists, policymakers and stakeholders, via networks such as the Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network, the International Blue Carbon Initiative and the Global Ocean Oxygen Network. She received her diploma and her PhD in Marine Biology at the University of Rostock, Germany.
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Ariel Hernán Troisi Chairperson, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO Ariel Troisi holds a degree in Physical Oceanography, Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, and a MSc degree in Science and Technology Policy and Management, Universidad de Buenos Aires. He joined the Argentine Navy in 1988 as Oceanographer, and has a longstanding and proactive involvement in marine scientific research, project management and associated services, as well as in the Intergovernmental
Oceanographic Commission IOC of UNESCO (including, inter alia, sustained observations, data management, capacity development and transfer of marine technology). In 2019 he was elected as Chairperson of IOC. He serves as Technical Secretary, Servicio de Hidrografia Naval, Argentina (2020), and Technical Coordinator of National Commission for the Outer Limit of the Continental Shelf (2012-).
Zhen Sun Research Officer, WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute Dr. Zhen Sun is a Research Officer at the WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute at the World Maritime University in Malmö, Sweden. Her main research interests include the law of the sea, international regulation of shipping, maritime security, and the protection of the marine environment. Prior to joining WMU, Dr. Sun was a Research Fellow at the Centre for International Law (CIL), National University of Singapore between 2013 and 2018. She was a member of the CIL Ocean Law and Policy team, in which she worked on a wide range of subjects in the law of the sea. Dr. Sun was the researcher-in- charge for a number of research projects and capacity building activities at CIL, including projects funded by the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. She has contributed
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to the editorial work of book projects at CIL and published a number of book chapters and journal articles on various topics including legal issues in the Arctic, the interaction between UNCLOS and the IMO, straits used for international navigation, maritime security and the protection of submarine cables. Dr. Sun received a Bachelor of Laws Degree from Hainan University and an LLM in International Law from China University of Political Science and Law in China. She received an LLM in Public International Law (with distinction) from the University of Edinburgh and a PhD from the University of Cambridge. Dr. Sun is also the co- principal investigator of the Programme on Empowering Women for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.
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