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Programme

International forum for debate and reflection on tuna sustainability
Bermeo Tuna Forum 2 y 3 mayo de 2023 / Programme

ACCREDITATIONS
You will be able to collect your accreditation at the registration desk on arrival.

2nd May 2023

(Face-to-face event. Open to the public by prior registration)

09:00

Accreditations and welcome coffee

09:45

Opening

v
Ignacio Serrats
President of Bermeo Tuna World Capital (BTWC)
v
Bittor Oroz
Vice-minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Policy
Basque Government
v
Idoia Platas
Deputy Mayor of Bermeo

10:00

Opening conference

v
Gabriel Ferrero
Chair of UN Committee on World Food Security
(CSA)

10:30

Panel discussion: International governance and sustainability of the tuna sector

Moderator:
v
Izaskun Bilbao
Member of the European Parliament
Panelists:
v
Kim Stobberup
Common Oceans Tuna Project Manager,
FAO
v
Ismael Yagüe
Deputy Assistant Director-General for Regional Fisheries Agreements and Organisations
v
Leandro Azkue
Director of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Basque Government
v
Jonan Fernández
Secretary General for Social Transition and Agenda 2030
Basque Government

11:30

Coffee break

11:50

Panel discussion: Sector's sustainability challenges from an integral perspective: economical, social and environmental

Moderator and keynote speaker:
v
Nicolas Guichoux
Chief Program Officer, Marine Stewardship Council
(MSC)
Panelists:
v
Hilario Murua
Senior Scientist, International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF)
v
Raúl Prellezo
Principal researcher, AZTI
v
Giorgia Ceccarelli
Business and Human Rights Policy Advisor
Oxfam Italia
v
María del Camino Troya
Head of Public Policy for Spain of the EU IUU Coalition

12:50

Panel discussion: Sustainability strategies in tuna sector

Moderator and keynote speaker:
v
Knut Moestue
Sustainable Food Systems Director, (UN Global Compact – Norway)
Panelists:
v
Anne-France Mattlet
Director of Europêche Tuna Group
v
Luz Baz
ITF Coordinator
v
Luciano Pirovano
Global Sustainable Development Director, Bolton Food
v
Alfonso Miranda
Presidente de la Comisión Interamericana del Atún Tropical

13:50

International Declaration Agreement on Tuna Sustainability presentation

v
Helena Orella
Director of de Bermeo Tuna Forum

14:00

Speech by the Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu Renteria

14:10

End of the morning sessions. Lunch at Euskalduna Bilbao

15:30

Panel discussion: Tuna cities

Moderator and keynote speaker:
v
Javier Cortés
Founder and Co-Director of Coop&Co and LEAD Sustainability
Panelists:
v
Maitane Leizaola
Representative Municipality of Bermeo
(Bizkaia)
v
Agustín Intriago
Mayor of Manta
(Ecuador)
v
Philippe Micheaud
Representative Municipality of Victoria
(Seychelles)
v
Archie Soliai
Representative of the Governor of Pago Pago
(Samoa Americana)

16:30

Panel discussion: Tuna ambassadors

Moderator:
v
Pilar Kaltzada
Journalist
Panelists:
v
Ángel León
Aponiente Restaurant
(Cádiz)
v
Eneko Atxa
Azurmendi Restaurant
(Larrabetzu, Bizkaia)
v
Aitor Arregi
Asador Elkano
(Getaria, Gipuzkoa)
v
Ana Ros
Restaurant Hisa Franko  
(Eslovenia)

17:15

Institutional closure

v
Unai Rementeria
President of the Regional Council of Biscay
v
Ignacio Serrats
President of Bermeo Tuna World Capital (BTWC)

17:30

Event closure

REGISTRATIONS

3rd May 2023

(Access by invitation only)

Institutional Day

Location: Bermeo
  • Official Signing Ceremony of the World Tuna Cities Alliance