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2025 FORUM PROGRAMME
Side Events (22-24 September)
23 September
Intergenerational Dialogue session (upon invite only)
Each year, the intergenerational dialogue provides ECOPs with a platform to collaborate with more senior professionals to co-develop solutions for pressing Atlantic Ocean challenges, present their recommendations to policymakers in the plenary session of the Forum, and contribute to an ECOP-driven policy brief to be submitted to the attention of Policy makers of the Alliance and beyond, for uptake into the implementation of All-Atlantic efforts.
24 September
Additional side events scheduled for 24 September will be announced shortly.
Main Event - Day 1 (25 September)
08:00 – 09:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee
09:00 – 10:15 Welcome and Opening Comments
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome by moderator, opening by the EU host and scene setting
09:30 – 10:00 Opening Panel of AAORIA partners
10:00 – 10:15 Political context: Speech from Member of European Parliament
10:15 – 13:00 Deep Dive into Implementation:
Preserving a healthy Atlantic Ecosystem
10:15 – 11:00 AAORIA in action: Coastal Resilience
11:00 – 11:15 Launch of the Beacon Sites network
11:15 – 11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 – 12:30 AAORIA in action: Ocean Observation and Modelling
12:30 – 13:00 Intergenerational dialogue Part 1 – Pitch from Atlantic youth
13:00 – 14:30 Networking Lunch
14:30 – 17:15 Deep Dive into Implementation:
An All-Atlantic Ocean Community
14:30 – 15:15 Session 1 – Ocean literacy and broadening engagement
15:15 – 16:00 Session 2 – Building bridges among generations: Launch of the Blue Intergenerational Programme
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:15 Session 3 – Action for Sustainable Blue Economy and Food from the Ocean – Norwegian scoping expertise discussion
17:15 – 17:30 Summary Reflection of Day 1
17:30 – 19:30 Networking Reception
Main Event - Day 2 (26 September)
08:00 – 09:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee
09:00 – 10:15 Welcome and Opening Comments
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome Address, Recap of Day 1, stage setting Day 2 and Feedback from Side Events
09:30 – 10:15 Keynote focusing on AAORIA as an opportunity for newcomers
10:15 – 12:30 Cross Cutting Atlantic Science Interactions
10:15 – 11:00 Intergenerational dialogue Part 2
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:00 AAORIA in the global context
12:00 – 12:30 Our linkages with the polar seas
12:30 – 14:00 Networking Lunch
14:00 – 15:40 Priorities of the All-Atlantic Declaration and New Horizons
14:00 – 15:00 Pitches from projects/case studies with interactions with participants
15:00 – 15:30 All-Atlantic Declaration: results and future actions – inputs for the Ministerial
15:30 – 15:40 Look ahead to the 2026 AAORIA Forum (Brazil as 2026 host)
15:40 – 16:00 Closing remarks
