Note: Unless otherwise noted, all events take place at the Official Conference Venue: Delta St. John’s Hotel and Conference Centre, 120 New Gower Street, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Sunday, May 1:
13:00 - 18:00
Media Registration and Accreditation
Delta St. John’s Hotel Lobby
18:30 - 19:00
Welcome Address – Open to
Media Delta St. John's Conference Centre, Salon 'A' Keynote Speakers:
The Right Honourable Paul
Martin, Prime Minister of Canada
The Honourable
Danny Williams, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
The Honourable Geoff Regan, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
The Honourable
Ruben John
Efford, Minister of Natural Resources
19:00 - 21:30
Welcome Reception – Closed
to Media
Monday, May 2:
08:00 - 18:00
Media Registration and Accreditation
Delta St. John’s Hotel Lobby
08:30 - 09:00
Opening of Conference – Open to
Media Delta St. John's Conference Centre, Salon 'A' Keynote Speaker: The Honourable
Geoff Regan, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada, and
Chair of Ministerial Round Table
Round Table of invited Ministers – Closed Session
09:15 - 10:30
Ministerial Round Table
10:30 - 11:00
Health Break
11:00 - 12:30
Ministerial Round Table –
Continued
Conference Participants – Open to
Media
Delta St. John’s Conference Centre, Salon 'A'
09:30 - 10:00
Opening by Joint Conference Chairs Art May of Canada and Ambassador
Hasjim Djalal of Indonesia
Lunch hosted by the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John’s Convention Centre, 101 New Gower Street, Convention Hal Keynote Speaker: The Honourable Trevor Taylor, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Speech – Open to Media (approximately 12:30 - 12:45)
Round Table of invited Ministers – Closed Session
14:00 - 15:00
Ministerial Round Table –
Continued
Conference Participants – Open to
Media
Delta St. John’s Conference Centre, Salon 'A'
Presentation of Papers
for the Conference -
Continued
14:00 - 14:30
New Areas and Gaps – How to Address them
-Erik Jaap Molenaar, Netherlands
14:30 - 15:00
Health Break – Delta St.
John’s Conference Centre Lobby
15:00 - 15:30
Report of the Ministerial Round Table Discussions to Conference Participants: Providing Direction to the Conference –
Open to Media Delta St. John’s Conference Centre, Salon 'A'
15:30 - 16:15
Joint Media
Conference with Ministers – Open to Media
Delta St. John's Conference Centre, Salon 'A'
19:00 - 21:30
Dinner Reception hosted by the Government of Canada
St. John's Convention Centre, 101 New Gower Street, Convention Hall Keynote Speaker:
The Honourable Geoff Regan, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada Speech – Open to Media (approximately 19:00 - 19:45)
Tuesday, May 3:
08:00 - 17:00
Media Registration and Accreditation
Delta St. John’s Hotel Lobby
08:30 - 10:30
Plenary – Joint Conference Chairs – Open to Media Art May and
Ambassador Hasjim Djalal
Delta St. John's Conference Centre, Salon 'A'
Setting the Stage for Workshops
09:00 - 09:30
The State of Global Fisheries and Ecosystems –
Denzil Miller, Convention for
the Conservation of Antarctic Living Marine Resources
09:30 - 10:00
The Economic Drivers of Overfishing – Carl-Christian Schmidt, Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development
10:00 - 10:30
Current Fisheries Governance – Ambassador Satya Nandan, United Nations
Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority
10:30
Conference Plenary and Workshops – Closed to Media
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Guest Speaker - Derrick Rowe, CEO of Fishery Products International
St. John's Convention Centre, 101 New Gower Street,
Convention Hall
12:30 - 17:30
Media Excursion
Additional Details to Follow
17:30
Evening at Leisure
Wednesday, May 4
09:00 - 15:00
Media Registration and Accreditation
Delta St. John’s Hotel Lobby
09:30 - 12:30
Media Excursion
Additional Details to Follow
13:00
Afternoon and Evening at Leisure
Thursday, May 5:
08:30 - 15:15
Media Registration and Accreditation
Delta St. John’s Hotel Lobby
09:00 - 15:30
Discussion and Review of the Draft Conclusion of the Workshops – Closed to Media
15:30 - 16:00
Conclusion of Conference – Joint Conference Chairs –
Open to Media
Delta St. John’s Conference Centre, Salon 'ABCD'
16:00 - 16:45
Final Media Conference – Open to Media Speaker(s): To Be Confirmed
Delta St. John’s Conference Centre, Salon 'ABCD'