Programme


I Summit on underwater noise management

March 14th, CTN facilities, Cartagena (Spain)

Come together to tackle the problem and hopefully walk away with a solution to move forward!

Reception and opening 

09.00h Registration 

09.30h WELCOME SPEECH

Mariano Jiménez, Chairman of CTN and CEO of Herjimar (Spain)

Antonio Romero, Head of Area Innovation & Digital Transformation at the Regional Development Agency INFO Region of Murcia (Spain)

Joaquín López Pagán, Chairman of SAES (Spain)

Noelia Ortega, CEO of CTN, Coordinator of QuietSeas, Quietmed and Quietmed2 Project (Spain) 

10.00 – 11.15h SESSION 1: CURRENT SITUATION

VIRTUAL INTERVENTION: Maud Casier, Seconded National Expert, DG ENV at European Commission (Belgium) 

Manuel Bou Cabo, Scientific Researcher at Spanish Institute of Oceanography IEO, on behalf of Subdirectorate-General for the Protection of the Sea (Spain) 

Fco. Javier Rodrigo Saura, Head of Maritime Security Business line at SAES (Spain) 

Ana Vanesa Torrente, Head of Sustainability Division of Cartagena Port Authority (Spain)

MODERATOR: Noelia Ortega, CEO of CTN, Coordinator of QuietSeas, Quietmed and Quietmed2 Project (Spain) 

Coffee break 

11.30 – 13.15h SESSION 2: TRENDS AND CHALLENGES

VIRTUAL INTERVENTION: Niels Kinnegin, Senior Consultant at Rijkswaterstaat, JOMOPANS Project Manager (Netherlands) 

Arianna Azzellino, Researcher and Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano POLIMI (Italy) 

Juan Bald, Head of Marine and Coastal Environmental Management Unit in AZTI. (Spain) 

Marian Paiu, Executive Director of Mare Nostrum NGO (Romania)

MODERATOR: Ivan Felis, Head of R&D at CTN (Spain) 

Lunch break 

14.15 – 15.45h SESSION 3: NEW APPROACHES, SOLUTIONS AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

Andreja Popit, Scientific Researcher at the Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia iZVRS (Slovenia) 

Jos Schilder, Senior Advisor at Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management, Coordinator of NEA PANACEA Project (Netherlands) 

Laura Ceyrac, Bioacoustician and Project Manager in underwater acoustic at SHOM (France)

MODERATOR: Aristides Prospathopoulos, Senior Functional Scientist, Underwater Acoustics and Marine Engineering at Hellenic Center for Marine Research HCMR (Greece)

Coffee break 

16.00 – 17.15h SESSION 4: NEXT STEPS TO BE TAKEN 

VIRTUAL INTERVENTION:  Miguel Núñez, Counsellor for Transport and Permanent Representation of Spain to the European Union (Spain) 

Junio Fabrizio Borsani, TG Noise co-chair and Senior Research Technician at Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale ISPRA (Italy) 

Valeria Pizziol, R&D Project Manager at ETT S.p.A. (Italy) 

Alessio Maglio, Marine Environment Expert at Sinay and Maylis Salivas, Project Officer at ACCOBAMS (Monaco)

MODERATOR: Noelia Ortega, CEO of CTN, Coordinator of QuietSeas, Quietmed and Quietmed2 Project (Spain) 

17.15h – 17.30h Closure  


Social and cultural activities 

18.30h Guided visit to Cartagena city centre 

20.30h Networking dinner