How can atlases help to organise and promote the seas? (19 May, 9:00-10:55)

Ocean and sea atlases are powerful and wonderful tools for developing and presenting integrated maritime policy. Like this new European policy, they can encompass all aspects of the oceans and seas in a holistic and integrated way, from geographical features to political, economic, social and environmental ones. They can help to maximise the sustainable use of the oceans and seas, with the involvement of the various stakeholders. As announced in the Maritime Policy Blue Book, the Commission will launch a European Atlas of the Seas by the end of 2009, as an educational tool to highlight our common maritime heritage and provide a spatial guide to maritime features and EU policies.

The objective of this session is to explore how ocean and sea atlases can inspire public authorities and stakeholders to move further down the path of a more integrated maritime Europe. Authors of main maritime atlases, from book to multimedia formats, from a local to a worldwide scope, will present the process, the result and the impacts of their projects. Learning and recommendations for a more integrated maritime Europe will be discussed.

Chair

• Philippe VALLETTE (Presentation  ~ 3,4 Mb), Directeur Général NAUSICAA, Author of 'Atlas de l'Océan Mondial'

Speakers

• Manfred LEIER (Resume  ~ 515 Kb - Photo - Presentation  ~ 30 Kb), Author 'World Atlas of the Oceans'
• Dr Juan Luis SUÁREZ DE VIVERO (Resume  ~ 30 Kb - Presentation1  ~ 2,6 Mb - Presentation2 ~ 1,1 Kb - Speech  ~ 70 Kb), University of Seville, Author 'Atlas of Maritime Europe'
• Pascal BULEON (Resume  ~ 9 Kb - Photo - Presentation  ~ 1,8 Mb), Research Director in the University of Caen, Co-Author 'Channel Spaces' and 'Emergences caraïbes. Eléments de géographie politique'
• Louis SHURMER-SMITH (Resume  ~ 9 Kb - Photo - Presentation  ~ 1,8 Mb), Co-Author 'Channel Spaces'
• Michaela GENSHEIMER (Resume  ~ 9 Kb - Photo - Presentation  ~ 605 Kb), Cluster Coordinator/Project Expert - Project Development and Coordination, ESPON - European Observation Network on Territorial Development and Cohesion

Report ( ~ 85 Kb)