Were present in person or by video testimony:

• François Cuillandre, President of Brest métropole,
• Michel Gourtay, President of Technopôle Brest-Iroise,
• Laurence Fortin, Vice-President in charge of spatial planning and the economy at the Regional Council of Brittany,
• Annick Girardin, Minister for the Sea,
• Pierre Karleskind, Member of the European Parliament,
• Christos Economou, Acting Director Maritime Policy and Blue Economy, European Commission,
• Dr. Sangita Reddy, President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI),
• Jérémie Bazin, Head of Campus mondial de la mer,
• Yves-Marie Paulet, Vice-President in charge of Ocean affairs at Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO),
• Mark Hoebeke, Research Engineer at the Roscoff Biological Station,
• Hubert Pelletier, Head of the Acoustics Division, iXblue,
• and Serge Ségura, Ambassador in charge of Oceans, Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.