Presentations:
Panel 1. Welcome and Opening Ceremony
Introduction by the Co-Chairs:
Dr. Biliana Cicin-Sain, Co-Chair and Head of Secretariat,
Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands 
Ambassador Ronald Jumeau, Permanent Representative of
Seychelles to the United Nations
Dr. Evelia Rivera Arriaga, Secretary, Environment and
Sustainable Development, State of Campeche, Mexico
Mr. David Ainsworth, Programme Officer on behalf of Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat
Panel 2. Implementation and Financing Strategies for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Communities and Small Island Developing States
Chair:
Mr. Festus Luboyera, Programme Officer, UNFCCC
Speakers:
Dr. Mannava Sivakumar, Director of the Climate Prediction
and Adaptation Branch, World Meteorological Organization
Mr. Denis Vasseur, Head, Climate Change, French Global
Environment Facility
Ms. Janot-Reine Mendler de Suarez, formerly GEF IW:LEARN
Ms. Grit Martinez, Ecologic Institute
Dr. Toni Ruchimat, Director of Small Islands Management,
Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia
Ms. Sara Aminzadeh, Program Manager, California
Coastkeepers Alliance
Mr. Emmanuel Guerin, Director, Climate Programme, IDDRI
Panel 3. Climate Change and Ocean Acidification
Chair:
Dr. Carol Turley, Knowledge Exchange Coordinator of
the UK Ocean Acidification Research Programme, Plymouth
Marine Laboratory, UK
Speakers:
Dr. Tony Haymet, Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
Vice Chancellor, Marine Science, University of
California, San Diego
Ms. Ellycia Harrould-Kolieb, Marine Scientist, Oceana
Special Address:
Hon. Rejoice Mabudafhasi, Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, South Africa
Panel 4. Linking the Science and Economics of Blue Carbon
Chair:
Dr. Brian Murray, Director for Economic Analysis,
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions,
Duke University
Speakers:
Ms. Dorothee Herr, Marine Programme Officer, Global Marine
and Polar Programme, IUCN
Dr. Stephen Crooks, Climate Change Director, ESA PWA
Dr. Hendra Yusran Siry, Deputy Director for Technical Services,
Research Centre for Marine and Fisheries Socio-Economics
(RCMFSE), Agency for Marine and Fisheries Research and
Development (AMFRD), Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries,
Indonesia
Panel 5. Closing Ceremony
Special Address:
Dr. Antonio Diaz de Leon, Director-General, Environmental,
Regional Integration and Sectoral Policy, Environment
and Natural Resources Ministry (SEMARNAT), Mexico
