[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” top_divider_style=”waves” top_divider_color=”#FFFFFF” top_divider_height=”79px” bottom_divider_style=”waves2″ bottom_divider_color=”#ffffff” bottom_divider_height=”83px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=”Keynote Speakers” text_orientation=”center” _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” title_font_size=”43px” background_image=”https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/thalassa2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_1882_111.jpg” parallax=”on” parallax_method=”on” min_height=”387px” custom_padding=”||65px|||” title_text_shadow_style=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.3″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”987px” custom_margin=”65px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”244px” custom_margin=”-93px|auto||auto||” custom_padding=”||7px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”|||10px|false|false” border_radii=”on|15px|15px|15px|15px” border_width_all=”2px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Session 1: Marine Conservation\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Prof Drosos Koutsoubas,<\/strong> University of Aegean<\/p>\n \u00a0More info<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||1px||false|false” custom_padding=”|||10px|false|false” border_radii=”on|15px|15px|15px|15px” border_width_all=”2px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Session 2: Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean <\/strong><\/p>\n Mr Khalil Attia<\/strong>, Director of the Specially Protected Areas Regional Activity Centre (SPA\/RAC) of the UN Environment Programme \/ Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP\/MAP)<\/span><\/p>\n Title: The Barcelona Convention efforts to boost the management and conservation of marine and coastal protected areas in the Mediterranean<\/p>\n More info<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”32px||-4px||false|false” custom_padding=”|||10px|false|false” border_radii=”on|15px|15px|15px|15px” border_width_all=”2px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \u00a0Session 3: Fisheries and Aquaculture\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Prof Athanassios Tsikliras<\/strong>, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki<\/p>\n Title: Assessing the status of data-poor Mediterranean stocks<\/p>\n More info<\/a><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”35px||||false|false” custom_padding=”10px|||10px|false|false” border_radii=”on|15px|15px|15px|15px” border_width_all=”2px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Session 4: Oceanography: from measurements to models<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr Anneta Mantziafou<\/strong>, Research Associate, Environmental Physics Department, University of Athens, Greece<\/p>\n Title: Oceanography: from measurements to models.<\/p>\n More info<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”|||10px|false|false” border_radii=”on|15px|15px|15px|15px” border_width_all=”2px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \u00a0Session 5: Climate change impacts<\/strong><\/p>\n Prof Gil Rilov, National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research (IOLR)<\/p>\n Title:<\/strong> Alien macrophytes can offset the loss of reef ecosystem functions and Blue Carbon caused by ocean warming and invasive fish overgrazing<\/p>\n More info<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row module_id=”drosos” module_class=”drosos” _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-20px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Session 1: Marine Conservation\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Prof Drosos Koutsoubas,<\/strong><\/span> University of Aegean<\/span><\/p>\n Title:<\/strong> State, Threats and Actions for Biological Conservation in the Mediterranean Sea<\/p>\n Abstract: <\/strong><\/p>\n The state of different species (e.g. Pinna nobilis<\/em>, Lithophaga lithophaga, Corallium rubrum, Caretta caretta, Monachus monachus<\/em>), and habitat types (e.g. Posidonia meadows, Reefs, Marine Caves<\/em>), in the Mediterranean, and the threats they are facing (e.g. habitat loss and degradation, pollution, over-fishing, climate change, invasion, tourism) are presented In the Conference talk. Scientific priorities and Integrated actions needed towards achieving the ambition to reverse biodiversity loss in the Mediterranean, as this has been set according to the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030, will be also presented in this contribution.<\/p>\n Bio:<\/strong><\/p>\n DROSOS KOUTSOUBAS <\/strong>is a Professor of Marine Biology and Head of the Department of Marine Sciences (2013-2017, 2020-today) of the University of the Aegean (http:\/\/www.mar.aegean.gr<\/a><\/span>). As a Research Associate of the Institute of Marine Biology of Crete (presently Hellenic Center for Marine Research) (1994-2000), and during his work in the Dept. of Marine Sciences (2000-today), as well as the National Marine Park of Zakynthos (2010-2022), he has participated in several EU and National funded Research Projects such as MAST & MTP, FAIR, LIFE-NATURE, CFP-STUDIES , INTERREG III, 5th<\/sup>, 6th<\/sup> and 7th<\/sup>\u00a0 EU FP, ERA-NET Seas-Eras, INTERREG Med and EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND – ERDF. His research interests include Marine Biodiversity, Wetlands Ecology and Management, Conservation and Coastal Zone Management with emphasis in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), Aquaculture and Marine Environment Interactions, Pollution and Impact Assessment Studies in Coastal and Transitional Water Ecosystems and Invertebrate Fisheries Biology and Management in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean and he has more than 250 scientific publications (> 100 in Peer Review Scientific Journals and Books). His educational activities in the Dept. of Marine Sciences include teaching in undergraduate and postgraduate level in the fields of Marine Biology, Marine Ecology and Marine Biodiversity, while he has been the supervisor in 8 PhD in these research fields. He has been the Director of the Management Body of the National Marine Park of Zakynthos (http:\/\/www.nmp-zak.org<\/a><\/span>) (2010-2022), and he is a member of the Scientific Committee of the MedPAN Association of the Mediterranean MPAs (www.medpan.org<\/a><\/span>) as a national delegate (2011 onwards.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text module_id=”attia” module_class=”attia” _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-20px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Session 2: Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Mr. Khalil ATTIA<\/span>, Director of the Specially Protected Areas Regional Activity Centre (SPA\/RAC) of the UN Environment Programme \/ Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP\/MAP)<\/span><\/p>\n Title:<\/strong> The Barcelona Convention efforts to boost the management and conservation of marine and coastal protected areas in the Mediterranean<\/p>\n Abstract:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Mediterranean Sea is the world largest semi-enclosed sea. It is considered a biodiversity hotspot, representing just 0.3% of the global ocean volume while hosting 4 to 18 % of identified global marine species. As a semi-enclosed sea, the Mediterranean is more susceptible to human impacts than more open waters and is one of the world\u2019s biomes that shows strong negative responses to land use and climate change pressures.<\/p>\n The UN Environment Programme \/ Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP\/MAP) – Barcelona Convention system is a comprehensive institutional, legal and implementation framework that the Contracting Parties have adopted for concerted action to fulfil the vision of a healthy Mediterranean Sea and Coast that underpin sustainable development in the region.<\/p>\n The Specially Protected Areas Regional Activity Centre (SPA\/RAC) was established by the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention in order to assist the Mediterranean countries in implementing the Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean (SPA\/BD Protocol) of the Barcelona Convention. SPA\/RAC\u2019s main objective is to contribute to the protection, preservation and sustainable management of marine and coastal biological diversity in the Mediterranean and, in particular, the creation and effective management of marine and coastal areas of particular natural and cultural value and the conservation of threatened and endangered species of flora and fauna in the Mediterranean.