7-8 May 2025
Gazometro, Rome
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WEDNESDAY 7 MAY 2025
12:30 PM
STAGE OPIFICIO 41
Ports and logistics for the Blue Economy: accessibility, innovation, and skills for sustainable development
Ports and logistics: Competitive factors for a sustainable blue economy
Ports are strategic hubs for the development of the blue economy, integrating transport, innovation, and environmental sustainability. Ports are not merely transit infrastructures but territorial hubs capable of generating value for local communities and the wider production system. The competitiveness of a port today lies in its ability to ensure efficient accessibility, integrated goods management, digitalised processes, and the enhancement of human capital. In this panel, organised by Unindustria on the occasion of the Blue Planet Economy Expoforum, we will explore the role of infrastructure, technology, and people in the Lazio Region in building a modern, connected, and sustainable port system.
Opening Address
Ports and Accessibility: Strategic Connections for Regional Development
Sabrina De Filippis – President of the Transport and Logistics Section of UNINDUSTRIA
Thematic Speeches
Terminal and Cargo Management: Efficiency and Innovation for the Logistics Chain
Pietro Di Sarno – CEO – INTERGROUP
The Port Community System and Flow Digitalisation: Data Management as a Competitiveness Lever
Federico Pontremoli – Port Solution Manager, ALMAVIVA
Employment in the Port and Logistics Sectors: Skills, New Professions, and Market Transformations
Chiara Martoglio – CEO, RANDSTAD SERVICES
Concluding Remarks
On. Roberta Angelilli – Vice President, LAZIO REGION
Moderation and Welcome
Cristiano Dionisi – President of the Small Industry Committee, UNINDUSTRIA
WEDNESDAY 7 MAY 2025
2:00 PM
STAGE OPIFICIO 41
Innovation for the Blue Economy
BPE 2025 will host the “Innovation for the Blue Economy 2025” Award, recognising outstanding projects implemented by coastal municipalities in Lazio that concretely promote sustainable Blue Economy initiatives.
Lazio was the first region in Italy to launch a specific call for proposals on the Blue Economy targeted at local administrations.
The GALP Mare Lazio will also present awards to local institutions that have excelled in biodiversity protection and the promotion of sustainable fishing.
THURSDAY 8 MAY 2025
9:30 AM
STAGE OPIFICIO 41
“The governance of undersea cables”
Risks and threats, regulatory and economic issues, technological innovation in the underwater domain
• From the 1884 Paris Treaty to the latest UN Conventions, EU Directives, and the potential implications of the early 2025 Tariff Policy
• Risks and threats in the “Sixth Continent”, particularly concerning the security of digital connections and communications
• The regulatory framework in International Conventions, within the EU, and in Italian legislation
• In particular, challenges and issues related to the protection of the ecosystem and biodiversity in the seabed and ocean depths
• Especially R&D on materials and metallurgical processes, balancing competitiveness, efficiency, and sustainability
• Economic and financial aspects, evolving prospects—both qualitative and quantitative—within the Blue Economy
• Potential implications of Tariff Policy: risks concerning underwater infrastructure and services
Browse the catalogue 2024
The Target Sectors
Challenges and solutions
BLUE LIFE
PROTECTION
Oceans monitoring and protection
Infrastructure, re-use and end of life projects of vessels
Plastics and micro plastics waste disposal
Technology and systems
Oil pollution: prevention and containment
equipment
BLUE AND GREEN
LOGISTICS
Green Shipping
Green Ports
Infrastructures and innovative port and navigation technologies
Safety and protection systems
BLUE FOOD
Commercial and professional fi sheries
Fish farming: treatment systems, safety, conservation, distribution
Desalination
Marine biotechnologies
Pharmaceuticals, wellness
BLUE ENERGY
Renewable energies from sea, production and related technologies:
tidal energy, wind, photovoltaic,
osmotic, thermal and from sea currents
BLUE
TOURISM
Innovative shipbuilding
Innovation technologies for nautical and coastal tourism
Environment and coastal planning
Sea heritage: protection and conservation of maritime and coastal resources
BLUE FUTURE AND YOUTH EXPERIENCE
Education and Training in Sea Economy and Marine Engineering
Education and training
Universities and research centers
Higher education schools
Careers and jobs
Relive the 2024 edition
The Future of the Blue Economy
TRAINING & EDUCATION
Education, training and the attention for our young generations are central in BPE 2024. New connections, new orientation paths, new professions await our students in the future blue economy, that starts today.
INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING
Central element of Blue Planet Economy Expo Forum, the B2B meeting program allows exhibitors to introduce themselves or consolidate their presence on the markets of the Mediterranean area, North Africa and beyond.
NEW 2024 – PRIZES & AWARDS
The Blue Ambassador Project and the Award for the Management of Blue Economy seeks new protagonists
Organized by MAR Association in close collaboration with the Foundation Xcellence – Servizi alle Imprese, the Blue Ambassador Award is meant to promote and reward the work of managers of private and public companies, researchers, third sector operators and young students who, – with original projects, studies and activities on the field – have distinguished themselves for the committment in the valorization experiences inspired to the founding values of Blue Economy.
EXPO
With the participation of institutions, enterprises, research and education centers, this section intends to represent innovation and growth in marine and coastal economy.
SIMPOSIUM
A program of seminars and meetings dedicated to the current issues of blue economy: from energy to transport, to training, to the professional experiences of tomorrow’s operators. This including the traditional sectors: fish resources, coastal tourism systems, energy sources from the sea, circular economy and sustainable logistics.
