Symposium “Innovation & Blue Growth”

Oceanography and marine bio-resources face to global challenges

Organized by: In partnership with:

DOST Qingdao

www.mitin-network.org

Ocean University of China (OUC), Qingdao, China, 28-30 October 2013

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Editorial Combining socio-economic development and environmental protection is the objective of sustainable development policies. Nowadays, “Blue Growth” is an international challenge in the maritime world.

The exploitation of marine resources (energy, minerals and food) is essential to global development, but such practices impact the marine environment, and more generally the climatic and biological balance of the planet.

To find a balance between exploitation and preservation of the ocean is a very complex task. In July 2012, approximately twenty maritime regions involved in marine science and technology issues (Brest, Qingdao, San Diego, Kiel, Rimouski, Southampton, Porto…) created the Maritime Innovative Territories International Network (MiTiN). By the signature of the "Convention for Blue Growth", the MiTiN regions confirmed their support to a new and sustainable maritime economy.

The "Innovation and Blue Growth" symposium, which will be held in Qingdao in China from the 28th to the 30th of October 2013 is one of the network's first international actions. Organized by Qingdao (China) and Brest (France) with the support and contributions of the MiTiN network, the symposium will bring together experts from the scientific, economic, private and public sectors. Through scientific advice and the analyses of technical, economic and regulatory conditions, stakes and perspectives will be highlighted for a better understanding of the ocean and a better valorization of its resources, especially the biological ones.

Two topics will be discussed in two sessions: oceanography and marine bio-resources. Advances in oceanography research can give a better knowledge of the complexity of the physical, chemical and biological processes that govern the marine environment. Fundamental knowledge of the ocean will open the way to sustainable exploitation of marine bio-resources for food, energy or health-related challenges. In addition, technological sessions will be organized by private companies.

We rely on your presence to animate the debates. As underlined by United Nations’ declaration, the emergence of a new, sustainable, maritime economy requires a strong cooperation between scientific, economic, public and private actors, at local and international levels. These are the objectives of the international MiTiN network and of this symposium.

More information at: http://www.mitin-network.org/Projets-1604-30-0-0.html

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General agenda of the Symposium

The symposium will be held from October 28th to 30th 2013 and includes the following events:

• An opening plenary session: high level talks given by public authorities and world experts representing research laboratories and companies, in particular from the MiTiN network, will analyze the conditions and development axes of Blue Growth strategies, focusing on two main themes: marine bio-resources and oceanography.

• A conference in two parallel sessions: presentations of research work, corporate projects

and development programs to foster cooperation between scientific and economic actors, on the two themes: oceanography and marine instrumentation (session 1), and marine bio-resources (session 2);

• A closure plenary session: synthesis of the symposium and exchanges on the next steps;

• Technological sessions organized by private companies;

• Exchanges on future international cooperation.

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Monday 28 Thursday 3108.00 Session 1 (continued) Session 2 (continued)08.50 oceanography and marine marine bio-resources

Official and keynote instrumentationPart 2 - Coastal oceanography. Part 2 – Seaweed.

Closure plenary session

12.30

13.00Session 1: Session 2Oceanography and marine instrumentation

marine bio-resources

16.00

17.00 Welcome and working meeting with the MiTiN network

Dinner*

*Lunches and dinners offered by DOST / Qingdao

Tuesday 29 Wednesday 30

The “Blue Growth” policies and strategies presented by public authorities and experts from national and international organizations.

Scientific and Technological

bi-lateral exchanges

Synthesis of the symposium

Lunch*

Technological sessionsOrganized by private companies in - marine bio-technologies (OLMIX…), - instrumentation and robotics (CLS…).

Exchanges on future international cooperations

11.40

09.30Opening plenary session

REGISTRATION

14.00

Lunch*

Dinner* Dinner offered by Brest / Olmix

Part 1 – Sea farming and marine biotechnologies

Part 1 - Global oceanography.

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Opening plenary session

Tuesday 29 October 2013, 08.50 – 12.30

Keynote speeches of regional authorities, international and national organizations will open the conference. They will introduce the development programs, the perspectives as well as the challenges of the “Blue economic development policies”. The presentations will address marine science and technologies, and more specifically the two topics of the Symposium: marine bio-resources and oceanography.

The session will by ended by a socio-economic analysis of the “Blue Growth strategies”, realized by international experts. It will present the rationale and predicted impacts of such development policies, especially for the selected themes of the conference.

08.50 Opening speeches by Ocean University of China and the public authorities, moderated by Mr. XuYong WU, Vice-director, Department of Science and Technology, City of Qingdao, China:

Pr. Dexing WU, President of Ocean University of China

Mr. Guangzheng WANG, Vice-mayor, Development plan of Qingdao, China;

Ms. Forough SALAMI, Vice-president, Brittany Region, France;

Mr. Marc LABBEY, Vice-president, Brest métropole océane, and President, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, France.

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Moderator: Mr. Michel MORVAN Director, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, France

09.30 Presentations of international programs by the United Nations:

09.30 Dr. Wendy WATSON-WRIGHT, Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and Assistant Director-General of UNESCO, France; Global ocean science : witness to Human impact on the ocean and contributor to sustainable blue growth

09.50 Mr. Lijie CAI, Program Officer, National Report, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity United National Environment Program (UNEP), Canada;

10.10 Mr. Peter J. KRISTENSEN, Team Leader for Oceans, Biodiversity and Pollution Environmental Services Department, World Bank, USA. Support to Blue Growth policies.

10.30 COFFEE BREAK

11.00 Presentations of national programs by Chinese and French experts:

11.00 Mr. Dongmei TANG, director of international organization, Department of international cooperation, State Ocean Administration, China; Perspectives of State Ocean Administration research and development, and cooperation program

11.20 Pr. Sun SONG, Director, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Main research axis and international cooperation domains and regions (e.g. Antarctica);

11.40 Mr. Norbert PALUCH, Scientific Advisor, French Embassy in China, China. National programs and support to French-Chinese cooperation.

12.00 Presentations of socio-economic perspectives by international experts:

12.00 Pr. Jean BONCOEUR, Professor, University of Brest (UBO), France, and Pr. Shuguang LIU, Professor, Ocean University of China, China. Analysis of socio-economic perspectives of the “Blue Growth” policies in Europe and in China.

12.30 LUNCH TIME

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Session 1: oceanography and marine instrumentation

Through an overview of research and development programs, projects and technologies, this session will present main challenges and expected responses of oceanography.

• The first part (Tuesday 29 October 2013, 14.00 - 17.50) will focus on “Global Oceanography”, a fundamental science for the understanding of the oceans and their evolutions.

• The second part (Wednesday 30 October 2013, 08.00 - 11.40) will focus on “Coastal Oceanography”, the basis of sustainable development policies of coastal zones. The links between both domains will also be addressed, as being an emerging topic for future works.

Part 1: global oceanography Tuesday 29 October 2013, 14.00 – 17.50

Chairman: Dr. Wendy WATSON WRIGHT Assistant Director General and Executive Secretary, UNESCO-IOC, France. Co-chairman: Dr. Gongke TAN First Institute of Oceanography, State Ocean Administration Moderator: Dr. Ge CHEN College of Information Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China , China .

Knowledge of the oceans is one of the main challenges of the Century. This requires improving observation means and strengthening international, scientific and technical cooperation. Through an overview of current programs, the presentations will introduce key techniques and most advanced models which enable understanding the oceans and their role on climatic and biological balance. These analyses will open the discussion on further development.

14.00 Mr. Wenxi ZHU, Head & Programme Specialist IOC Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO State of the Art and introduction to oceanography programs in the Asian Area;

14.20 Mr. Jean-François PIOLLE, Project manager, « Centre ERS d'Archivage et de Traitement » - CERSAT, IFREMER, France. Perspectives and challenges in ocean observations;

14.40 Dr. Xueen CHEN, Ocean University of China, China Examples, status and perspectives of Sino-French cooperation programs

15.00 Mr. Mathieu BELBEOCH, Argo Coordinator, International program JCOMMOPS (IOC-WRO), France. JCOMMOPS and Global Ocean Observing Systems;

15.20 Pr. Fangli QIAO, ODC (Regional Training and Research Center on Ocean Dynamics and Climate), IOC, UNESCO, China. Ocean modeling and management of natural catastrophes;

15.40 Dr. Lauren CARRERE, Space oceanography department, CLS, France. Technologies and applications of space systems to improve the knowledge of the ocean at global/regional scales and the management of its resources; advances and future of space observation;

16.00 COFFEE BREAK

16.20 Dr. Dongliang YUAN, Laboratory of Ocean circulation and wave studies, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Chinese Oceanographic programs and international cooperation in the WESTPAC and polar zones.

17.00 Mr. Jean-Pierre CAUZAC, Business Development Manager, Satellite Radar Applications Division, CLS, France. The use of SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) data for oil spill and polluter ship detection, fisheries monitoring, and evaluation of wind and swell resources for marine energy;

17.30 Exchanges and links with the second part on Wednesday 17.50 End of part 1

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Part 2: coastal oceanography

Wednesday 30 October 2013, 08.00 – 11.40

Chairman: Pr. Dr. Wensheng JIANG, Dean of College of environmental science and engineering of Ocean University of China Co-chairman: Mr. Mathieu BELBEOCH Argo Coordinator, International program JCOMMops/IOC, France Moderator: Pr. Serge DEMERS, Director, « Université du Québec à Rimouski », « Institut des Sciences de la Mer à Rimouski », Canada.

Coastal zones are fragile and precious areas, which concentrate a rich marine biodiversity and a large ratio of human population, and offer a flourishing economy. Advances in coastal oceanography were made these past 50 years in order to understand the physical and bio-chemical processes occurring in coastal areas, and to forecast their evolution. This knowledge could help reducing the consequences of natural hazards and the degradation of marine environment. The presentation of current programs and core techniques will be the basis of the discussion on the state of the art and future works. Core analysis will highlight the links between coastal and global oceanography.

08.00 Dr. Friedhelm SCHROEDER, Head of Department, Institute of Coastal Research, HFZ (Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht), Germany. The COSYNA (Coastal Observing System for Northern and Arctic Seas) project;

08.20 Dr. Pascal MORIN, Research Director, CNRS, France. JERICO: Joint European Infrastructure Network for Coastal Observatories. Presentation and perspectives;

08.40 Mr. Thomas HELZEL, Director, Helzel Messtechnik GmbH, Germany, and ISMER, Quebec and Dr Cheng TANG, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Physical Oceanography in coastal areas: radar technologies, testing means and applications;

09.00 Dr. Gunnar TIETZE, GeoTopic, GEIE Littoralis, Germany. Coastal oceanography: technologies and applications of operational oceanography; examples in Europe, America and Asia;

09.20 Pr. Roberto MAYERLE, Director, Research and Technology Center, University of Kiel, Germany Development and application of multi-purpose coastal information systems for integrated planning;

09.40 Dr. Shujiang LI, First Institute of Oceanography, China The observation of the Pacific-Indian Ocean and its South China Sea branch;

10.00 COFFEE BREAK

10.20 Pr. Serge DEMERS, Director, « Université du Québec à Rimouski », « Institut des Sciences de la Mer à Rimouski », Canada. Operational oceanography and applications;

10.40 Mr. Hubert PELLETIER, Sales & Marketing Director, iXBLUE SAS, Acoustics Product Division, France. iXBLUE ranges of underwater positioning solution from Extreme shallow water to ultra-long range using Acoustics and Inertial technologies;

11.00 Dr. Benoît CLEMENT, Associate Professor, ENSTA Bretagne, France E-marine robotics point of view for oceanography

11.20 Exchanges.

11.40 End of part 2.

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Session 2: marine bio-resources

Exploitation of marine bio-resources is a key sector of the Blue Economy. Through exchanges between companies, research centers and public authorities, the analysis will cover three main areas: sea farming, marine biotechnologies and seaweed, which are among the most promising fields in the context of global challenges such as food, health, biodiversity or environment.

• The first part (Tuesday 29 October 2013, 14.00 – 17.20) will focus on sea farming and marine biotechnologies.

• The second part (Wednesday 30 October, 08.00 – 11.40) will pursue the analysis on seaweed valorization, a growing domain of marine biotechnologies.

Part 1: Sea farming and marine biotechnologies

Tuesday 29 October 2013, 14.00 – 17.20

Chairman: Mr. Lijie CAI, Program Officer, National Report, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity United National Environment Program (UNEP), Canada. Co-chairman: Pr. Yun Xiang MAO Deputy Dean, Ocean University of China, China. Moderator: Pr. Eric DESLANDES IUEM, UBO, France.

Further to introductions on the scientific and economic perspectives and requirements regarding food quality and safety, the session will provide first an overview of scientific and industrial projects carried out on the broad field of marine bio-molecules; it will also focus on fish farming with presentations of techniques, selection of species, water and environmental quality control means.

14.00 Pr. Yun Xiang MAO, Deputy Dean, Ocean University of China , China Advances on breeding of marine fine varieties in China ;

14.20 Pr. Eric DESLANDES, IUEM, UBO, France. Marine drug discovery strategy: exploring the rich marine biodiversity as a source of new compounds with biological applications, particularly as potential pharmaceuticals ;

14.40 Dr. Xiujuan SHAN, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, China Biodiversity of the fishery and protection of fishery

15.00 Pr. Mohamed JEBBAR, Vice-Director, LM2E, IUEM/UBO, France. Microbial biodiversity: the unseen majority, the large gene diversity with biotechnological application potential (H2020);

15.20 Pr. Dominique PARENT-MASSIN, Chairman of the French Society of Toxicology, ANS Panel Member in EFSA and Corresponding member of the French Agriculture Academy, UBO, France. Chemical risk assessment in seafood safety in Europe;

15.40 COFFEE BREAK

16.00 Pr. Mingyuan ZHU, Research Professor, First Institute of Oceanography, State Ocean Administration, China Sustainable development of mariculture in Chinese coastal waters

16.20 Dr. Shang CHEN, First Institute of Oceanography, State Ocean Administration, China. Marine ecosystem services in Bohai Sea and its support to local marine economy;

16.40 Mr. Yin LIU, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Marine recirculated aquaculture systems in China : state and prospective

17.00 Exchanges and links with the second part on Wednesday.

17.20 End of part 1.

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Part 2: Seaweed

Wednesday 30 October 2013, 08.00 – 11.40

Chairman: Mr. Laurent BELLAVANCE, Executive Director, Technopole maritime du Québec, Canada. Co-chairman: Pr. GuangLi YU Executive Dean, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, China. Moderator: Pr. Jean BONCOEUR Professor, University of Brest (UBO), France

Through an overview of research and development areas and projects, the presentations of companies and research centers will set out the scientific and economic perspectives regarding seaweed exploitation. This session will thus address the whole chain, from detection and prediction of biomass, to culture and harvest of "natural" algae, up to the various valorization axes and their economic added value. The particular situation in Qingdao will be introduced, with analysis of the economic value of seaweed and modeling results on the variations of biomass to prevent green tides.

08.00 Pr. Jean BONCOEUR, Professor, University of Brest (UBO), France, Ms. Yi YANG, PhD student, University of Brest (UBO), France, Economic analysis Ocean of the potential contribution of green algae harvesting and processing to Blue Growth: preliminary scenarios concerning France and Brittany Region ;

08.20 Dr. Xuelei ZHANG, FIO, China Green tides in the Yellow Sea : onsets and economics issues

08.40 Pr. Fangli QIAO, ODC (Regional Training and Research Center on Ocean Dynamics and Climate), IOC (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission), UNESCO, China. Modeling of algae blooms in the Yellow Sea and possible valorization chains;

09.00 Dr. Pi NYVALL COLLEN, Olmix Group R&D Manager, Olmix, France. Development of the seaweed valorization chains in Brittany; status and research axis;

09.20 Pr. GuangLi YU, Executive Dean, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, China. Marine carbohydrate-based drugs research progress in China;

09.40 COFFEE BREAK

10.00 Dr. Klervi LELANN, Post-doctorate, IUEM, UBO, France. Antioxidant and antibacterial activities of semi-purified polyphenol fractions from selected marine macro-algae growing along Brittany coasts;

10.20 Dr. Tao JIANG, School of Medicine and Pharmaceutics, Ocean University of China, China Chemical modifications of algae saccharide and its blue utilizations ;

10.40 Mr. Willis CHENG, Chairman, CP (Charoen Pokphand) Enterprise Co. Ltd, Taiwan. Seaweed exploitation for animal food: testimony of an international group;

11.00 Mr. Shaojun PENG, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Updated development in applications of seaweed resources in the Chinese Academy of Sciences algae culture collection center

11.20 Mr. Laurent BELLAVANCE, Executive Director, Technopole maritime du Québec, Canada. Where Industry meets Science in Marine Biotechnology;

11.40 End of part 2.

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Closure plenary session

Wednesday 30 October 2013, 11.40 – 12.30

The Conference aimed at analyzing scientific and economic perspectives of the “Blue Economy” focusing in particular on two of the most promising fields: marine bio-resources and oceanography under the angle of marine technologies. This analysis will give the opportunity to set out new scientific and economic cooperation.

Further to a summary of the sessions, and key ideas set out during the conference, the closure session will open an exchange time on future cooperation.

Chairman: Dr. Wendy WATSON WRIGHT, Assistant Director General and Executive Secretary, UNESCO-IOC, France.

Co-chairman: Mr. Lijie CAI, Program Officer, National Report, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity United National Environment Program (UNEP), Canada.

Moderator: Mr. Yvon KERMARREC, Responsable du Département Logique des Usages, Sciences Sociales et de l'Information, Telecom Bretagne, France.

Synthesis of the session 1 - oceanography and marine instrumentation Mr. Eric VANDENBROUCKE, Deputy Director, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, France;

Synthesis of the session 2 - marine bio-resources

Mr. Laurent BELLAVANCE, Executive Director, Technopole maritime du Québec, Canada. Few words of Chairmen and Co-chairmen

Closure speeches:

Mr. Guangzheng WANG, Vice-mayor, Development plan of Qingdao, China; Mr. Marc LABBEY, Vice-president, Brest métropole océane, and President, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, France. Mr. Jacques PELLET, Ministre Conseiller, Ambassade de France en Chine, China

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Technological session

Wednesday 30 October 2013, 14.00 – 17.30

Organized by the companies Olmix and CLS

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Organizers and partners The Symposium is sponsored by the City of Qingdao (China) and Brest métropole océane (Brest, France), in partnership with the Regional Council of Brittany (France):

Organized by the Technopôle Brest-Iroise (Brest, France), the DOST (Direction of Sciences and Technologies) of the City of Qingdao (China) and the Oceanic University of China:

DOST Qingdao

In cooperation with the scientific, economic and institutional actors of the MiTiN (Maritime Innovative Territories International) network and International Organizations:

Chinese partners:

(To be completed.)

French and Brittany partners:

German partners

(To be completed.)

Canadian partners