CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Programme | ||
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Registration with tea/coffee | From 9.00am | |
Welcome and opening remarks | Calum Duncan (Marine Conservation Society) | 9.30am |
Keynote address | Mairi Gougeon, MSP, Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment | 9.35am - 10.00am |
Morning talks and discussion | Chaired by Professor John Baxter (Independent Marine Scientist) | |
Talk 1 | The role of MCCIP in understanding, and responding to, marine climate change impacts (Paul Buckley, Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership) | 10.00am - 10.15am |
Talk 2 | Climate impacts on Scottish fish stocks and ideas for adapting the fishing industry (Tara Marshall, University of Aberdeen) | 10.15am - 10.30am |
Break (tea/coffee and refreshments) | ||
Talk 3 | Coastal communities adapting to climate change (Neil Thomson, Fair Isle Marine Research Organisation) | 11.00am - 11.15am |
Talk 4 | Adaptation for the future: A case for meaningful youth involvement (Naomi Arnold, Chair of Climate 2050 Young Leader’s Development Programme) | 11.15am - 11.30am |
Panel discussion/Q&A | 11.30am - 12.15pm | |
Introduction to workshops and group photograph | Calum Duncan | 12.15pm |
Lunch and networking | 12.30pm | |
Workshop 1 | Marine Protected Areas, biodiversity and climate change (Sarah Cunningham, Scottish Natural Heritage) | 13.30 - 15.00pm |
Workshop 2 | #Scotland Adapts: changing behaviours for a changing climate (Scottish Government Climate Change Adaptation team) | 13.30 - 15.00pm |
Workshop 3 | Marine habitat restoration for ecosystem resilience – opportunities and challenges (Richard Lilley, Project Seagrass; Calum Duncan, DEEP) | 13.30 - 15.00pm |
Break (tea/coffee and refreshments) | ||
Plenary and workshop feedback | Workshop leads to feed back. Facilitated by Beth Scott (University of Aberdeen) | 15.30pm - 16.20pm |
Closing remarks | 16.20pm - 16.30pm |
Talk presentations:
Fishing industry and climate change
Adaptation for the future (young people)
Workshop presentations:
Seagrass Ocean Rescue (Workshop 3)
Sea Scotland 2019 is sponsored by the following organisations: