3rd Marine Board Forum: New Technologies for a Blue Future

The 3rd Marine Board Forum will examine emerging or future “Blue Technologies”. In this case, blue technologies are those technologies which are either used in, or drawn from, the seas and oceans and which could have the potential to make a significant contribution either to marine science or to society.

The Forum will be visionary in its approach and is designed to profile some of the novel technologies currently in development and the need to ensure coordinated support for blue technology development in Europe.

Through a mix of presentations, networking and panel discussion, the Forum will address the following questions:

• What blue technologies can we expect in the future?
• What impacts might they have on science and/or society?
• What training, knowledge-transfer and funding support is necessary to fast-track blue technology development?

Who should attend the Forum?

European and national policymakers, advisors and programme managers, scientists, industry and NGOs.

Location and date

The Forum will take place in central  Brussels,at the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and the Arts (KVAB, Hertogsstraat 1, 1000 Brussels), on Wednesday 18 April 2012.