08:30‐08:50 Registration & coffee
08:50‐08:55 Welcome, Dr. Noémie Wouters, CEO, Bluebridge, Ostend, Belgium
08:55‐09:10 Introduction, Prof. Dr. Em. Johan Vande Lanotte, UGent, Ghent, Belgium
09:10‐09:25 ISA introduction, Mr. Michael Lodge, Secretary General, International Seabed Authority,
Kingston, Jamaica