DEEP-SEA MINING | o20brasil

About the event

Considering that deep-sea mining is a current issue that requires more discussion to be comprehensively regulated, the UNESCO Chair for Ocean Sustainability and the Costa Brasilis Institute organized an Ocean Dialogue dedicated to deep-sea sustainability, titled “Exploring the Environmental, Economic, and Legal Aspects of Deep-Sea Mining,” in conjunction with the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority, on August 1st in Kingston, Jamaica.

Event schedule

8:00 am | Welcome Desk and Coffee Meet-Up

Session I - 8:45-8:55 | Opening remarks

Elza Moreira Marcelino de Castro - Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the International Seabed Authority

Session II - 8:55-9:15 am | Overview of O20 and its relation to the international ocean agenda

Dr. Alexander Turra - UNESCO Chair for Ocean Sustainability, University of São Paulo)

Session III - 9:15-10:30 am | Overview of O20 and its relation to the international ocean agenda

Dr. Luciana Yokoyama Xavier - UNESCO Chair for Ocean Sustainability, University of São Paulo - Moderator
Dr. José Angel Alvarez Perez - Professor at the Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, Brazil
Dr. Patricia Esquete - Assistant researcher at the Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Dr. Maila Guilhon - Member of the Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative
Dr. Natalia Jimenez Alegria - Deputy Legal Adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico.

10:30-10:45 am | Coffee/tea break

Session III - 10:45-12:15 pm | Economic and Legal Aspects of deep-sea mining

Dr. Julia Schutz Veiga - PhD candidate in International Law at NOVA School of Law (NSL)
Dr. Pradeep Singh - Fellow at the Research Institute for Sustainability in Potsdam, Germany
Dr. Ana Flávia Costa - Professor at the Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
Dr. Wisnique Panier - Minister Counselor of the Permanent Mission of Haiti to the United Nations
Tamara Thomas - Ocean and Ocean Climate Consultant for the Republic of Seychelles

12:15 pm | Wrap up and concluding remarks

12:30 pm | Lunch