“Our Oceans, Our Future”

In celebration of World Oceans Day 2017 “Our Oceans, Our Future” Villa Caletas Hotel, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, 8 to 9 June 2017 The speakers Luis Guillermo Solís, President of the Republic of Edgar Gutiérrez, Minister of Energy & Manuel González Sanz, Minister of Foreign Costa Rica Environment, Government of Costa Rica Relations, Government of Costa Rica Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera Edgar Gutierrez Espeleta is Manuel González Sanz is the is the 47th President of the the Minister of Environment Minister of Foreign Relations Republic of Costa Rica. He and Energy of Costa Rica. He who was formerly a has held management is a professor at the professor of corporate law positions in philanthropic University of Costa Rica, co- and securities at the and multilateral founder of the project Universidad de Costa Rica. organizations in Costa Rica “State of the Nation” of the He has served as National Rectors Council of Ambassador of Costa Rica to and internationally. He has Costa Rica and founder of the UN and its specialized been a member of the the Observatory for Development at the University organizations in Geneva in 2003, Coordinator of the Board of Directors of the Academic Council for of Costa Rica. He has over 30 publications in Caribbean and Latin America Group in 2004, Vice- the United Nations System and of the Editorial national and international journals and a book President of the Human Rights Commission Board of several magazines. He has written 10 about statistical methods. Minister Espeleta lead between 2004 and 2006 and Minister of Foreign books as an author, co-author and editor. He has the first two reports of the United Nations Trade. He serves as adviser to corporations and edited more than 60 academic articles in Environment Programme about the status of the financial institutions on project finance, corporate specialized magazines published in Central environment in Latin America and the Caribbean, finance, reorganizations, acquisitions, foreign America, South America, Europe and the United the first environmental report in Central America, investment and trade. He was formerly Board States. and the deck of environmental data for Latin Member of the International Bank of Costa Rica. America and the Caribbean, among others. Elizabeth Taylor Jay, Permanent Representative Ramon J.P. Paje, Senior Advisor to the Climate Vladislav Smrž, Ministry of the Environment, to UNEA, Colombia Change Commission, Philippines Czech Republic Elizabeth is the Ambassador of Ramon J. P. Paje, Vice Vladislav Smrž is the Colombia to Kenya and the President of the United Deputy Minister in the Permanent Representative to Nation Environmental Environmental Policy and UN Environment and UN Assembly, was the International Relations Habitat. She is leading the Friends of Oceans in Nairobi. Minister (Secretary) of Section of the Ministry of She was born in Providencia, Environment and Natural Environment. He Colombia. Previous to the Resources of the Republic graduated from the Socio- current assignment, she led the of the Philippines from Economic Faculty of the development of the first land use plan of the island at 2010 to 2016. He University of JE Purkyně in the Cooperation for Sustainable Development of the implemented, among others, an extensive Ústí nad Labem. He previously worked in the Archipelago Department of San Andres, Providencia national greening program and a total logging chemical and automotive industries, where he and Santa Catalina (CORALINA). From 2012 to 2015, ban in all natural forests in the country. He is was responsible for human resources, security she served as the Director of the Marine, Coastal and Aquatic Affairs of the Ministry of Environment and currently the Senior Advisor of the Philippine and asset management. Before joining the Sustainable Development and has extensive Climate Change Commission. Ministry of Environment he worked as personnel experience in marine and coastal environmental director at Lovochemie. management, small island and coastal zone environmental management and protected area planning. The speakers Ibrahim Thiaw, UN Environment Pelayo Salinas, Instituto Darwin Galápagos Richard Mason, Volvo Ocean Race, S.L.U Ibrahim is the Deputy Pelayo is based in the Richard is the chief Executive Director of UN Galapagos islands where he Operating Officer of Volvo Environment and Assistant conducts applied research Ocean Race. Richard has a Secretary-General of the to inform sustainable long history with the race, United Nations. He plays a artisanal fisheries taking part in the last five critical role in providing management; document editions - four times as a leadership and shaping the the biodiversity of sailor and in the last strategic vision and unexplored seamounts edition, as the Shore direction of the ecosystems; and to Manager of the all-female organization. Ibrahim provides direct oversight understand the ecology of highly migratory Team SCA. He heads up the team that works to the development of the programme of work shark species in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. His with all the host ports to provide the stopovers and plays a critical role in the implementation of research and conservation efforts around and operational logistics for the race. Richard UN Environment’s mandate and management of Darwin and Wolf Islands in the north of the trained as an environmental scientist so it is not the organization, as well as advancing the on- Galapagos were pivotal to inspire the Ecuadorian surprising that his hobbies all centre around the going internal performance and reform agenda. government to create in 2016 a 40,000km2 no- sea: windsurfing and surfing. take marine sanctuary to protect the largest global shark biomass recorded to date and unique deep-water seamount ecosystems. Miguel Bosé, Singer and environmentalist Monica Araya, Costa Rica Limpia Frederic Nepveu, Villa Caletas Hotel For the past 30 years Monica is Founder and Fredric is the General Miguel Bose has been a Director of Costa Rica Manager of the Villa Caletas major force in Latin Music, Limpia, a citizen initiative to Zephyr Palace in crossing all genres but promote fossil-free country Puntarenas, Costa Rica. always maintaining an with a focus on renewables electronic beat. He grew and clean mobility. She has up with Picasso and Ernest worked on sustainability Hemingway, who were issues for over 20 years, has family friends. In 2007 to a PhD from Yale University celebrate his 30 year career he made the album and was a lead climate negotiator. She talks to "Papito" in collaboration with major musical the local and international media and is stars all over the world: Shakira, Laura Pausini, associated to several global initiatives. Her TED Michael Stip (REM), Gloria Gaynor, Ricky Martin, talk about fossil free Costa Rica has been viewed Paulina Rubio, to name a few. over 1 million times. In 2016, she was part of the world’s largest all-female expedition to Antarctica. Alan Steenstrup, UnderSea Hunter Group Bryan Richter, The Nature Conservancy Lorna Inniss, UN Environment Alan has worked as the Bryan is the Director of Lorna is the Coordinator of International Sales Manager Global Freshwater the Caribbean for the Undersea Hunter Strategies for The Nature Environment Programme. Group for 16 years. He Conservancy where he A Barbadian national, She organizes and supports promotes sustainable has a background in special customers and water use and Environmental Planning projects such as management with and Management and conservation groups, governments, Marine Sciences. She has scientific research corporations, and local over 20 years of expeditions, film making projects, private communities. He has been a global leader in experience in the management of coastal charters, and news organizations. Alan holds a river science and conservation for more than 25 ecosystems in the Caribbean and was Director of Bachelor’s degree in Biological Basis of Behavior. years. His new book, Chasing Water: A Guide for the Coastal Zone Management Unit of the In 1993, he worked as a naturalist guide at Selva Moving from Scarcity to Sustainability was Government of Barbados. Lorna has also been Verde Lodge in Costa Rica. He joined the published by Island Press in 2014. the joint coordinator of the World Ocean Undersea Hunter Group in 1995 where he Assessment during the past four years. remains, contentedly, to this day. The speakers Ureña Vargas, Panama Canal Authority Kerstin Stranimaier, AkzoNobel Edouard Michel, Institute of Ecology and Environment of France Since 2013 Angel is the Kerstin has been working Edouard works for the Environmental Assessment with AkzoNobel for the last CNRS ‘Institute of Ecology Manager at ACP. Responsible five years. In her role as and Environment’ (INEE) of the development and Director, Planet Possible division, managing its implementation of environmental policies in the Program she is responsible international connections Panama Canal Authority for the global with a particular focus on (ACP), including the planning implementation of the northern countries. As of environmental programs AkzoNobel’s sustainability something of a scientific for the control of the strategy. Planet Possible diplomat, Edouard leads operations, ensuring that all technical and legal actively drives CO2 emission reduction in its own development of institutional and scientific environmental requirements are met. He has operations as well as along the value chain. partnerships between the CNRS and foreign developed and coordinated activities of

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