Programme
13:00 | Welcome by Professor Richard Thompson OBE, Professor of Marine Biology and Director of the Marine Institute
13:05 | The importance of systems thinking for healthy oceans, Tom Heap, freelance journalist and presenter of BBC's Countryfile and Costing the Earth
13:25 | Exploring the whole system
A series of short discussions on how marine research excellence at the University of Plymouth addresses global challenges facing our oceans through a systems thinking approach.
Topics will include:
- Climate change: from ocean acidification to offshore renewable energy with Professor John Spicer, Professor of Marine Zoology and Professor Deborah Greaves OBE, Professor of Ocean Engineering
- Changing coastlines: from storm impacts to coastal defences with Professor Gerd Masselink, Professor of Coastal Geomorphology and Professor Alison Raby, Professor in Environmental Fluid Mechanics
- The blue economy: from sustainable aquaculture to cybersecurity with Dr Daniel Merrifield, Associate Professor of Fish Health and Nutrition and Professor Kevin Jones, Professor of Computing Science
- Habitat challenges: from deep-sea beds to socio-economics with Dr Emma Sheehan, Associate Professor of Marine Ecology; Professor Kerry Howell, Professor of Deep-Sea Ecology; and Dr Louise Firth, Lecturer in Marine Ecology
- Linking science to policy to help safeguard the natural capital of our oceans with Professor Mel Austen, Professor of Ocean and Society, and Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, Associate Professor of Marine Conservation
- Citizens and the sea with Dr Kayleigh Wyles, Associate Professor in Psychology
