Mariya Gabriel
European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education, Youth and Sport
Mariya Gabriel is the European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education, Youth and Sport. Under her leadership, the new Horizon Europe, Erasmus+ and the cultural strand of Creative Europe programs will be set out and implemented.
Her main priorities are excellence in research, innovation and education (ERA, EEA, EIA); tackling the R&I divide in Europe and Europe as a leader in areas of strategic innovation through the digital and green transition, with a particular focus on young people and regions.
Her two mottos are: “No one left behind” and “Think out of the box”.
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Inger Andersen
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme
Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius
Director of the Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Ulrike Decoene
Chief Communications, Brand and Sustainability Officer and Member of AXA’s Management Committee
Prof. Dr. Colin Devey
Oceanic Volcanism – Research Division “Dynamics of the Ocean Floor”, GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
António Guterres
Secretary-General of the United Nations
Prof. Dr. Gideon Henderson
Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), United Kingdom
The Honorable Bernadette Jordan
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, South Shore – St. Margarets, Canada
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The Honorable Dr. Jane Lubchenco
Deputy Director for Climate and Environment, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Gesine Meissner
Former MEP, Chair National Committee for the UN Decade Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
Dr. Angela Merkel
Chancellor of Germany
Dr. Vladimir Ryabinin
Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO
