Join the North SEE and Baltic LINes maritime spatial planning conference taking place on 13th – 14th February 2019 in Hamburg, Germany. The conference programme will cover topics related on the experience of dealing with the Maritime Spatial Planning in the North Sea and Baltic Sea Regions.
The conference will bring together more than 200 participants from the MSP community representing different ministries and authorities, stakeholders from the shipping, energy and environment sector, transnational organisations and initiatives, NGOs as well as research institutes from both regions. This will be a unique opportunity to meet representatives, experts and stakeholders from two sea basins, exchange knowledge and discover the future trends in MSP.
The registration for the conference is closed, if you still have an interest in joining ‘Connecting Seas’ conference, please find the information here.
WHEN
Wednesday – Thursday
February 13-14, 2019
WHERE
Hamburg, Germany
Hotel Atlantic Kempinski
Conference topics
Get involved to understand the Maritime Spatial Planning processes in the North Sea and Baltic Sea regions – explore shipping routes, offshore wind parks and environmental protection areas!
9 interactive workshops will introduce with the NorthSEE and BalticLINes project’s main findings, showcasing the major role of transnational cooperation in MSP. Workshop topics:
• Energy Sector planning issues, criteria, tools
• Shipping Sector planning issues, criteria, tools
• Environmental Impact
• Stakeholder involvement
• Other sea uses in MSP
• Data in MSPs
• Synergies and conflicts in MSP
• Future trends and scenarios
• Multi-level governance
Conference Programme
The programme is preliminary, and subject to change
WEDNESDAY, 13th FEBRUARY
9:00
Registration
9:30
Welcome / opening
Speakers
Dr. Karin Kammann-Klippstein, president of German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)
Dr. Michael Frehse, Head of Department H – Community – of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community
Jan Schmidt, Secretariat of Interreg Baltic Sea Region
10:00
Plenary Session
Introduction to the NorthSEE and Baltic LINes project results
Speakers
Moderator: Stephen Jay
NorthSEE and Baltic LINes at a glance. Dr. Kai Trümpler, German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)
Shipping. Jeroen van Overloop, Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport, Belgium
Energy. Dr. Andronikos Kafas, Marine Scotland
Data. Manuel Frias, HELCOM Secretariat
Planning Criteria. Riku Varjopuro, Finnish Environment Institute
MSP Challenge2050. Harald Warmelink, Breda University of Applied Sciences
11:00
Coffee break
11:30
Inspirational talk about transnational cooperation in the North and Baltic Seas
Speaker
Claudia Bode, Thing Collective
11:45
Guided MSP cruise
13:00
Lunch break and exhibition of national MSPs
14:00
Workshops – session 1
Energy - NorthSEE and Baltic LINes
Workshop will showcase some of the world’s front runners in Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP), highlight the successes in renewable energy developments and promote energy planning provisions.
Data in MSP
The workshop will explain the importance of data in MSP and look in details on development of the first map service prototype to access Baltic MSP up-to-date data from the original source.
Other sea uses in MSP
This workshop will explore a number of uses taking place in the North Sea and Baltic Sea regions, which are currently investigated by European projects.
15:30
Coffee break
16:00 – 17:30
Workshops – session 2
Environment – planning issues, criteria and tools
This workshop will address cross-border maritime spatial planning matters from an environmental perspective and the need for tools for monitoring and assessing environmental issues.
Future Scenarios
Find out about the findings on the shipping and energy trends, demands and challenges facing maritime spatial planning, quarell a bit on facts, verify them, brainstorm on future and try to translate them into spatial consequences.
Multi level governance
Workshop will address the lessons learned from the Baltic LINes projects on transboundary consultations and the NorthSEE initiative’s assessment of the role of Regions in marine planning as well as will explain the first findings of assessing the application of the Baltic Sea Common Regional MSP Framework.
19:00
Bus transfer
19:15
Dinner and evening activity
22:30
Bus transfer
THURSDAY, 14th FEBRUARY
8:45
Registration
9:15
Workshops – session 3
Shipping - planning issues, criteria, tools
In this workshop will be presented projects’ results, findings and recommendations regarding the shipping sector, for example the identification of planning mismatches, national approaches for the planning of shipping corridors and good practice planning approach for transnational coherent planning of ship corridors.
Stakeholder involvement
Learn more about the different stakeholder involvement tools and develop a Maritime Spatial Plan for the RICA Sea (a fictive sea basin) during the MSP Challenge board game session.
Synergies and conflicts
Are you also dealing with maritime conflicts or trying to establish synergies between maritime sectors? If so, this meeting is for you!
10:45
Coffee break
11:15
Concluding Plenary
Speakers
Moderator: Angela Schultz-Zehden
Visual artist: Christian Ridder
11:45
Plenary discussion panel
Speakers
Lodewijk Abspoel, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, The Netherlands
Thomas Johansson, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
Alda Nikodemusa, VASAB Secretariat
Dr. Nico Nolte, German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)
Sine Olsson Heltberg, Danish Maritime Authority
13:00
Concluding remarks and end of conference
Speakers
Juan Ronco Zapatero, DG Mare
Axel Kristiansen, Secretariat of Interreg North Sea Region
Dr. Kai Trümpler, German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)
13:15
Lunch
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14/02/2019 Comment off
Conference picture
During the Connecting Seas conference on 13 – 14 February 2019 in Hamburg, Germany a visual artist Christian Ridder captured main ideas and topics from the discussions and workshops in one picture. You are welcome to download the visual summary.
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03/01/2019 Comment off
Connecting Seas conference will host 9 interactive workshops
The Connecting Seas conference on 13 – 14 February 2019 in Hamburg, Germany will host 9 interactive workshops that will introduce with the NorthSEE and BalticLINes projects’ main findings, showcasing the major role of transnational cooperation in MSP. The workshops will mainly take an interactive format, fed by a series of presentations by invited speakers.
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24/10/2018 Comment off
Save the date! Connecting seas – NorthSEE and Baltic LINes MSP conference
The MSP conference “Connecting Seas” from two INTERREG sister projects “NorthSEE” and “Baltic LINes” will take place on the 13th – 14th February 2019 in Hamburg, Germany. The conference programme will cover topics related on the North Sea and Baltic Sea Region’s experience of dealing with Maritime Spatial Planning, with a focus on shipping, energy and environment.
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Conference Venue
Hotel Atlantic Kempinski Hamburg, An der Alster 72-79, Hamburg, Germany
Evening reception
The International Maritime Museum, Korea Street 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany
Lead partner of both projects
Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)
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