PECC Marine Resources Seminar 3: The Mgmt. of Marine Resources & Oceans as a means of communication

Tuesday, December 4

0900 - 0915

Registration

0915 - 0930

Opening Remarks

•  Mr. Denis Mcnamara, Chair, NZPECC
• Prof. Jean Luc Le Bideau, Vice-Chair, FPTPEC
  
  

0930-1200

Session I: Identification and exploration of deep sea mineral and energy resources

Chair:

• Mr. Denis Mcnamara; Chair, NZPECC
  
  

0930-0955

The man at sea: Conquering the ‘blue continent’

• Mr. Jean François Tallec, Counsellor, DCNS Group
  
  

0955-1020

An update on deep seabed minerals activities in the Pacific Islands region: Status, challenges and opportunities

• Mr. Akuila Tawake, Head of Deep Sea Mineral Project, SOPAC, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia
  pdf pdf An update on deep seabed mineral activities in the Pacific Island Region (2.39 MB) (2.39 MB)

1020-1040

Coffee Break

1040-1130

Managing New Zealand's offshore mineral resources – striking a balance between economic development and environmental protection

• Mr. David Trueman, Partner, Simpson Grierson, Wellington, New Zealand
  pdf pdf Managing New Zealands offshore Mineral resource (243.63 kB) (243 KB)

1105 - 1130

Enabling management of offshore mining through improved understanding of environmental impacts – a New Zealand perspective

• Dr. Geoffroy Lamarche, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), NZ
  pdf pdf Enabling Management of offshore mining through improved understanding of environmental impacts (2.37 MB) (2 MB)

1130 - 1200

1200-1400

Lunch

1400-1630

Session 2: Surveillance of oceans

Chair:      

• Amb. Francis Etienne, Ambassador of France to New Zealand 
• Ms. Penny Ridings, NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT)
  
  

1400-1415

Maritime surveillance – Cooperation among Australia, France and New Zealand to protect and oversee activities in the Pacific Ocean

• Amb. Francis Etienne, French Embassy, Wellington, New Zealand
  pdf pdf Maritime Surveillance: Cooperation between Australia, France and New Zealand (339.29 kB) (339 KB)

1415-1425

Integrated Management of New Caledonia’s maritime area: The Coral Sea MPA Project

• Dr. Yves Lafoy, French Embassy, Wellington, New Zealand
  pdf pdf The Coral Sea MPA Project (1.42 MB) (1.42 MB)

1425-1450

Scientific cooperation in the Pacific Ocean

• Dr. Geoffroy Lamarche, NIWA
  pdf pdf Scientific cooperation in the Pacific Ocean (3.04 MB) (3.04 MB)

1450-1505

Coffee Break

1505-1530

The air and sea surveillance in the Pacific

• Captain Bruno Jeannerod, Commanding Officer, French Armed Forces in the Pacific, Nouméa, New Caledonia
  pdf pdf Maritime Surveillance: Naval and Air Surveillance (6.41 MB) (6.41 MB)

1530 - 1555

International cooperation for the surveillance of marine debris

• Dr. Jan Hafner, Scientific Computer Programmer, International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii, USA
  pdf pdf (3.83 MB) pdf Plastic pollution in Marine system (3.83 MB) (3.83 MB)

1555 - 1630

Discussion

1830

Dinner (hosted by NZPECC)

Wednesday, December 5

0930-1200

Session 3: How to maintain the level and quality of existing resources and the protection of exclusive zones

Chair:

• Ms. Fran O' Sullivan, Vice-Chair, NZPECC; Columnist, New Zealand Herald
  
  

0930- 0955

Deep sea mud in the Pacific Ocean as a new mineral resource for rare earth elements (REEs)

• Prof. Yasuhiro Kato, Frontier Research Center for Energy and Resources, University of Tokyo, Japan
  pdf pdf Deep-sea mud in the Pacific Ocean as a new mineral resource for raw-earth elements (3.14 MB) (3.14 MB)

0955-1020

From exploration to extraction of marine mineral resources: Knowledge, potential and challenges

• Dr. Geoffroy Lamarche, NIWA Research Program on Marine Physical Resources, NZ
  pdf pdf (4.64 MB) pdf From exploration to extraction of marine mineral resources (4.64 MB) (4.64 MB)

1020-1035

Coffee Break

1035 -1100

Mineral resources of the deep ocean: characteristics of the major deposit types and advances in exploration technology

• Dr. Martin Patriat, French Research Institute for the Exploration of the Sea (IFREMER), France
  default default Mineral resources of the deep ocean (4.62 MB) (4.62 MB)

1100 –1125

Transfer and financing of technology and innovation in the framework of PPPs to better protect the oceans and the coastal zones

• Mr. Nicolas Renard, Advisor to the Chairman and CEO, Veolia Environnement, Paris, France
  pdf pdf Transfer and financing of technology and innovation in the framework of PPPs (2.15 MB) (2.15 MB)

1125 – 1200

Environmental regulation on the outer continental shelf

• Dr. Joanna Mossop, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand pdf
  pdf Environmental Regulation on the Outer Continental Shelf (1.42 MB) (1.42 MB)

1200-1400

Lunch

1400-1530

Session 4: Oceans as a means of communication and development

Chair:

• Michel Paoletti, Vice Chair FPTPEC Polynesia
  
  

1400-1425

Servicing the broad footprint of customers in the Pacific, an operator perspective  

• Ms. Blandina Diamond, Logistics Manager, New Zealand Steel, NZ
  pdf pdf A building solutions company perspective on servicing our geographically distributed customers in the Pacific (1.07 MB) (1.07 MB)

1425-1450

The Pacific market for submarine cable systems: Opportunities and challenges

• Mr. Emmanuel Delanoue, Head of APAC Sales & Marketing, Alcatel‐Lucent Submarine Networks
  pdf pdf Submarine Cable Systems in the Pacific (887.21 kB) (887 KB)

1450-1515

Trade and investment impacts of submarine cable disruption

• Mr. John Ballingall, Deputy Chief Executive, NZ Institute of Economic Research, Wellington, NZ
  default default Trade and Investment impacts of submarine cable disruption (63.35 kB) (63 KB)

1515-1530

Coffee break

1530-1630

Session 5: Conclusion and recommendations

Roundtable discussions: Presentation of the recommendations by sessions chairs

Closing remarks

• Mr. Denis Mcnamara, Chair, NZPECC
• Prof. Jean Luc Le Bideau, Vice-Chair, FPTPEC
  
  

1800

Cocktail (hosted by FPTPEC)