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Ocean Policy Symposium
10am to 6pm, 15 February 2008, Magdalen College Auditorium
The OUCE will be hosting an Ocean Policy Symposium to bring together leading experts on ocean policy issues with graduate students. The aim of the day is to address cutting-edge issues of ocean policy and explore what we as Oxford students, and future leaders in research and environmental management around the world, could contribute.
There will be 4 main sessions, each led by guest speakers, as follows:
| 10:00am | Welcome |
| 10:15am - 11:30am | 1) Fisheries Philip MacMullen, Head of Environmental Responsibility for the SeaFish Industry Authority. Giles Bartlett, Fisheries Policy Officer, WWF-UK. |
| 11:45am - 1:00pm | 2) High Seas Governance Kristina Gjerde - High Seas Policy advisor to the IUCN. David Agnew - UK delegate to CCAMLR, Chief Fisheries Scientific. Advisor to the Government of South Georgia and Chairman of the Marine Stewardship Council's Technical Advisory Board. |
| 2pm - 3pm | 3) Coastal Management Dr David Tudor - Marine Policy Manager, UK Environment Agency. |
| 3:15pm - 4:30pm | 4) Marine Protected Areas Dr Peter Jones - School of Geography, University College London - Course Tutor for MSc Conservation and expert in coastal and marine conservation issues. Dr Alastair Harborne - Marine Spatial Ecology Lab, University of Exeter. UK co-ordinator for Reef Check, founding member of the Reef Conservation - UK Committee. |
| 4:45pm - 6:00pm | Summary session facilitated by Dr Paul Jepson and Dr Richard Ladle, followed by drinks. |
Venue: Magdalen College Auditorium.
All are welcome! Enquiries to Rowan Trebilco