CONTENTS
Title Page
1. Introduction and Background
Day 1
2. Official Opening
3. Outcome of the UN Conference on SDG 14 on Oceans, its relevance to the Blue Economy and a Way Forward for the Pacific
4. The Blue Economy – the Global Experience
5. The Blue Economy: A Pacific Perspective
6. Key Ocean Industries
Parallel Session: Oceanic Fisheries
Parallel Session: Marine and Coastal Tourism
Parallel Session: Coastal Fisheries and Community Livelihoods
7. Innovation in the Blue Economy – Emerging Industries
Parallel Session: Seabed Resources
Parallel Session: Ocean Energy
Parallel Session: Ocean Afforestation and Blue Carbon
Day 2
8. Education, research and capacity building: challenges for a growing Blue Economy
9. Blue growth and ocean governance – balance between use and protection of the ocean
10. Financing the Blue Economy
11. Developing Blue Economies for the Pacific
12. Partner Statements
13. Summary of Discussions and Closing
Annexes
Annex I: Information note
Annex II: Programme
Annex III: List of Participants
Annex IV: Guest Speakers’ biographies
Annex V: Conference Summary
Annex VI: Conference flyer
Annex VII: Presentations
1st High Level
Pacific Blue Economy Conference
23 – 24 August, 2017
Report of Proceedings
