Mediterranean Blue Economy Stakeholder Platform

Date: March 03, 2022 to March 04, 2022

Place: , - On Line

Description of the event:

The Capitalization Lab is addressed to national, regional and local authorities, universities, energy agencies, innovation offices, schools, SMEs, NGOs, financial institutions, and all entities that are involved in the planning and implementation of Blue Energy projects, in the participating countries (Greece, Italy, Spain, Croatia, Cyprus, Albania).

The main purpose of the Capitalization Lab is to present the guidelines for the successful planning of BE projects taking into account technical, environmental and social parameters. At the same time, the establishment of Regional and Transnational Alliances based on the above principles, consist a favorable environment for the development of Blue Energy in the Mediterranean Sea.

The second day of the Lab will be dedicated to the Open Innovation activity developed within the framework of the Blue Deal Project. Twelve (12) entities from the six (6) participating countries have launched blue energy challenges, and 80 responses have been received. Start-ups, SMEs, research groups, have answered the challenges with their innovative proposals.

During the second morning of the Lab, the 12 Challenges will be introduced, and each one of the responding organizations will have the opportunity to share their knowledge, in front of the Challengers, Project partners and rest of the audience.

After the presentations of the solvers, the juries of each challenge will meet and decide the finalists for the BD Valencia Business Forum to be held next 23-25 March in Valencia (Spain).

WHEN AND WHERE: 3rd and 4th March (Virtual Event)

AGENDA:

1st DAY 03/03 Fostering Blue Energy (BE) deployment in the Mediterranean area

10:00-10:30 Opening session
10:30 -12:00 Blue Deal achievements towards Blue Energy development in the Mediterranean
10:30 -10:45 BLUE DEAL Methodology for preliminary planning of BE projects
10:45 -11:15 BLUE DEAL Labs Methodology results
11:15 -11:30 Guidelines for public and private sector: The Joint Plan for portability and the Transfer Protocol
11:30 -12:00 Round Table - Discussion
12:00 -12:30 Coffee Break
12:30 -13:30 Launching of the Transnational Alliance
12:30 -12:45 Principles and scope of the alliances
12:45 -13:00 A web platform to support the alliances
13:00 -13:15 The commitment paper to formally adopt BLUE DEAL outputs
13:15 -13:30 Capitalization activity of BLUEGROWTH Horizontal Project
13:30 -14:00 Discussion

2nd DAY 04/03 Challenges for the private sector to implement BE projects

10:00 -10:15 The innovation challenges and the proposed solutions in BLUE DEAL project
10:15 -10:30 CHALLENGES RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MARINE ENERGIES.
10:30 -12:00 SOLUTIONS PRESENTED BY THE PARTICIPATING ENTITIES
12:00 -12.30 Questions and answers
12:30 -13.00 Coffee Break
13:00 -13.15 CHALLENGES RELATED TO ADVICE NEEDED FOR THE GOVERNANCE AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
13:15 -14.00 OTHER CHALLENGES
14:00 -14.15 Questions and answers

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