Envoyé spécial du Président de la République pour la Conférence Océan des Nations Unies, Ambassadeur de France pour Océan et les Pôles

Chief of Staff, Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Economy, Republic of Guinea.

Researcher in Maritime Security, Institute for Security Studies

Directeur, BERD Maroc

Policy Manager, MedPan

President and CEO of the Institute for Research for Development, Marseille, France

The Managing Director of INRAP

Head of the International Division, UN - United Nations Ocean Conference - France 2025

Regional Coordinator, Coastal Fisheries Initiative, FAO, Roma

Director-General for the Coordination of the Single Market and Other European Policies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union, and Cooperation of Spain.

President of the Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute

Head of the Coastal Monitoring and Protection Department, Republic of Guinea.

Director of the BlueMissionMed CSA project, supporting the Mediterranean Lighthouse of the EU Mission on Ocean and Waters

CEO Econocom France - President of Les Abeilles International

Executive Director of the Trust Fund for the Banc d'Arguin and Coastal and Marine Biodiversity (BACoMaB Trust Fund)

Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations & President of the First Committee, Sixty-Sixth Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Director, Global Ocean Trust, Germany

The President of Agence Française de Développement, France.

Researcher in Maritime Security, Institute for Security Studies

Minister of Equipment and Water, Morocco

Director, Climate & Development, Africa-Europe Foundation

Chairman of the Continental Executive Board of the Pan-African Youth Organisation for the Blue Economy (OPJEB)

Regional Director, BERD

Professor, Faculty of Law Tangier (Law of the Sea)

Secretary of State for Maritime Affairs

President of Abdelmalek Saadi University.

Regenerative Blue Economy Manager, IUCN

Vice President CSR CMA CGM Group, France.

Head of Cabinet, Haut Conseil pour la Mer

Senior Ocean Campaign manager, Greenpeace Africa

Executive Director & Ocean Adviser

Professor in Oceanography and Coastal Management

Director of International Cooperation, Ministry of Fisheries Wealth.

Minister of Marine Resources of the GUN, Libya

Member, Royal Academy of Morocco.

Conservator of National Parks, Director of Community Protected Marine Areas, Senegal.

Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO and Deputy Director-General of UNESCO.

Senior Advisor United Nations Global Compact / Director Food Programme Lloyd's Register Foundation / Author

CEO et Scientifique Marine, Nuwat for Environmental Research & Education, Bahreïn.

Co-Founder & Executive Producer The Or Foundation

Chercheur Principal et Professeur, à l'Université des Açores, ancien ministre de la Mer, Portugal

Executive Director of Plastic Punch

Permanent Secretary of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco

Freelance Photojournalist & Consultant in Citizen Journalism Training, President of the NGO BiodiverCités.

Biologist Oceanographer & Director of the Master's Program in Climate Change and Marine Sciences (WASCAL).

Secretary-General of the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM)

Directrice Générale de Europe Jacques Delors, membre Africa-Europe Fondation

National coordinator, RENASCEDD, Guinea

Executive Director, Regional Partnership for Marine and Coastal Conservation, Senegal

President of the Women's Association in the Maritime Sector in Comoros.

Chairwoman of la Saison Bleue

President of the World Sea Forum-Bizerte & Co-Chair of the Africa-Europe Strategy Group on Ocean Governance.

Director of Oceans, World Economic Forum.

Head of the Marine and Freshwater Branch, UNEP

Professeur Universitaire/ Vice présidente de la Task force Afrique (IOC-UNESCO), Académie Tunisienne des Sciences - Beit al Hikma

Former Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs (Seychelles), Director of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC), Kenya.

Professor of oceanography, coordinator of the sixth IPCC report University of Suez, Egypt + IPCC, Egypt

Deputy Director of Marine Protected Areas in Senegal.

Responsable des partenariats et de l'engagement, Wave Initiative, Arabie Saoudite

Regional Manager, Coastal and Ocean Resilience, IUCN, Nairobi, Kenya.

Chair of the Board of Directors of the MIHARI network and CEO of Beolobe, Madagascar.

Executive Director of the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA), Tanzania.

Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Ocean

CEO Mercator Ocean.

Initiator of the Appeal for the Ocean as a Common Good for Humanity, Member of the European Parliament for Renew Europe, France.

Co-Chair of the Africa-Europe Strategy Group on Ocean Governance, Special Envoy of Kenya for the Oceans and Blue Economy.

Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, DG MARE, European Commission.

Vice-Governor of the Autonomous District of Abidjan

Director-General, National Maritime Affairs Agency (ANAM), Comoros.

the Head of the Global Maritime Crime Programme (GMCP) at UNODC.

Principal Secretary at the Ministry of Blue Economy and Fisheries in Zanzibar