The following plenary speakers and panelists provided valuable insights and views at the Marine Regions Forum 2019:
Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme
Antje Boetius, Director, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar und Marine Research
Waldemar Coutts, Ambassador of Chile to Norway and Iceland
Maria Damanaki, Global Managing Director Oceans, The Nature Conservancy
Regina Dube, Head of the Department Water Management, Resource Protection and Adaptation to Climate Change, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Hon. Bernhard Martin Esau, Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Namibia
Kristina Gjerde, Senior High Seas Advisor, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Global Marine and Polar Programme
Jens Frølich Holte, State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Director-General, Global Issues, Federal Ministry for Development and Economic Cooperation
David Johnson, Coordinator, Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI), Seascape Consultants
Charlotte Karibuhoye, Director, West Africa, MAVA Foundation
Árni Mathiesen, Assistant Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization
Alexander Müller, Managing Director, TMG – Think Tank for Sustainability
David Obura, Director, Coastal Oceans Research and Development – IndianOcean (CORDIO) East Africa, Kenya
Andreas Papaconstantinou, Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Head of Unit Ocean Governance, Law of the Sea, Arctic Policy, European Commission
Hans-Otto Pörtner, Co-Chair of Working Group II of the IPCC, Alfred Wegener Institute – Helmholtz Centre for Polar und Marine Research
Angelique Pouponneau, Chief Executive Officer, Seychelles’ Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust
Svenja Schulze, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Peter Thomson, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean (Video Message)
Klaus Töpfer, Founding Director, TMG – Think Tank for Sustainability
Sébastien Treyer, Executive Director, Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)
Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission (Video Message)