Making the Digital Twin of the Ocean fit for Global Marine Governance: Ethics, Politics, and Transformative Power?
12 June at 6 p.m. in the Auditorium at the Institut de la Mer in Villefranche followed by a reception
The Digital Twin of the Ocean is high on the EU’s political agenda and envisioned to become one of the most advanced support tools for “better decision-making” in ocean governance. Even though digital twins have enormous potential to change how we understand and govern the ocean, they face a complicated reality including global imbalances, geopolitical struggles and scientific and data-related uncertainties. These developments are particularly pronounced in the context of ongoing multilateral environmental negotiations such as on the Agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), a Global Plastics Treaty and deep-seabed mining (ISA).
The high-level panel connecting experts from research, policy makers and diplomats to discuss will explore how we can ensure that the EU DTO is not just technologically and scientifically robust but also equitable in the context of international marine policy and agreement making.
Chairs
Alice Vadrot, Professor for Environmental Politics and International Relations at the University of Vienna, Principal Researcher of the ERC Project “TwinPolitics”.
Nicolas Pade, Executive Director of the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC)
Panelists
Pascal Lamy, Vice-President of Paris Peace Forum, Coordinator of the Jacques Delors Think Tanks (Paris, Berlin, Brussels), Former DG of WTO, Former Trade Commissioner (European Commission), Co-Chair of the Blue Economic and Finance Forum in Monaco
Andrei Polejack, Director of Research and Innovation, National Institute for Ocean Research – INPO, Brazil
Angelique Pouonneau, Ocean Lead Negotiator of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Vanessa Yepes-Narváez, Scientific Researcher, Marine and Coastal Research Institute “José Benito Vives de Andréis” (INVEMAR), Colombia
Nicolas Pade, Executive Director of the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC)
Moderation
Alice Vadrot, Professor for Environmental Politics and International Relations at the University of Vienna, Principal Researcher of the ERC Project “TwinPolitics”.
A cooperation between the ERC Project TwinPolitics at the University of Vienna and the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC) (www.embrc.eu) under the EU funded MARCO-BOLO project (www.marcobolo-project.eu).
Location and time
The panel will take place on 12 June at 6 p.m. in the Auditorium at the Institut de la Mer in Villefranche and will be followed by a reception with drinks and finger food for an informal exchange.
Registration for the event is necessary, as there is security check at the entrance – a shuttle is offered from the Port of Nice (Blue Zone) and can be reserved during the registration process.
Registration: https://mailchi.mp/14eac086c64f/making-the-digital-twin-of-the-ocean-fit-for-global-marine-governance
For further questions please contact: twinpolitics.erc.powi@univie.ac.at
