European Maritime Day 2026

PLENARY SESSIONS

Live streaming in English will be available only for the plenary sessions on 21 and 22 May as follows:

Thursday, 21 May

• 09:15–09:45 – Opening Session

• 09:45–11:00 – High-Level Plenary "How can the new Multiannual Financial Framework support the implementation of the Ocean Pact?"

• 11:20–12:35 – TED-like panel with industry and regions representatives "Blue Industrial Leadership"

• 13:50–14:50 – Maritime Security Power for the EU

Friday, 22 May:

• 09:00–10:00 – High-Level Plenary"A present and future sustainable and competitive EU fisheries and aquaculture sector"

• 10:15–11:15 – High-Level Plenary"Ocean Eye"

• 16:30–17:15 – Plenary"Energy Transition for the EU Fisheries and Aquaculture"

• 17:20–18:10 – Closing Session

Thematic workshops organised by maritime stakeholders are at the core of the conference. Workshop organisers design and manage their sessions and each workshop lasts 1h15.

23 workshops will take place in this edition under the following themes:

• Coastal communities: resilience, challenges and opportunities

• Maritime security and surveillance

• Blue economy sectors

• Blue Energy (Marine renewable energy, alternative fuels, energy transition, decarbonisation, desalination, port adaptation etc.)

• Enablers (marine research, innovation, technology, observation, blue skills, MSP, digitalisation, investment, ocean literacy etc.)

• Maritime Cooperation (regional, sea-basins, Civil Society, stakeholder relations etc.)

• Food security (blue biotechnology, aquaculture, fisheries, algae, biodiversity etc.)