Programme :

09:00 AM to 09:30 AM: Welcome All participants are seated not later than 09:20 AM 09:30 to 10:30 AM: High Level Segment in the presence of HSH the Sovereign Prince

• Welcome address (Robert Calcagno)
• Presentation of the programme of the event (Carl Gustaf Lundin)
• Southwest Indian Ocean: the importance of regional knowledge and cooperation in a complex geostrategic and socio-economic context (Dominique Benzaken, François Simard)
• Overview of the Expedition (Gilles Bessero)
• Video reportage
• Mauritius perspective (Rezah Badal, Director General · Prime Minister’s office, Continental Shelf , Maritime zones Adm & Exploration)
• Seychelles perspective (Mr. Jean François Ferrari, Minister for Fisheries and Blue Economy)

10:30-11:00 AM: Coffee break 11:00 to 11:15 AM: Endorsement of the Expedition

• United Nation Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and 2^nd International Indian Ocean Expedition (Nick D’Adamo)

11:15 to 11:30 PM: Outreach: feedback from the live session with Monaco Saint-Maur School 11:30 to 1 PM: Panel: “Invisible island – Saya de Malha” (Francis Marsac, Dass Bissessur, Ranjeet Bhagooli, Nuette Gordon, Philippe Bouchet, Sheena Talma) 1 to 2:30 PM: Lunch break 2:30 to 2:45 PM: Outreach: Onboard school 2:45 to 4:15 PM: Panel: “Visible islands” (Frauke Fleischer-Dogley, Priscilla Coopen, Prerna Roy, Jérôme Bourjea, Mattéo Contini, Gwennaïs Fustemberg, Olivier Brunel, Didier Zoccola, Heather Koldewey, Sheena Talma) 4:15 to 4:45 PM: Coffee break 4:45 to 5:05 PM: Ocean dynamics (Fabien Lombard, Nick D’Adamo, Margot Thibault) 5:05 to 5:20 PM: Outreach: adoption of Argo floats 5:20 to 5:50 PM: Presentation of artistic and audiovisual productions related to the Expedition (Chloé Thibault, Elise Rigot, Rémi Leroy, Harald Pokieser, Stéphane Dugast, Nicolas Mathys) 5:50 to 6 PM: Conclusions (Carl Gustaf Lundin, Gilles Bessero)

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