10:00 - 10:15 Opening
- Andreea Strachinescu (Head of Unit, DG MARE Maritime Innovation, Marine Knowledge and Investment)
- Marianna Terzidaki (Project Manager, Militos Consulting)
10:15 – 10:45 Pitches: deliverables of BlueGeneration project
- Blue Career Job Platform (Sea Teach)
- Training courses (Helmepa)
- VR videos and blueFocus (FRSP)
10:45 – 11:30 High-level panel: how can the Blue Economy become more attractive to young people?
- Monia El Faziki (Manager IPR, Social and Financial Affairs, SeaEurope)
- Stavros Kalognomos (Executive Secretary CPMR Balkans and Black Sea Commission - BBSC)
- Nora Mehsen (Sector Officer and Programme Manager, Transnational Cooperation, Equality, Justice and Decent Work, Financial Mechanism Office)
- Silja Teege (Managing Director, SeaTeach)
- Andreea Strachinescu (Head of Unit, DG MARE Maritime Innovation, Marine Knowledge and Investment)
11:30 – 11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 – 12:30 Getting youth and employers talking: Learnings for the future
- Blue Bioeconomy CoLAB (B2E), speaker tbc
- Pedro Suasi (Cluster Manager, Balearic Marine Cluster)
- Video of youth involved
12:30 – 12:45 Next steps for BlueGeneration
- Engagement in BlueGeneration Federation – Silja Teege, SeaTeach
- Presentation of NextBlueGeneration
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch & Networking
