KIKX - Forum

Forum

Blue Economy in the Arabian Gulf and the Red Sea: Status, Opportunities, and Challenges

#	Time	Speaker	Presentation
Day 1: Monday - 29 November 2021
	8:00 - 8:30	Opening Remarks
Session I: Industry and The Blue Economy
I.1	8:30 - 9:15	Rusty Brainard	Achieving a Blue Economy through Regenerative Tourism for the Red Sea and AMAALA Projects
I.2	9:15 - 10:00	Aboobacker V. M.	Prespectives of Wind Energy Resources in the Arabian Gulf and the Red Sea
	10:00 - 10:15	Break
Session II: Fishery and Aquaculture
II.1	10:15 - 11:05	Philippos Papageorgiou	The Role of Aquaculture in Saudi Arabia's Blue Economy
II.2	11:05 - 12:00	E. Vivekanandan	Fisheries Assessment in the Context of the Blue Economy
II.3	12:00 - 12:45	Yousef Al-Hafedh	Development of Aquaponics in Saudi Arabia - Future Prospects and Possibilities
Day 2: Tuesday - 30 November 2021
Session III: Blue Carbon
III.1	9:00 - 9:50	Moritz Heinle	Blue Carbon in the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf - Current Status and Knowledge Gaps
III.2	9:50 - 10:40	David Barnes	Lessons from Polar and Remote Blue Carbon Studies
Session IV: Blue Economy Assessment
IV.1	13:30 - 14:20	Narissa Bax	Potential Blue Economy Concepts for Saudi Arabia Based on Case Studies in New Zealand, Myanmar and the Falkland Islands
IV.2	14:20 - 15:10	Robert Parker	Environmental Performance of Blue Foods
	15:10 - 16:00	Final Discussion and Closing Remarks