Mission Arena 4

28–29 Apr 2025 | Sopot, Poland

Monday, 28 April 2025 | 12:45 - 14:00

Opening Plenary: Setting the Stage for Mission Arena 4

Location:Hall 1
  • Mission Ocean & Waters

12:45-12:55 Welcome 

Angela Schultz-Zehden (SUB / Mission BANOS) and Magdalena Bem-Andrzejewska (NCBR) 

12:55-13:00 

Video message from Prof. Maria Mrówczyńska Under Secretary or State or Michał Goszczyński, Deputy Director, Department of Innovation and Development, Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education 

13:00-13:10 

Introduction to the Mission Ocean and Waters 

Jacques Delsalle, European Commission (DG MARE) 

13:10-13:25 
Keynote: The State of Play of the Sustainable Blue Economy in the South Baltic  

What has been achieved, what is still open, what are the new challenges?  

Prof. Jacek Zaucha, GMU/Maritime Institute 

13:25-13:55 Panel Discussion with individual inputs 

Moderated by Magdalena Bem-Andrzejewska (NCBR) 

Panelists:  

  1. Michał Goszczyński, Deputy Director, Department of Innovation and Development, Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education 

  2. Peter Grönwoldt, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany 

  3. Angiolo Boncompagni, Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership 

  4. prof. dr hab. inż  Krzysztof Czaplewski, Director of Maritime Institute, Gdynia Maritime University  

  5. Prof. Jan Marcin Weslawski, Director, IOPAN 

13:55-14:00 House rules, last announcements, and launch of Mission Arena 4 

Angela Schultz-Zehden (SUB / Mission BANOS)

9 speakers