- 09:30-09:40 : Official launch - 09:40–09:45 · Opening keynote: - Carmen do Sacramento Neto dos Santos, Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources of the Republic of Angola - 09:45–10:10 : Voices of coastal, island and landlocked countries - Fahardine Ahamada Ali, Chair, South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission (SWIOFC), Comoros - Gugulethu Faith Hlabangana, Representative, Africa Voluntary Carbon Credits Market Forum, Zimbabwe - Azza Jiddou, Technical Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Fisheries, Maritime and Port Infrastructure, Mauritania - Jean-Paul Wong Mpondo, National Coordinator, Cameroonian Network for the Development of Island Localities and Indigenous Peoples (RECADELI), Cameroon - 10:10–10:35 : Regional governance and the high seas - Taoufik El Ktiri, Executive Secretary, COMHAFAT, Morocco - Nancy Karigithu, Co-Chair of the Strategic Group on Oceans and the Blue Economy, Africa-Europe Foundation - Luna Merino, Head of Strategic Partnerships, Ocean & Climate Platform (online) - Ahmed Senhoury, Executive Director, Regional Partnership for Coastal and Marine Conservation (PRCM), Mauritania / Senegal - David Willima, Africa Regional Coordinator, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, South Africa -10:35–10:55 : Science and sustainable fisheries - Hamadi Baba, President, National Federation of Fisheries, Mauritania - Khallahi Brahim, Permanent Secretary, Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC), Senegal - Elvis Kum, Africa Policy Lead on Deep-Sea Mining, WWF, Cameroon - Fatou Sock, Regional Coordinator, Coastal Fisheries Initiative, FAO (Rome)

- 11:00–11:15 : Presentation (15 min): - Tarek Cheniti, Senior Regional Coordination Officer, Regional Office for Africa, UN Development Coordination Office (DCO – Dakar) - 11:15–11:20 : Keynote (5 min): - Jonathan Ignoumba, Minister of Transport and Merchant Marine, Gabon - 11:20–11:55 : Cross-Border cooperation - Anthony Akpan, President, Pan African Vision for the Environment (PAVE), Nigeria (online) - Jean Renaud Bikoe, Head of Department, Ministry of External Relations, Cameroon - Sandrine Djakoure, Deputy Director of Marine and Coastal Economic Development, Ministry of Environment and Ecological Transition, Côte d’Ivoire - Dr Venâncio Soares Gomes, Deputy Executive Secretary for Natural Resources, Gulf of Guinea Commission, Angola - Carole Martinez, Senior Public Policy Officer, MedPAN, France - Ysaac Chavely Mbile Nguema, Program Manager for IUU Fishing and Blue Economy, African Marine Conservation Organisation (AMCO), Cameroon - 11:55–12:30 : Financing opportunities - Ludovic Arnaud, Associate Economic Affairs Officer, UNCTAD (UN Trade & Development), Switzerland - Cynthia Barzuna, Deputy Global Director of the Ocean Program, World Resources Institute (WRI), Costa Rica (online) - Adil Chikhi, Regional Director, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) - Sylvia Michele Diez, Senior Natural Resource Management Specialist, World Bank - Ahmed Lefghih, Executive Director, BACoMaB Trust Fund, Mauritania

-14:00–14:15 : What global treaty to adress plastic pollution? State of the international negotiations - Keynote: Momar SOW, Director of Community Marine Protected Areas (DAMCP) (5 min), - Antoine Lafitte, Director, Plan Bleu (UNEP/MAP) -14:15–14:25 : The Mediterranean mobilises Opening by Nadia Hai, Ambassador, Interministerial Delegate for the Mediterranean, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France) - Keynote: Manal Awad, Minister of Local Development and Environment (5 min) (TBC) - Rym Benzina, President, La Saison Bleue, - Philippe Masset, Director of European & international, ADEME, France - Patricia Ricard, President, Institut Paul Ricard, France -14:25–15:00 : In Tangier, Africa takes actions - Adil Aghzar, Professor of Oceanography and Coastal Management, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University and Nature Solutions, Morocco - Hassan Agouzoul, National Coordinator (National Hub WestMED Initiative for Morocco), SDG Action Strategy Center - Imad Cherkaoui, Programme Coordinator, WWF Morocco - Jalal Hamine, A. GM&E Sales Manager - Business Development, Hilton Tangier Al Houara Resort and Spa

- 15:00–15:30 : National Strategy (SNEB), Atlantic Vision, Science and Geopolitics - Siham Fellahi, Blue Economy Programme Coordinator, Ministry of Economy and Finance - Keynote : (5 min): Jamal Machrouh, Geopolitical Researcher - Yassine Elaroussi, Head of the Cooperation Division, Directorate of Strategy and Cooperation, Department of Maritime Fisheries - Naima Hamoumi, Retired university professor, expert in marine geosciences and training engineering, Mohammed V University, Morocco - Nada Nejar, Chief Finance Engineer, Blue Economy Analyst, Ministry of Economy and Finance - 15:30–15:50 : Territorial Engagement, Regional Dynamics and Civil Society - Kamal Lakhlmass, Harbour Master, Tanger Med Port - Nisrine Iouzzi, Director, Dakhla Atlantique Construction (Dakhla Atlantique) - Hamid Oulbaz, Terminal Planner, Eurogate Tanger Med - Mohammed Adnane Ouzzine, President, Moroccan Maritime Foundation - 15:50–16:10 : Port Hubs, Connectivity and Maritime Logistics - Omar Akouri, Secretary General, Federation of Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture (FPMA) - Fatima Zohra Hassouni, Head of the Division for the Sustainability and Management of Fisheries Resources, Ministry in Charge of Maritime Fisheries - Amina Figuigui, Director General, National Fisheries Office (ONP) - 16:10–16:30 : Fisheries, Aquaculture and Sustainable Value Creation - Miguel Bernal, Executive Secretary, General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM – FAO) (online) - Abdenbi Almi, Secretary-General for Regional Affairs – Souss-Massa Region - Abdelmalek Faraj, Director General, Blue Economy - Abderrahim Ksiri, Member of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE), President of AESVT - Rabie Khamlichi, Secretary-General for Regional Affairs – Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima Region

- Women’s leadership - Asmaa Benslimane, Secretary General, WIMAFRICA - Cécile Couprie, Regional Director for North Africa, AFD - Meriem Fares, Director of Marketing, Communication and Public Relations, Tanger Med - Florentine Guihard-Koidio, Chair of the Strategic Monitoring Committee, Network of Women in Maritime and Port Sectors, Côte d’Ivoire - Chantal Ngoie Mbwese, National President, DRC, WIMOWCA (Women in Maritime in West and Central Africa), DRC - Kessen Tall, President, La Marche Bleue, Mauritania - Innovation: blue projects - Amine Amar, Associate Professor and independent consultant, Al Akhawayn University - Anuradha Bhattacharya, Director of Programmes and Partnerships, MENA Oceans, United Arab Emirates - Adeline Pilon, Co-founder, ELYX Foundation, France - Ernest Tindo, Founder and President, Pan-African Youth Organisation for the Blue Economy (OPJEB), Benin - Gianni Valenti, President and Founder, Gaia First, France

- Opening keynote (5 min): Valérie Verdier, Chair and CEO of IRD - Testimonial (5 min – pre-recorded video): James Morrison, Director, “Healthy Planet”, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), European Commission - Mohamed El Hafedh Ejiwen, IMROP, Mauritania (Fisheries science of the West African Atlantic coast) - Bouchta El Moumni, President, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University (Training and university cooperation) - Abdelfattah Sifeddine, Research Director / IRD Representative - Yassine Zahri, INRH Agadir (Atlantic fisheries economics)

- Summary : Rym Benzina, President of La Saison Bleue - Closing remarks : Olivier Poivre d’Arvor, Ambassador of France, Special Envoy of the President for the Ocean and the Poles