President, La Saison Bleue

President of the Forum Mondial de la Mer-Bizerte, Coordinator of the Jacques Delors Institutes

Perpetual Secretary, Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco

Secretary of State to the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Water and Forests, in charge of Maritime Fisheries

United Nations Secretary General's Special Envoy for the Ocean

Ministre de l’'Agro-Industrie, de la Sécurité alimentaire, de l''Économie bleue et des Pêches, Maurice

Le ministre délégué auprès du ministre de l’'Agro-industrie, de la sécurité alimentaire, de l’'économie bleue et des pêches, Maurice

Ministre de l"environnement, du développement durable et du bassin du Congo et de Secrétaire Exécutive de la Commission climat du bassin du Congo

Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Resources, Maldives

Minister of Fisheries and Blue Economy, Government of Madagascar

Lead Portfolio Manager, Climate and Development, Africa-Europe Foundation

Independent Expert in Environment and Sustainable Development and member of the Royal Moroccan

Co-Chair of the Ocean Group, Europe-Africa Foundation; Ambassador and Special Envoy for Maritime and Blue Economy, Government of Kenya

Member of the Africa-Europe Strategy Group on Ocean Governance and Director General and Vice President of Europe Jacques Delors

Special Envoy of the President of the French Republic for the United Nations Ocean Conference, Ambassador for the Poles and the Ocean

Researcher at the National Research Council (CNR), Institute for the Study of Anthropogenic Impacts and Sustainability in the Marine Environment, Italia

CEO, Mercator Ocean International

Regional Director for North Africa, AFD

Founder & CEO, Goumbook, UAE

Global Deputy Director of the Ocean Program, World Resources Institute (WRI), and Director, Ocean Action 2030 Coalition

President of the Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute

Secretary-General, Neptune Mission

Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Angola

Presidential Special envoy on climate change and carbon trade, Liberia

Directeur régional de la pêche et de l'’économie bleue, Ministère de la Pêche et de l’'Économie bleue, Madagascar

International Policy Expert, Specialist in Marine and Island Biodiversity; Manager of the Blue & Green Fund, MedPAN

Head, Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)

Chairwoman and CEO, French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD)

Director, Plan Bleu

Mayor of Grand Bassam and Vice-President of the Coalition

Mayor of Quelimane City, Mozambique

President of the International Center for Research and Capacity Building (CI2RC); Higher School of Technology Essaouira and Coordinator of the "Essaouira Ocean Blue City" project

Deputy Director, Department of Environment, Health and Living Environment, Urban Community of Douala, Cameroon

Fondateur de l"École supérieure de l'entrepreneuriat et de la Prospérité Esperanza Cotonou

Président du Conseil municipal d’Alcochete, Cap-Vert

Mayor of Moroni, Comores

Executive Secretary, General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), FAO

Executive Secretary, Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), FAO

Adviser, COMHAFAT

Lead for Blue Economy and continental and regional expert, Liberia

Research Director, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)

Chargé de programme junior à la CNUCED

Founder and President of the Pan-African Youth Organization for the Blue Economy, Benin

Co-founder of IMPACT LAB, Morocco

Juriste, Service du commerce, de l''environnement, des changements climatiques et du développement durable, Conférence des Nations Unies sur le commerce et le développement (CNUCED)

Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at the Department of Blue Economy

Director of the University Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal

Responsable du Pôle Ressources Naturelles, AFD

CEO of TMSU International, Togo

Ocean and Polar Coordinator, Ocean20, South Africa

Project Manager - Ocean Prediction Enhancement in Regions of Africa (OPERA) · Mercator Ocean International

Director of the National Institute of Fisheries Research, Morocco

Greenpeace Africa

President of the Maroc Bleu Foundation

President, Researcher and Lecturer, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Morocco

Oceanographer, Research Director, Scientific Advisor for Coasts and Ocean IRD, France

Research Director at IRD, specialist in the major rivers of Africa, and co-coordinator of the OMELI observatory in Tunisia

Professor of Marine Sciences, Chulalongkorn University – Thailand

Member of the Tunisian Academy of Sciences – Beit al Hikma & Chair of the IOC-UNESCO Africa Task Force

First Vice-President and Secretary General of WIMAFRICA

Focal Point for the Abidjan Convention and Marine Ecosystem Protection Division, Benin

Senior Lecturer, University of Lomé

Professor, Legal Advisor and International Expert on Maritime Affairs, Cameroon

Marine Projects Science Officer, Ocean20, South Africa

Programme Analyst UNDP

President of the Network of Young Entrepreneurs and Blue Economy Expert, Comores

Director, Guyane Développement Innovation – France/Guyana

President, Regional Maritime Council, Togo

Mayor, Communes of the Lakes (Aného), Togo

President, African Academy of International Law practice

Lecturer, Department of Regional Development, Climate Crises & Equality, Panteion University

Strategic Director, YARIS, EU Gulf of Guinea Interregional Network (EU-GoGIN)

Director of the House of Entrepreneurship and Youth Integration, Projects, Mayor of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire

Foreign Affairs Advisor, serving at the United Nations Directorate, Ministry of External Relations, Cameroon

Africa Regional Coordinator Deep Sea Conservation Coalition

Chair of the Strategic Monitoring Committee, Network of Women Maritime and Port Professionals of West and Central Africa, Côte d’Ivoire

Founder, Youth in Action for Sustainable Development, Cameroon

CEO and Founder, YLO Médias Group, Mboko Magazine

President and scientific director, Nature Plurielle, Bénin

Advocacy Officer, Natiora Defenders, Madagascar

National Coordinator, Cameroonian Network for the Development of Island Communities and Indigenous Peoples (RECADELI)

National President, Wimafrica DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Secretary General, WIMA Morocco

President Founder, AMMCO

Executive Director, Benin Environment and Education Society (BEES NGO)

Head of the Cooperation Division, Directorate of Strategy and Cooperation, Department of Maritime Fisheries, Morocco

Economist, Author, and Consultant, Guepard Group, Morocco

Secretary-General of COMAIP, Morocco

President, National Fisheries Federation, Mauritania

Head of Ocean Economy and Space Economy (IPSO Unit), Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, OECD, France

Head of the IUU Fishing and Blue Economy Program, African Marine Conservation Organisation (AMCO), Cameroon

Coordinator of the Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements (CAPE)

Founder and President of Le Quéré

Chair of the Blue Economy Committee, WIMAFRICA, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Geographer, Mohammed V University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Morocco.

Directeur du Centre de Stratégie d’'Action pour les Objectifs de Développement Durable

Designing an EWS for Coastal Flood Risks to Enhance Sustainable Rice Production in Guinea-Bissau

From Imagery to Action: Scalable shoreline monitoring for Pacific atolls

SWIM2CORAL, A nature-based solution to protect corals

Development of Extreme Marine Current Forecasts for Senegal’s Small Coast