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Professor Dr. Pierre Failler <br> University of Portsmouth, UK

Professor Dr. Pierre Failler
University of Portsmouth, UK

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Professor Sayedur Rahman Chowdhury <br>University of Chittagong, Bangladesh

Professor Sayedur Rahman Chowdhury
University of Chittagong, Bangladesh

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Dr. Marion Glaser <br>Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Germany

Dr. Marion Glaser
Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Germany

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Dr. Nimit Kumar <br>Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)-UNESCO

Dr. Nimit Kumar
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)-UNESCO

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Dr. Sazlina Salleh <br>Centre for Policy Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia

Dr. Sazlina Salleh
Centre for Policy Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia

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Dr. Lilian A. Krug <br> Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean and The Algarve Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Portugal

Dr. Lilian A. Krug
Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean and The Algarve Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Portugal

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Dr Myriam Lacharité <br> Senior Lecturer, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Australia

Dr Myriam Lacharité
Senior Lecturer, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Australia

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Prof. Failler is the Director of the Centre for Blue Governance. He holds the UNESCO Chair in Ocean Governance. He works in Bangladesh since 2016 with government and academic institutions on the blue economy policy implementation. He coordinates complex research projects with multidisciplinary teams for more than 25 years in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, and Pacific coastal countries in collaboration with national research institutions and universities and a close link with policy bodies. He has recently coordinated the Blue Economy Strategy for the African Union, the Regional Action Plan for the Blue Economy of the Indian Ocean Commission, the Blue Economy Strategy of IGAD, SADC, ASEAN as well as the Blue Economy Strategy and Action Plan for Bangladesh, Seychelles, Guinea, The Bahamas, St Martin, Jamacia, Madagascar, Tanzania and Ethiopia. He has authored and co-authored numerous journal articles, book chapters, research reports, consultancy reports, etc. He is also a Scientific evaluator for several research councils in UK, Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia.

Sayedur Rahman Chowdhury is a professor at the Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Chittagong. His works span a wide range of topics in oceanography, marine fisheries assessment, fisheries policy and management, maritime climatology, remote sensing and GIS, coastal geomorphology, and coastal environmental changes. Currently Professor Chowdhury is serving as an expert member of different ministries of government of Bangladesh (i.e. Ministry of Fisheries) and international organizations (i.e. FAO). He is also a lead member of Bangladesh marine fisheries survey group and contributing to formulate different government policies on related to fisheries in Bangladesh.

Dr. Marion Glaser is senior social scientist at the Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Bremen University, Germany, trained at the Universities of Cologne, Bath and London. She worked in the U.K., Bangladesh, Belize and Brazil in agriculture, forestry, flood control and coastal management. She coordinated the socio-economic group of the Brazilian Mangrove Dynamics and Management (MADAM) programme, co-founded the ZMT Social-Ecological Systems (SES) Analysis Group and now coordinates the “Governance and Management of Coastal Social-Ecological Systems” Project of the SPICE (Science for the Protection of Indonesian Coastal Ecosystems) programme. Her research themes are participatory analysis, environmental governance and transdisciplinary sustainability/resilience analysis.

Dr. Nimit Kumar is a Marine Ecologist who served as a scientist at INCOIS since 2011 before taking up UNESCO consultancy . He had been formally associated with the Marine Fishery Advisory Services (MFAS) program of INCOIS – during which he took lead to initiatives such as – first ever yellowfin tuna satellite telemetry in the northern IO, Indo-US technical collaboration team, setting up primary productivity modelling labs, and Mariculture Site Suitability along with Maritime Use Conflicts – to name a few, with an aim to help future blue economy endeavors. He has been contributing to ITCOocean (a UNESCO C2C) since it’s beginning in 2013 and off late served more dedicatedly to it along with INCOIS’s international interface including DCC-IOR. He graduated with Microbiology as major and has another post-graduation in Disaster Mitigation. His core strengths comprise of ocean observations, telemetry, remote sensing and GIS. He is alumni of NF-POGO (CofE-1, BIOS), PORSEC, BOBLME, and IOC-WESTPAC’s MOMSEI. He has participated multiple research cruises in the North Atlantic Ocean and North Indian Ocean onboard Indian and foreign vessels. His professional interests include conservation, sustainable development, outreach, & capacity building. With his two decades plus experience, he is looking forward to seek synergies & opportunities through this event.

Sazlina Salleh is an ocean scientist with extensive expertise in marine conservation and policy development. Currently an Associate Professor at the Centre for Policy Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia, she holds a Ph.D. in Marine Science from the University of Tasmania. Her research focuses on marine biodiversity, conservation policy, marine spatial planning, and the impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems. Her work in marine conservation emphasises critical areas such as eutrophication monitoring, coral and seagrass ecosystem health, and the climate resilience of marine species. She strongly advocates for sustainable ocean governance and actively promotes the integration of scientific findings into policy frameworks. She is deeply committed to advancing sustainable conservation policies and champions data sharing and management as key tools for improving marine management strategies.
Dr Lilian Krug is a Luso-Brazilian oceanographer specialised in observational oceanography with applications to ocean-atmosphere interaction, climate variability and their impacts on ocean and coastal ecosystems. Lilian has been dedicated to building capacity in ocean observations as the Scientific Coordinator for the Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO) and its alumni network, and by teaching international graduate students and early career researchers from developing nations, in both Portuguese and English.

Dr Myriam Lacharité is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Myriam’s research focuses on using marine spatial science to support sustainable development and conservation. Myriam is involved in projects examining the application of spatial planning in Australia locally and regionally in partnership with government, industry and community stakeholders. Myriam’s expertise is varied with experience in oceanography, biology, marine policy, ocean technology, data curation and management, geospatial modelling, and seafloor mapping, and across a wide range of marine ecosystems in shallow coastal waters to the deep ocean.  Myriam has a PhD in oceanography from Dalhousie University, Canada, and a Bachelor of Science and Diploma in Environment from McGill University, Canada.