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The Sea Tech Week^® 2022 gathered 1,000 participants in Brest, France. Among these participants, 200 came from abroad.

India, featured country in 2022

We already enjoy strong bilateral relations notably with the Indian Institute of Technology Goa but also with the National Institute of Ocean Technology, through the Ambassador of France to India, Mr. Emmanuel Lenain, who supported India being the country of honour of the Sea Tech Week^®, and through the Ambassador of India in France, H.E. Mr. Jawed Ashraf.

On May 4^th, President Emmanuel Macron and the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, welcomed the adoption of the Franco-Indian roadmap on the blue economy and ocean governance, in which the Sea Tech Week^® 2022 is an important milestone.

Sea Tech Week^® 2022 was the ideal forum to:

Bring impetus to the French-Indian exchanges as envisioned on the India-France Joint Statement (visit of the Prime Minister of India to France in August 2019);
Reinforce the scientific and academic program GoAT that Campus mondial de la mer is currently developing with the Indian Institute of Technology, Goa, on ocean technologies;
Lead new bilateral synergies with the ambitious “Deep Ocean Mission” launched by the Government of India;
Highlight current Indian projects, like the Sagarmala project of port-led prosperity initiated by the Government of India;
More generally share experiences in both countries regarding maritime transport and the related topics: ports, maritime trade, naval industry, marine research, biodiversity, marine spatial planning, international law of the sea, etc.

Official opening

The official opening of the Sea Tech Week® took place on September 27th in presence of the President of Brest métropole and mayor of Brest (Mr. François Cuillandre), H. E. Ambassador of India to France (Mr. Jawed Ashraf), the Vice-President of the Brittany Region in charge of maritime affairs (Mr. Daniel Cueff), the French Ambassador for poles and maritime stakes (Mr. Olivier Poivre d'Arvor), the General director of DG MARE/European Commission (Ms. Charlina Vitcheva), the Member of European Parliament (Mr. Pierre Karleskind) and Hon'ble Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (Mr. Shri Sarbananda Sonowal).

H. E. Ambassador of India to France (Mr. Jawed Ashraf)

Trade fair

The exhibition hall host 38 booths including 2 main pavilions: the Campus mondial de la mer pavilion and the Indian pavilion. The latter highlighted the expertise of Indian companies and laboraties within the maritime transport sector.

During the inauguration of the trade fair, Naval Group and the Indian Institute of Technology Goa (IIT Goa) signed a collaboration agreement, in presence of the Indian Ambassador H.E. Shri Jawed Ashraf.

Plenary sessions

3 plenary sessions were organised during the Sea Tech Week^®. Within the "Data challenges applied to maritime transport" plenary session we had the please to host as a keynote speaker Mr. Rajesh Alla, Chairman and Managing director of IIC Technologies.

Mr. Rajesh Alla, Chairman and Managing director of IIC Technologies

Parallel sessions

Within the 30 parallel sessions organised, few were organised or co-organised within Indian players including:

Indo-french cooperation in marine sciences: opportunities an mechanisms
Convenor: French Institute in India, French Embassy in India and CNRS India
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France India Workshop on Ocean Technology towards advanced Knowledge and sustainable Development
Convenor: IFREMER (France) and India national institute of ocean technology (NIOT) (India)
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Navigation and control of Underwater vehicles
Convenors: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Goa (India) and National Institute of Technology Silchar (India)

The Indian delegation enjoyed visiting parts of the Campus mondial de la mer community including the Port of Brest, the French Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (Shom) and the French National Institute for Ocean Science (Ifremer).

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Other EU & international partners

Apart from India, several other EU or international delegates took part in Sea Tech Week^®, among others:

the Prime Secretary of the Norwegian embassy in France, Johan Lie Hammerstrom, and led the Norwegian delegation and the Senior advisor of Innovation Norway, Bernard Lamothe;
the mayor of Rimouski, Guy Caron, and the Director of SOPER (Economic development agency of Rimouski) and President of Technopole Maritime de Québec, Martin Beaulieu;
some SEA EU partners and Brest maritime twin cities: the mayor of Kiel (Germany), city-officials from Split (Croatia) and CEEI Bahia de Cadiz and 2 companies from Cadiz;
partners from the UK: Maritime UK South West, University of Plymouth, University of Exeter, etc.;
the Director General of DG MARE/European commission, Charlina Vitcheva, gave a speech during the official opening;
the Member of EU parliament, Pierre Karleskind, gave a speech during the official opening.

Cadiz : Visit of the Cedre installations by Santiago Miranda (Ocean Cleaner Technology) and Ana Suarez Lena (CEEI Cadiz)

The event was also endorsed by the European Commission, the European Parliament and the United Nations as part of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).