The Ocean - Institut océanographique de Paris - April 28, 2011 / April 29, 2011

The symposium aims at fostering a global view of the ocean
as an ecological system, a transportation system and
a source of energy. These three aspects of the ocean are
becoming more and more integrated, and raise
global governance issues, which will be addressed as well.

Interdisciplinary in nature, the symposium will provide an opportunity to reflect on the policy and strategic implications of growing integration between four systems of central importance for the sustainable development of the planet: the ocean considered as a global ecosystem, the marine transportation system, the energy system and the global regulation system. To promote a cross-disciplinary, cross-sector dialogue, the symposium will look successively at each of the four systems in light of its interrelationship with the other three, placing the long-term sustainable use of the ocean at the center. The symbol of this approach will be a tetrahedron of which each of the four systems will be an apex. The perspective associated with each single apex (e.g. the perspective of the shipping industry on the development of marine transportation) can then be reassessed within the holistic perspective of the four systems seen as a whole.

Attendance is free of charge but registration is required.
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Poster and program at a glance

Documents à télécharger

• Programme à télécharger
• Registration form

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