15.20 - 16.00 Plenary Session 2: Women's Role in Influencing Ocean Governance
Highlights the work of professional women leading and influencing interdisciplinary ocean action programmes, with a special emphasis on the long-standing and significant role of women in relation to sustainability-focused ocean governance

​ Moderator: Professor Ronán Long, Director, WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute of the World Maritime University

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• Ms. Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, Director, DOALOS, Women’s role in influencing oceang governance
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• Dr. Anne Christine Brusendorff, General Secretary, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Women in marine science and the connection to ocean governance
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• Ms. Julie Gascon, Director General of Operation, Canadian Coast Guard