Conference DIGITAL SEA: challenges and opportunities of collection marine big data in the face of twin transition – digitalization and Green Deal
Summary of the conference DIGITAL SEA: challenges and opportunities of collection marine big data in the face of twin transition – digitalization and Green Deal
July 8
Why is this conference useful?
The European Green Deal is a roadmap for making Europe’s economy sustainable. The roadmap provides actions to move to a clean and circular economy, become climate-neutral by 2050, stop biodiversity loss, and minimize pollution. It aims to turn the challenges of climate change and environmental degradation into opportunities across all policy areas. Digitalization brings disruptive force that is changing the landscape like no other. Marine and aquaculture is no exception. Today’s marine sector is not just being driven to transform to meet the demands of digital. With the recent wave of disruption that has left many in its wake, marine now frequently find itself competing with players outside it’s own industry.
The identification and analyzing the possibility to create pilot testing of the most efficient solutions. It is important to find the solutions and create pilots that should cover the whole knowledge value chain, from data acquisition (from multiple sources: research, monitoring, industrial and citizen data) to users’ services.
Who will attend this conference?
Potential participants of the conference: the European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius, the Minister of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania, the Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania, the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania, representatives of the Ministry of National Defense, top-level stakeholders of state institutions, well-known scientists and managers of the largest business companies directly related to the aquaculture sector, innovators creating digital solutions.
If international partners join the event, international speakers suggested by partners will be invited.
Venue and publicity of the conference?
The conference with up to 80 invited guests will take place on the ferry in the Port of Klaipeda. It will be broadcast online. There will be an intensive communication of the event, its agenda and discussed solutions in the national media.
The main topics of the conference?
This conference explores how big data and artificial intelligence applications in marine science can support priority actions of the European Green Deal including marine spatial planning, marine renewable energy, and the impact of climate change on fisheries.
Draft of the Agenda of July 8th
11:00-11.02 Opening of the Conference
Greetings and guidance from the moderator
11:02-11:20 Welcome speech
Virginijus Sinkevicius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
11:20 – 11:35 KeyNote
Kristina Semuksnyte-Alesiuniene, Director at AgriFood Lithuania DIH
11:35 – 11:55 Presentation
Simonas Gentvilas, Minister of Environment
11:55-12:15 Presentation
Marius Skuodis, Minister of Transport and Communications
12:15-13:15 Discussion
Participated by:
Marius Skuodis, Minister of Transport and Communications
CEO of Port Klaipeda
CEO of JSC Klaipeda Container Terminal
Vytautas Grubliauskas, Mayor of Klaipeda
13:15-13:30 Coffee break / Networking
13:30 – 13:45 Presentation
Arvydas Anusauskas, Minister of National Defense
13:45-14:00 Change makers: Final of the online hackathon HACK DigitalSea’21
Nominee team presentations and award ceremony
15:00-16:00 Closing ceremony
*The participation of all the participants mentioned is still being discussed.
*If international partners join the event, international speakers suggested by partners will be invited.
