10/16/2017
Registration Now Open: International Ocean Literacy Conference, Dec 4-5 Venice, Italy
International Conference “Ocean Literacy for All”
Palazzo Zorzi, Venice (Italy). 4-5 December 2017
The conference will be hosted by the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, with the financial support of the Swedish Ministry of the Environment and Energy. It will be honoured to have the presence of Gesine Meissner, Member of the European Parliament; Peter Thomson, UN Special Envoy for the Ocean (tbc), Barbara Degani, Vice-Minister of the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea of Italy (tbc) and, Francesca von Habsburg, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary. Other personalities still need to confirm their attendance at this time.
The conference will discuss topics covered by the UNESCO Ocean Literacy for All voluntary commitment to the June 2017 UN Ocean Conference; develop an Ocean Literacy for All road map for the next 3 years, in preparation for the next UN Ocean Conference; and, debate ways and means by which the Ocean Literacy for All initiative will best support the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 14 and develop in tune with the proposed International Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) - the ocean we need for the future we want http://bit.ly/2ifAsSr , a voluntary commitment by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
All relevant information regarding the conference (including documentation and presentations as well as the list of participants) will be made available at: http://ioc-unesco.org/venice-oceanliteracy-2017. Should you be interested in attending the conference, please complete the online registration form by 3 November 2017 latest at http://bit.ly/2xIJbyu.
