Vladimir Ryabinin
Executive Secretary, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO
Dr. Vladimir Ryabinin is the Executive Secretary of the IOC, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, and Assistant Director-General of UNESCO.
He is an oceanographer, marine engineer, meteorologist and climatologist. He is responsible for several mathematical models for the ocean, atmosphere, wind, waves and so on and has authored hundreds of scientific publications.
Since the 1980s, Ryabinin has been involved in the activities of the United Nations in various capacities and has contributed to the core design and coordination of such international initiatives as the Global Ocean Observing System and the World Climate Research Programme.
The current work of the IOC and Ryabinin is focused on creating a solid scientific foundation for managing the ocean sustainably, including through the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, 2021–2030.
SPEAKERS & MODERATORS
Antje Boetius
Director, Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Germany
Daniel Dunn
Director, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, Australia
Karen Evans
Principal Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Tasmania
Diego Sancho Gallegos
Surf Conservation Data Coordinator, Save The Waves Coalition (STW), Costa Rica
Kristina M. Gjerde
Senior High Seas Advisor, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Global Marine and Polar Programme, USA
Anna-Katharina Hornidge
Director, The German Development Institute (DIE)/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Germany
Simone Pennafirme
Manager, Marine Life Center, Secretariat for Environment of the City Hall of Rio de Janeiro
J. Murray Roberts
Professor, University of Edinburgh’s School of GeoSciences & Head, Changing Oceans Research Group & Coordinator, European Horizon 2020 iAtlantic Project, Scotland
Vladimir Ryabinin
Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, France
Jens Schiffers
Scientific Officer, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany
Jörn Schmidt
Chair, Science Committee, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Denmark
Mirja Schoderer
Reseacher, The German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Germany
Sebastian Unger
Head, Ocean Governance Research Group, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam, Germany
