High Level Remarks and Opening

•    Carol Franco, SBSTA Vice-Chair 
•    Giovanna Valverde Stark, Costa Rica, Co-host of the 2025 UN Ocean Conference
•    Benoît Faraco, France, Co-host of the 2025 UN Ocean Conference 

Expert Panel Topic 1. Ocean-based measures in NDCs

•    Marinez Sherer, COP30 Special Envoy for the Ocean
•    Ole Vestegaard, Programme Management Officer, Marine, Coastal & Freshwater Ecosystems Branch, Martin Koehring, Ocean and Finance Specialist, Economy Division, UNEP (virtual)
•    Anna-Marie Laura, Senior Director of Climate Policy, Ocean Conservancy
•    Senivasa Waqairamasi, Head of Delegation, Fiji

Plenary Q&A/ Short Interventions

Expert Panel Topic 2. The ocean under the GGA

•    Joanna Post, Head, Ocean Observations and Services Section, IOC-UNESCO
•    Richard Muyungi, Chair, Africa Group of Negotiators & Special Envoy and Advisor to the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Environment & Climate Change
•    Fegi Nurhabni, Deputy Director of Disaster Mitigation and Climate Change Adaptation, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia

Plenary Q&A/ Short Interventions

Expert Panel Topic 3. Ocean-climate-biodiversity synergies

•    Valentina Germani, Senior Legal Officer, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS)
•    Fredrik Haag, Head, Office for London Convention/Protocol & Ocean Affairs, Marine Environment Division, International Maritime Organization (IMO) (virtual)
•    Tomás López Londoño, Marine Biologist, Directorate of Marine, Coastal and Aquatic Resources Affairs of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia (virtual) & Tristan Tyrrell, Programme Officer, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) secretariat 

Plenary Q&A/ Short Interventions

Closing

•    Co-facilitators

•    Peter Thomson, UNSG’s Special Envoy for the Ocean (video message)

Introduction to the World Café Format Breakout Group Discussions 

•    Co-facilitators

Breakout Group Discussions

•    Participants will be divided into a total of 9 groups (10–20 people in each group) to discuss Topics 1, 2, 3, with 3 Groups discussing the same topic, based on our guiding questions.
•    There will be a total of 2 rotations, with 35 minutes allocated for each breakout group discussion.
•    There will be a 5-minute transition time between each rotation

Plenary 

•    Feedback from the breakout group discussions
•    Parties to highlight good practices and lessons learned from their national and regional contexts in integration ocean-based action in their NDCs, adaptation plans and overall synergistic sustainable development planning
•    Finalize the key recommendations

Closing

•    Co-facilitators