Hours below in Athens local time

10.00-10.15 What if the sea really can? Matteo Maccanti and Morena Bruno – University of Siena.

10.15-10.30 Let’s imagine what could be Crete Region in 2030, Dr Nikolaos Stefanatos, Mechanical Engineer, Phd – Head of Wind Energy Department, Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving.

10.30-10.40 How we turn imagination into reality? , Markos Damasiotis - Head of Development Programs Division, Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving.

10.40-10.55 Mapping blue energy potential in Crete: main findings and criticalities, Federica Di Pietrantonio - Consultant for U-Space SL

10.55-11.10 Introducing Blue Energy in the energy strategy of Crete, Hrvoje Stančin - University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture

11.10-11.15 Blue Energy for carbon neutrality, Riccardo Pulselli - Indaco2

11.15-11.30 HCMR: paving the way for the blue growth in Crete, Dr Antonios Magoulas – Director, Hellenic Center for Marine Research

11.30-11.45 The importance of Blue Energy towards climate neutrality, National & European developments Dimitris Tsekeris - Energy Policy Officer, WWF Greece.

11.45-12.00 Blue Development and Coastal Tourism, Stratakis Arisitides - Regional Tourism Office, Directorate of Crete, Ministry of Tourism

12.00-12.15 Underwater cultural heritage and Blue Energy: perspectives and limits, Dr Theotokis Theodoulou - Marine Archaeologist, diver, Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities, Head of the Department of Crete

12.15-12.30 The importance of proper spatial planning of off-shore and coastal wind farms as a means of minimizing their impacts to seabirds and migratory soaring birds, Konstantina Ntemiri - Environmental Policy Officer, Hellenic Ornithological Society

12.30-12.40 Your opinion counts: Presentation of survey results on Blue Energy

12.40-13.00 Open discussion

Moderators

Katerina Sfakianaki

Physicist, Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving

Speakers

Matteo Maccanti

University of Siena

Morena Bruno

University of Siena

Nikolaos Stefanatos

Head of Wind Energy Department, Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving

Markos Damasiotis

Head of Development Programmes Division, Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving (CRES)

Federica Di Pietrantonio

Consultant for U-Space SL

Hrvoje Stančin

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture

Riccardo Pulselli

Indaco2

Antonios N. Magoulas

Director, Hellenic Center for Marine Research

Dimitris Tsekeris

Energy Policy Officer, WWF Greece

Dr Theotokis Theodoulou

Marine Archaeologist

Konstantina Ntemiri

Environmental Policy Officer, Hellenic Ornithological Society