Andrew Hind
President Irish Planning Institute & Senior Planner, Cork County Council
Coastal Development Patterns

Andrew Cooper
Northern Ireland Coastal and Marine Forum & Centre for Coastal and Marine Research, University of Ulster
Coastal and Marine Fora as Planning Tools

Barry Mc Sweeney
Research Coordinator Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources
Research funding to support the economic maritime sectors

Cathal O'Mahony
Coastal and Marine Research Centre
Marine Aggregates – as an Emerging Sector

Charles Green
Coastal Manager, The Crown Estate
Data and Information for Marine Planning

Cormac Gebruers
Business Development Manager, Transas
The Global Maritime Technology Market: Opportunities & Challenges for Ireland Inc

David Knott
Port of Belfast
Port Development and the Environment

Joe Breen
Environment & Heritage Service
Joint Irish Bathymetric Survey

J Orford
GAP Queen’s University, Belfast
A Forward Look At Sea Level And Climate Change: Implications For The Coast (Presentation 1)
(Presentation 2)

Maurice Smith
Viridian Group
Experiences in SubSea Cabling

Matt Service
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
Fisheries and Aquatic Ecosystems Branch

Wes Forsythe
Centre for Maritime Archaeology, University of Ulster
Maritime Archaeology – old problems and new opportunities

Peter Heffernan
Marine Institute CEO
Atlantic Gateway – Ireland & the European Marine & Maritime Knowledge Economy

Nicole Schaefer
European Commission DG MARE
The Integrated EU Maritime Policy and Maritime Spatial Planning

Michael Murphy
Team Leader Cross-border Aquaculture Initiative EEIG
Aquaculture Economic benefits in Northern Ireland and Border Counties

Koen Verbruggen & Archie Donovan
Geological Survey of Ireland
The INFOMAR Experience, You can’t plan if you have no map!

Geraint Ellis & Heather Ritchie
School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Queen’s University, Belfast
The Prospects For Marine Spatial Planning