Conference 2025

Morning Session 

8:00 – 9:00 | UN City Security check in and Registration  

8:00 – 9:00| Welcome Tea  

9:00 – 9:10 | Welcome to UN-City  

• Introduction by Blue Justice Conference Host  
• UN City, Copenhagen representative  
• Security briefing 

09:10 – 09:40 | Official Conference Opening  

• Opening video  
• State Secretary Kristina Hansen, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries (with responsibility for Fisheries and Ocean Policy), Norway
• Henrik Fredborg Larsen, Director, Nordic Representation Office, United Nations Development Programme 
• Unni Kløvstad, Head of Department, Nordic Council of Ministers  
• Sanya Compton, Programme Manager, Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism  

09:40 – 09:50 | Blue Justice Secretariat Report  

• Gunnar Stølsvik, Policy Director, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Norway, Blue Justice Secretariat 

09:50 – 10:00 | Data and digital technology in addressing fisheries crime 

• Alexander Pedersen, International Blue Justice Tracking Centre 
• Virun Lutchman, Caribbean Community Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (CARICOM IMPACS) 

10.00 – 10.30 | Tea 

10.30 – 11:45| Country Insights – Host moderating 

Remarks by 

• H.E. Ms. Carmen Ivelize Van-Dúnem do Sacramento Neto dos Santos, Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Angola
• H.E Jorge Pedro Mauricio dos Santos, Minister of the Sea, Cabe Verde 
• Wynonna Joseph, Senior Fisheries Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Blue and Green Economy, Dominica
• H.E Emelia Arthur, Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Ghana
• H.E Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, Minister of Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia 
• H.E. Floyd O’Brian Green, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Jamaica 
• Aminath Shafia, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Resources, Maldives 
• Mr. Cheikh Ahmedou Sidi, Head of the Mauritanian Maritime Affairs Agency (AMAM), Mauritania
• H.E Arvin Boolell, Honourable Minister of Agro-Industry, Food Security, Blue Economy and Fisheries, Mauritius 
• Simeão Lopes,Member of the board of directors of Regional Center of MCS-SADC, Mozambique (TBC) 
• Aissatou Fall Ndoye, Technical Advisor for Fisheries, Environment and Climate Change, Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Economy, Senegal 
• H.E Ahmed Hassan Aden, Ministry of Fisheries and Blue Economy, Federal Government of Somalia 
• H. E Dion Travers George, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, South Africa 
• Dr. Bedigama Kankanamge Kolita Kamal Jinadasа, Secretary to the Ministry of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources, Sri Lanka (TBC)
• H.E Noersalim Mike Mohamed Faizel, Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, Suriname (Digital)  

11:45 – 12.15 | Regional Cooperation: Discussion dialogue – Host moderating 

• H.E. Floyd O’Brian Green, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Jamaica 
• H.E Jorge Pedro Mauricio dos Santos, Minister of the Sea, Cabe Verde 
• Gavin Bellamy, CEO National Fisheries Authority, Jamaica, Blue Justice Caribbean Hub Secretariat 
• Gunnar Stølsvik, Policy Director, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Norway, Blue Justice Secretariat 

12.15 – 12:30 | Official Photo 

12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch 

Afternoon Session: Deep Dives 

13:30 – 14:30| Human Trafficking in Fisheries: International Labour Organization (ILO)– Host moderating 

• Francesca Francavilla, Senior Economist in Fundamentals, ILO 
• Nawavi Asmat, Head of the Population Research Centre, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia. 
• Lotharia Latief, Inspector General, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia (TBC) 
• Hariyanto Suwarno, Chairperson, Indonesian Migrant Workers’ Union (SBMI) 
• Gunnar Stølsvik, Policy Director, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Norway, Blue Justice Secretariat (TBC) 
• Zenia Chrysostomidis, Head of Section for Human Rights and Civil Society, Department for Human Development, The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) (TBC) 

14:30 – 15:00 | Blue Justice Nordic – Host moderating 

• Sølvi Åmo Albrigtsen, project manager, Blue Justice Nordic 
• Kenneth Rastad, Head of Trade Control Department, Norwegian Customs (TBC)
• Karianne Moen, Head of Section of Crime Prevention, Directorate of Fisheries Norway (TBC)

15.00 – 15:30 | Tea  

15:30 – 16:30| Space4Ocean and Blue Justice Dialogue – Gunnar Stølsvik moderating  

• Madin Mohamed Maseeh, President, Maldives Space Research Organisation (MSRO)

• Evie Merethe Hagen, Lead, International Development, Norwegian Space Agency 
• Signing of the Declaration  

16:30– 17.00 | Premier of Blue Justice short film (TBC) 

Evening Session 

17:00 – 19:00 | Dinner 

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