Time slot

Session

Speakers

10.00-10.10

Opening of day 1

Jim Sims, BluAct Lead Expert

Live connection to all BluAct cities

10.10-10.20

Welcome by the Mayor

Ioannis Moralis, Mayor of the Municipality of Piraeus

10.20-10.30

The Blue Economy sector in the EU

Fani Sakellariadou, University of Piraeus, Professor of Marine Geochemistry. Dir MSc Sustainability & QUAL in Mar. Ind.

10.30-10.45

It’s time to share!

Celine Ethuin, URBACT Project Officer

10.45-11.05

Blue Economy Entrepreneurship in Europe

Streaming of the BluAct documentary, part 1

11.05-11.20

Break

11.20-12.30

What we achieved: BluAct’s 7 Blue Economy Entrepreneurship Competitions

Burgas, Bulgaria: Burgas Blues

• Velichka Velikova, Project Manager BluAct Burgas, Head of International Cooperation and Integrated Territorial Investment, Municipality of Burgas;
• Georgi Sakaliev –Project Coordinator BluAct Burgas, Chief Expert of International Cooperation and Integrated Territorial Investment Department, Municipality of Burgas

Galati, Romania: Danube Growth Initiative

Ovidiu Costea, Project Manager BluAct Galați, Chief of Foreign Financing Municipality of Galati

Mataro, Spain: Premis BluAct Mataro

Marta Ruiz Brunet, Project Coordinator BluAct Mataró, Head of City Promotion and Commerce, Mataró City Council

Matosinhos, Portugal: BluAct Matosinhos

Nuno Vale, Project Team BluAct Matosinhos, Environmental Engineer at Municipality of Matosinhos

Ostend, Belgium: SeaZone

TBC

Piraeus, Greece: Blue Growth Piraeus

Theoni Panteli, Head of Blue Growth Department, Municipality of Piraeus, BluAct Project Manager

Salerno, Italy: BluAct Salerno SviPro Cup 2020

Sara Petrone, City Councilor of Municipality of Salerno, Project Coordinator BluAct Salerno

12.30-12.50

Break

12.50-13.05

What we learned through the URBACT transfer method

Jim Sims, BluAct Lead Expert

13:05-13:25

Blue Economy Entrepreneurship in Europe

Streaming of the BluAct documentaty, part 2

13.25-13.45

Discussion

Open floor to BluAct partners and guests

13.45-14.00

Closing of event

Jim Sims, BluAct Lead Expert

Time slot

Session

Speakers

10.00-10.05

Opening of day 2

Jims Sims, BluAct Lead Expert

10.05-10.10

Welcome by Piraeus

Adriana Zarakeli, Vice Mayor of European Projects, Municipality of Piraeus

10.10-10.40

Winning ideas of the 7 Blue Economy competitions, organized by BluAct

Burgas Blues (Bulgaria)

Lessplastic

Nikola Bobchev  

Danube Growth Initiative (Romania)

Danube Soap

(Video in Romanian with subtitles in English)

Premis BluAct (Spain)

Viento en Popa

Alex Salinas, Davinia, CEOs

Matosinhos,: BluAct Matosinhos Startup (Portugal)

Bioworld

Suzana Alípio, CEO

SeaZone (Belgium)

TBC

Blue Growth Piraeus (Greece)

Blue Air

Dimitris Kolovos, Pavlos Mpousoulas, Konstantinos Kaselouris

BluAct Salerno SviPro Cup 2020 (Italy)

SWEEP

Sophie Zizzo, team member

10.40-11.00

Q&A to the winners

Open floor to BluAct partners and guests

11.00-11.30

Break

11.30-11.40

Presentation of the Blue Economy Forum

Lida Ampatzi, Piraeus ULG coordinator & Angelos Ploumis / Austin Parianos, BluAct communication experts

11.40-12.20

Getting to know the ULGs

 Presentation of ULG members of the 7 BluAct port-cities

12.20-12.50

“The future of the ULGs and the competitions”

Networking session between City Mayors, elected representatives, ULG organizations and start-ups

12.50-13:00

Closure of event

Jim Sims, BluAct Lead Expert