Francesca Santoro, Programme Specialist/IOC, UNESCO Venice.

Francesca Santoro works for the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, where she is in charge of ocean literacy and ocean science communication activities.

Keynote topic: Ocean Literacy: recent developments and the way forward Powerpoint, 17.8 MB. (Powerpoint, 17.8 MB)

Helen Ågren, Director at the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Swedish Ambassador for the Ocean

Helen Ågren coordinated and led the government's work with the UN Sea Conference in the summer of 2017. She also has a long background in the Government Offices.

Keynote topic: Why we should care about life below water – national and global perspectives Powerpoint, 6.1 MB. (Powerpoint, 6.1 MB)

The break out-sessions was documented by students from Malmö University and World Maritime University – the so called Harvesting teams:

• "Capacity Building and Knowledge Alliance", harvested by Maher Ali Al-Quhali, Junior Consultant at World Maritime University Powerpoint, 3.2 MB. (Powerpoint, 3.2 MB)
  
• "Roles and responsibilites of coastal towns and cities", harvested by Anna Karlsson and Pol Mascaró, Malmö University Powerpoint, 224.6 kB. (Powerpoint, 224.6 kB)
• "Ocean Literacy in schools", harvested by Anna Rebecca Schmatz, Malmö University Powerpoint, 362.9 kB. (Powerpoint, 362.9 kB)