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The English Channel: one ecosystem, two projects
Valuing and protecting our shared sea – Imperial Hotel Torquay, 17th -19th March 2015
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Final Conference Day 1 – Tuesday 17th March
PLENARY SESSION (Chair: Prof. Edward Maltby)
Opening Keynote Address: The challenges and future direction of marine management
Linwood Pendleton (International Chair of Excellence, AMURE/LABEX/IUEM) 
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Current challenges for government regulators, and significance of VALMER and PANACHE results
Aisling Lannin (Marine Management Organisation)
François Gauthiez (Deputy Director for Public-Policy Development, French Marine Protected Areas Agency)
Ecosystem Service Assessment (ESA) in practice: lessons from six diverse case studies
Remi Mongruel (Ifremer) & Nicky Beaumont (PML)
Les conclusions principales de PANACHE / conclusions de haut niveau
Gérald Mannaerts (AAMP)
How Ecosystem Services Assessments can support marine and coastal governance
Wendy Dodds (Plymouth University)
PRESENTATION SESSION 1A – ASSESSING (Chair: Eric Thiébaut)
Marine Protected Areas (MPA) network coherence analysis
Benjamin Ponge (AAMP) & Nicola Foster (MI)
MPA Ecological connectivity
Sandrine Vaz (Ifremer)
Will ESA work for me? Using the VALMER triage to define the scope of an assessment
Nicky Beaumont (PML) & Remo Mongruel (Ifremer)
A selection box of ESA methods: describing the approaches used in VALMER
Tara Hooper (PML) & Remi Mongruel (Ifremer)
PRESENTATION SESSION 1B – WORKING TOGETHER (Chair: Jens Rasmussen)
Integrated data management
Dan Lear (MBA) & Sonia Carrier (AAMP)
Visualisation of ecosystem services
Charly Griffiths (MBA)
Gathering data with the general public
Fiona White (Kent Wildlife Trust)
Amy Marsden (Hampshire and IoW Wildlife Trust)
Lalita Vong (Planète Mer)
Final Conference Day 2 – Wednesday 18th March
PRESENTATION SESSION 2A – IMPROVING MANAGEMENT (Chair: Laurent Germain)
Managing MPAs: good practice in the Channel
Gwendal Dorel (AAMP)
Ruth Williams (Cornwall Wildlife Trust)
Jonathan Cook /Helen Booker (RSPB)
Gwenola de Roton (AAMP) 
Using ESA within decision making: from theory into practice
Wendy Dodds (Plymouth University)
Karine Dedieu (AAMP)
Juliette Herry (PNR GM)
Philippa Hoskin (Cornwall Council)
PRESENTATION SESSION 2B – SHARING EXPERIENCES (Chair: Sian Rees)
Usefulness of scenarios to explore management options for the marine environment
Juliette Herry (PNR GM)
Socio-ecological models to assess changes in ecosystem services
Pedro Cabral (UMR AMURE UBO/Ifremer) & Olivia Langmead (MBA)
Monitoring tools and technologies
David Rodriguez-Rodriguez (MI)
Christine Dobroniak (Grand Port Maritime de Dunkerque)
Christophe Aulert (AAMP)
Emma Sheehan (MI)/Erin Pettifer (Sussex IFCA)/Sandrine Vaz (Ifremer)
WORKSHOP 1A – THE FUTURE OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICE VALUATION (Chairs: Nicky Beaumont, Tara Hooper & Remi Mongruel)
Workshop Notes
WOPKSHOP 1B – MONITORING MPAs: NEXT STEPS (Chair: Sian Rees)
Introduction
Sian Rees (MI)
Workshop Notes
WORKSHOP 1C – SHARING EXPERIENCES OF THE VALMER SCENARIO BUILDING PROCESS (Chair: Juliette Herry)
Experience sharing on VALMER scenario building process
Juliette Herry (PNR GM)
Scenario building process in the Golfe Normand-Breton
François Morisseau (AAMP)
Scenario techniques used in Plymouth Sound-Fowey: Backcasting
Philippa Hoskin (Cornwall Council)
Bayesian Belief Networks in North Devon
Olivia Langmead (MBA)
Workshop Notes
WORKSHOP 1D – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT DATA MANAGEMENT, MONITORING AND ESA (Chairs: Dan Lear & Sonia Carrier)
Workshop Notes
WORKSHOP 1E – ASSESSING ECOLOGICAL COHERENCE ACROSS MPAs (Chair: Benjamin Ponge)
Workshop Notes
PLENARY SESSION – PLANNING FOR TOMORROW (Chair: Dr. Steve Fletcher)
Ecosystem Services Assessment and stakeholder engagement in marine governance
Laura Friedrich (Plymouth University)
Engaging the general public with the marine environment
Matt Slater (Cornwall Wildlife Trust)
Perspectives pour la region Manche
Christophe Lefebvre (AAMP/IUCN)
