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1 Welcome / Introductory session

• Vladimir Ryabinin/Julian Barbière, UNESCO-IOC
• Andrew Hudson/Vladimir Mamaev, UNDP
• Christian H. Severin / Leah Karrer, GEF
• Ned Cyr /Kenneth Sherman, NOAA
• Wojciech Wawrzyński/Adi Kellerman, ICES
• James Oliver, IUCN

2-Governance in LMEs
2a. Building long-term governance and sustainability

• Objectives and expected outcomes of the session - Rebecca Shuford, NOAA
• Key governance considerations for LMEs - Robin Mahon, CERMES
• The Mediterranean LME: The Barcelona Convention and the MedPartnership Project - Lorenzo Galbiati, Med Partnership
• Factors contributing to longterm ocean governance in the BCLME region - Hashali Hamukuaya, Benguela Current LME
• The Western Tropical Pacific Warm Pool LME – Status, Benefits and Challenges in the context of the Future of Fisheries - Hugh Walton, FFA

2b. Examples of use of MPAs, ICM, MSP as tools and approaches for governance in LMEs

• MPAs as a valuable tool for governance in LMEs: Global status and trends in MPA application and the Promise of Sydney - James Oliver, IUCN
• Experiences in Scaling up ICM for Sustainable Development of the Seas of East Asia - Adrian Ross, PEMSEA
• Enabling Sustainable Development and Management of Ecosystems - Marc Wilson, SOPAC
• CLME+ and the Caribbean Challenge Initiative - Patrick Debels, Caribbean LME
• Legal reforms relating ICAM/MSP within LMEs - Michael Akester, Humboldt Current LME

3 Regional LME Caucuses and Working Groups (Africa, Asia, Latin America & Caribbean)

4 Regional Caucuses Reporting and General Discussion

• Objectives and expected outcomes of the session - Ken Sherman, NOAA
• Regional caucuses’ reporting (Africa, Asia, Latin America & Caribbean)
• Reporting of the ICES WGLMEBP - Hein Rune Skjoldal and Rudolf Hermes, Chairs of the ICES WGLMEBP
• Analysis of Regional Ocean Governance - Julien Rochette, IDDRI

5 LME Data and Information needs

• Objectives and expected outcomes of the session - Julian Barbière, IOC-UNESCO
• Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme: Global comparative assessment of LMEs - Sherry Heileman, IOC-UNESCO / Consultant
• Socioeconomics & Patterns of Risk in LMEs, Liana McManus, IOC-UNESCO / Consultant
• Institutionalization of transboundary indicators - Patrick Debels, CLME
• International collaboration in oceanographic data and information exchange: IODE - Peter Pissierssens, IOCUNESCO/IODE
• Examples of EBM indicators approach in the Southeast Pacific - Fernando Félix, CPPS
• EAF-Nansen and Blue Bridge projects - Gabriella Bianchi, FAO

6 Socio-economic aspects of LMEs

• Objectives and expected outcomes of the session - Andrew Hudson, UNDP
• Moving towards a Blue Economy – the Seychelles Experience - Didier Dogley, Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change of Seychelles
• Restoring the world’s LMEs: A vehicle for job creation? - Andrew Hudson, UNDP Water & Ocean Programme
• Economic valuation of ecosystem services in LMEs, purpose, methods and the GCLME experience applying the benefit transfer approach - Christian Susan, UNIDO
• Valuation of marine ecosystem goods and services in the Caribbean Sea/N. Brazil Shelf LME - Patrick Debels, Caribbean LME
• Recent progress in fisheries certification in the Humboldt Current LME - Michael Akester, Humboldt Current LME

7 Integrated Climate Change and variability in LMEs

• Objectives and expected outcomes of the session - Ned Cyr, NOAA
• Ocean Acidification - Connecting scientists to transfer knowledge at local, regional, global levels - Kirsten Isensee, IOC-UNESCO
• Regional Climate Change Adaptation Framework for the Mediterranean Sea - Lorenzo Galbiati, Med Partnership
• Climate change and the living marine resources of the CCLME - Birane Sambe, Canary Current LME
• How the BOBLME SAP responds to Climate Change effects in the Bay of Bengal - Rudy Hermes, Bay of Bengal LMEs
• Climate Change in the Gulf of Mexico LME

8 Emerging issues in ocean health

• Objectives and expected outcomes of the session Leah Karrer, GEF
• Addressing the marine litter challenge through the Global Partnership on Marine Litter - Heidi Savelli, UNEP
• The challenges of addressing marine debris in the Humboldt Current LME - Michael Akester, Humboldt Current LME
• Key international approaches to combatting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing - Mathew Camilleri, FAO
• IUU Fishing: the challenges and solutions in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape - Marco Quesada, Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape
• Problems and some proposals of subregional measures to combat IUU fishing in the Canary Current LME - Birane Sambe, Canary Current LME

9a LME:Learn & Capacity Development

• Objectives and expected outcomes of the session - Wojciech Wawrzyński, ICES
• ICES training actions and the LME-LEARN twinning plans - Wojciech Wawrzyński , ICES
• IOC training actions in the LME:Learn context - Peter Pissierssens, IOC/IODE
• OceanTeacher Global Academy - Lucy Scott, Agulhas-Somali LME, OTGA SG
• MOOC - Kenneth Sherman, NOAA
• IW:Learn past and future plans - Mish Hamid, IW:Learn
• Online tools/the learning portal of the Globallast programme - Antoine Blonce, IMO

9b LME:Learn & Stakeholders and communication

• Objectives and expected outcomes of the session - Mish Hamid, IW:Learn
• Private / Public partnerships - David Vousden, Agulhas-Somali LME
• Planned regional and global conferences - Kenneth Sherman, NOAA 
• Best practices in development of knowledge products - Marc Wilson, Pacific IWRM
• Knowledge management to foster replication - Adrian Ross, PEMSEA

10-Conclusions and next steps

The individual presentations and related documents are also available at http://www.ioc-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewEventDocs&eventID=1701.