European Maritime Day 2025

21–23 May 2025 | Cork, Ireland

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Speakers

Costas Kadis

European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans

European Commission

Micheál Martin

Taoiseach/the prime minister of the Republic of Ireland

Government of Ireland

Cllr. Dan Boyle

Lord Mayor of Cork

Cork City Council

Darragh O’Brien

Minister for Climate, Environment and Energy and Minister for Transport

Government of Ireland

Timmy Dooley

Minister of State at Department of Climate, Environment and Energy

Government of Ireland

Charlina Vladimirova Vitcheva

Director-General

European Commission - DG MARE

Philip Nugent

Director-General for Maritime Affairs, Department of the Environment Climate and Communications

Department of Environment, Climate and Communications

Oonagh Buckley

Secretary General, Department of the Environment Climate and Communications

Department of Environment, Climate and Communications

Kestutis SADAUSKAS

Deputy Director-General DG MARE, European Commission

European Commission - DG MARE

Delilah AL KHUDHAIRY

Director of DG MARE.A

European Commission - DG MARE

Yiannis Armeftis

Mayor of Limassol

Limassol Municipality

George Assonitis

Advisor, EU Affairs, Union of Hellenic Chambers

NETWORK OF INSULAR CHAMBERS OF THE EU (INSULEUR)

Elisabet Babic

President, North Sea Commission

CPMR North Sea Commission

Eric Banel

General Director for Maritime Affairs, Fisheries and Aquaculture Representative

Stefano Barbieri

OECD, Senior Policy Analyst

OECD

David Bassett

General Secretary

European Aquaculture Technology & Innovation Platform (EATiP)

Thomas Bastable

Energy Innovation Specialist, Project Director Saoirse Wave Energy

ESB

Eda Bayar

Expert

European Environment Agency

Joana Beja

Senior Scientific Data Officer

Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

Massimo Bellavista

Head of Fishing and Aquaculture Legacoop Emilia-Romagna

Legacoop Agroalimentare

Yobana Bermúdez

General Manager

CONXEMAR

Matteo Bocci

Start-up and SME scalability expert across EU Seabasins

EU Sea Basins Assistance Mechanism

Majbritt Bolton-Warberg

Blue Economy Programme Manager

Marine Institute

Frédérique BONNARD LE FLOC'H

Vice-présidente

Brest metropole

Ronan Boyle

Director of Navigation, Maritime & Consenting

Commissioners of Irish Lights

Suzanne Brennan

Head, EMFAF Managing Authority, Ireland

Dept. of Agriculture

Paul Brewster

EU Policy Adviser

Irish Maritime Development Office

Laura Brien

CEO

Maritime Area Regulatory Authority

Samantha Brocklehurst

Director of Customer Experience - Maersk UK & Ireland

Maersk Logistics and Services

Frederick Bruce

Senior Project Manager

SUBMARINER Network