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24 May 2023 - 25 May 2023
Brest, France
European Maritime Day 2023

Pitch sessions 

Pitch sessions will take place in Hall 1 (exhibition area), on a dedicated area with some seats for audience.

You don't need to register to these sessions, pitch stage is an open area so everyone is welcome.


Wednesday 24 May


12.00 - 12.40 >  Pitch session 1

Funding opportunities for Blue SMEs, highly innovative & breakthrough technologies

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Speakers' slides are available here.



12.45 - 13.15 >  Pitch session 2

Blue skills for youth: developing transgenerational ocean literacy projects

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Speakers' slides are available here

 

13.30 - 14.00 >  Pitch session 3

Macro algae sector in France is structuring its path

More information here.

Speakers' slides are available here.



14.30 - 15.00 >  Pitch session 4

The French decarbonization road map

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15.15 - 16.15 > Pitch session 5

Common Fisheries Policy – today and tomorrow

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Speakers' slides are available here

 

16.30 - 17.00 >  Pitch session 6

EU funding opportunities for a sustainable blue economy

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Speakers' slides are available here.

17.00 - 17.30 >  Pitch session 7

"From Brest to Nice 2025 ", towards United Nations Ocean Conference

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Thursday 25 May


10.30 - 11.00 >  Pitch session 8 (part 1)

Winners EMODnet Open Sea Lab III Hackathon and of Hack4Ocean student innovation event

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11.15 - 11.45 >  Pitch session 8 (part 2)

Winners EMODnet Open Sea Lab III Hackathon and of Hack4Ocean student innovation event

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12.00 - 12.30 >  Pitch session 9

Blue Schools in Europe: from local implementation to a European movement

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Speakers' slides are available here.


12.45 - 13.15 >  Pitch session 10

EU4Ocean’s Thematic challenge of the year: developing collective action projects on Ocean Literacy

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Speakers' slides are available here.

13.45 - 14.15 >  Pitch session 11

Pitching session on Algae: EU support to the algae sector

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14.30 - 15.00 >  Pitch session 12

Maritime Blue Economy strategies : a booster for stakeholders engagement

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15.15 - 15.45 >  Pitch session 13

Advancing gender equality in the blue economy

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Speakers' slides are available here.

Registration
Closed since 19 May 2023
Location Brest Expo, Parc des Expositions de Penfeld
Organised by
Participants
France 787
Belgium 135
Spain 72
Italy 68
Portugal 59
Germany 46
Netherlands 38
Ireland 29
United Kingdom 27
Norway 27
Greece 27
Poland 22
Denmark 21
Sweden 21
Latvia 16
Finland 12
Croatia 8
United States 6
Bulgaria 6
Ukraine 6
Romania 6
Malta 6
Luxembourg 5
Slovenia 5
Estonia 4
Switzerland 3
Türkiye 3
Morocco 3
Canada 2
Hungary 2
Georgia 2
Austria 2
Cyprus 2
Somalia 1
Nigeria 1
Libya 1
French Guiana 1
Lebanon 1
Martinique 1
Egypt 1
Brazil 1
New Caledonia 1
Tunisia 1
Cameroon 1
Brunei Darussalam 1
Fiji 1
Faroe Islands 1
Total 1492
Participants
Authority/Government 316
Private company 315
Other 237
University 177
R&D institution 123
NGO 102
European institution 96
Consulting 58
International organisation 45
Total 1469