20 years after the Prestige accident: analysis of maritime safety in Europe

15:00 Opening of the Conference

Ana Miranda, BNG (Bloque Nacionalista Galego, Galician Nationalist Bloc) MEP, Greens/EFA Group
Camilo Nogueira, former BNG MEP, Greens/EFA Group (responsible to propose the Special Temporary Committee of the European Parliament on the investigation of the Prestige accident)
Marie Toussaint, Europe Écologie MEP, Greens/EFA Group

Opening video projection

15:20 Panel 1
The “Prestige” oil spill accident on the Galician coast: environmental and economic impact & social reaction to the accident

15:20-15:30 Xosé Manuel Pereiro, journalist
15:30-15:40 Adela Figueroa, ADEGA (Association for the Ecological Defence of Galiza)
15:40-16:00 Ana Pasantes and Luisa Gerpe, representatives of the Galician fisheries sector
16:00-16:20 Suso de Toro and Xurxo Souto, Nunca Máis social movement

16:20 Panel 2
Analysis of European maritime safety

16:20-16:35 Jacob Terling, Maritime Safety Unit of the Directorate-General for Transport of the European Commission
16:35-16:50 Frederic Hebert, Head of Sustainability Unit, Sustainability and Technical Assistance Department, European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)

16:50 Panel 3
The “Erika” and other cases of marine pollution in Europe

16:50-17:05 Pierre Karleskind, Chair of the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament
17:05-17:15 Alain Bonnec, former Vice-President of the environmental association Merci Erika, Brittany
17:15-17:25 Frank de Boer, FNP (Fryske Nasjonale Partij) representative, Frisia
17:25-17:35 Jean-Ronan Le Pen, co-President of the environmental association ZEA, France