By Rym Benzina President, La Saison Bleue Pascal Lamy Co-chair of the Africa-Europe Strategy Group on Ocean Governance; President of the World Maritime Forum-Bizerte, Chair of the UNOC-related Blue Economy and Finance Forum (BEFF) Abdeljalil Lahjomri Permanent Secretary of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco Mohamed Sadiki Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development, and Water and Forests Adel Sultan Minister of Marine Resources, Libya Paul Van Tigchelt Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Justice and the North Sea, Belgium Peter Thomson United Nations Secretary General's Special Envoy for the Ocean Arsenio Dominguez Velasco Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Ashok Adicéam Deputy Special Envoy of the President for the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference

By Pascal Lamy Co-chair of the Africa-Europe Strategy Group on Ocean Governance; President of the World Maritime Forum-Bizerte, Chair of the UNOC-related Blue Economy and Finance Forum (BEFF) Raphael Danglade | Moderator Director, Climate & Development, Africa-Europe Foundation Amb. Josefa Sacko African Union Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (ARBE) Kestutis Sadauskas Deputy Director-General at the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Commission Nancy Karigithu Co-President of the Ocean Group of the Europe Africa Foundation, Ambassador/ Special Envoy for the Maritime and Blue Economy, Government of Kenya Geneviève Pons Member of the Africa-Europe Strategy Group on Ocean Governance and Director General and Vice President of Europe Jacques Delors

By H.E Ambassador Olivier Poivre d’Arvor Special Envoy of the President of the French Republic for the United Nations Ocean Conference and Ambassador for the Poles and Maritime Affairs Georgina Guillen Grillo Director General for Foreign Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship Costa Rica

By Ashok Adicéam Adjoint de l Envoyé Spécial du Président de la République pour la Conférence Océan des Nations Unis, Susan Gardner Director, Ecosystems Division at UN Environment Programme Ibukun Jacob Adewumi Head of the IOC/UNESCO Sub-Commission for Africa and Adjacent Island States (IOCAFRICA) Patricia Ricard President of the Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute Valérie Verdier President-Director General of the Research Institute for Development (IRD) Eric Aligula Head, The Oceans Blue Economy Office Executive Office of the President Jyoti Mathur-Filipp Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC)

By Kestutis Sadauskas Deputy Director-General at the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Commission Fedra Francocci Researcher at the National Research Council, Institute for the Study of Anthropic Impacts and Sustainability in the Marine Environment, Italy Alassane SARR Director of IUPA - the University Institute of Fishing and Aquaculture Maxime De Lisle General Secretary, Ocean Sustainability Foundation and Coordinator, Towards an International Panel for Ocean Sustainability Pierre Bahurel Directeur Général de Mercator Océan International, Huberta Afeku Program and Operations Manager SDGs Advisory Unit Office of the President Ghana Francine Ntoumi President of the Scientific Council of IRD Sami EL IKLIL Senior Program Manager Coastline & Ocean Naima Hamoumi  Eminent specialist in maritime and oceanic issues and associate researcher at IRES Marina Levy Ocean Advisor to the Presidency of IRD François Houllier Senior Directorate-general for Maritime Affairs and fisheries

By Eric Machu Marine Biogeochemist, Researcher at IRD, assigned to INRH in Tangier Richard Brisius  CEO The Ocean Race

By H.S.H Prince Albert II De Monaco Prince of Monaco

By Stephanie Ockenden Deputy Head of Secretariat for the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy Dominic Asante Opoku- Manu Policy Advisor, SDGs Advisory Unit Office of the President Ghana Josphat Nanok Deputy Chief of Staff/Ocean Panel Sherpa, Executive Office of the President Derek Klazen Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Namibian Sherpa of the Ocean Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy Phillianne Ernesta Principal Secretary, Department of Blue Economy, Ministry of Fisheries and Economy, Republic of Seychelles

By Pascal Lamy Co-président du groupe stratégique Afrique-Europe sur la gouvernance des océans, président du Forum maritime mondial de Bizerte, président du Forum sur l"économie et la finance bleues (BEFF), lié à la COCO

By Ashok Adicéam Adjoint de l Envoyé Spécial du Président de la République pour la Conférence Océan des Nations Unis, Patricia Ricard President of the Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute Fedra Francocci Researcher at the National Research Council, Institute for the Study of Anthropic Impacts and Sustainability in the Marine Environment, Italy Patrice BREHMER Researcher, Marine Socio-ecosystems, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), Scientific Advisor to the Permanent Secretary of the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) Gabriella Gonthier Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at the Department of Blue Economy Masanori Kobayashi Program Director, Sasakawa Peace Foundation

By Christophe Castaner President of the Supervisory Board of the Port of Marseille Fos Nisrine IOUZZI Director of Dakhla Atlantic Port Construction Magali Line Victoire Thaddees General Coordinator of the Network of Maritime and Port Professional Women of West and Central Africa (RFPMPAOC) Sanae ELAMRANI Director of Ports and Maritime Public Domain Florentine GUIHARD-KOIDIO Head of Customer Relations and IT Quality Department at the Autonomous Port of Abidjan Mohamed El Jaouadi President , Association armateurs du Maroc (ARMA)

By Martin Ochoa Senior Environmental and Natural Resources Specialist Environment, Natural Resources, and the Blue Economy Unit (SMNEN) Silvia Guzzini Programme Lead, Ocean Action Agenda, World Economic Forum Tiago Pitta e Cunha Chief Executive Director for the Oceano Azul Foundation Ayman Cherkaoui  Director, Hassan II International Center for Environmental Training

By Tatiana Antonelli Abella Founder and Director of Goumbook Atsushi Sunami President, Sasakawa Peace Foundation

By Ashok Adicéam Adjoint de l Envoyé Spécial du Président de la République pour la Conférence Océan des Nations Unis, Fedra Francocci Researcher at the National Research Council, Institute for the Study of Anthropic Impacts and Sustainability in the Marine Environment, Italy Agnès Rampal  Deputy Mayor, Delegate for Euro-Mediterranean Affairs, Relations with Repatriates, and the Centre-University-Mediterranean, Vice President of the Nice Côte d'Azur Metropolis, responsible for Euro-Mediterranean Affairs. Seydina Issa Laye SAMBE Mayor of Yoff Ndoye Adji Arame Thiaw Head of Public-Private Partnership and Decentralised Cooperation, Commune of Yoff Luc Atrokpo Maire de Conotou, Olivier BETTATI Special Envoy of the Mayor President of the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis Théophile Bongarts Lebbe Head of Coastal Adaptation - Ocean & Climate Platform Jerome Noël Petit Senior manager, France/Mediterranean Cyrille Barnerias Director of European and International Relations at the French Office for Biodiversity Yvonne MOYU’ TAGNE CEO, Africa Blue Strategies Corporation International Bouchta El Moumni President of Abdelmalek Saadi University

By Lamya Essemlali Director and Founder of the NGO Sea Shepherd France

By Rym Benzina President, La Saison Bleue Neila Benzina CEO Wimbee Lamiae Benmakhlouf General Director of Technopark (MITC) Victor Amusa Project Leader for Wastebazard (Nigeria) at the African Youth Climate Hub Initiative - Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection. Busola Falope Founder & Product Designer AquaTrack Deborah Falope Co-founder AquaTrack Camilla Floros Oceans Without Borders Marine Programme Manager and Principal Scientist Dumile Pretty Xolo Senior Manager Communication, Wild Impact Mohamed Taha El Ouaryachi Managing Director and Co-founder , ATAREC Oussama Nour President and Co-founder , ATAREC Private: Richmond Kennedy Quarcoo Founder and Executive Director of Plasticpunch Danford Mkunda R&D Director, Coastal BioTech Mohammed Adnane OUZZINE President Fondation Maritime Marocaine Marwen Mokdad Manager & fondateur, POLYCHAETA by Tunisia Baits, Asmaa BENSLIMANE Member of the Blue Women Africa initiative, President of WIMAFRICA-Maroc, President of WISTA-Maroc Vincent Doumeizel Senior Advisor United Nations Global Compact Director Food Programme Lloyd's Register Foundation Giulia Antidormi Public Relations - Med Area, SDG4MED, Imed Hamdi Head of Growth Kumulus

By H.E Ambassador Olivier Poivre d’Arvor Special Envoy of the President of the French Republic for the United Nations Ocean Conference and Ambassador for the Poles and Maritime Affairs