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EMB presents workshops on graduate training and maritime cultural heritage at the European Maritime Day Conference (28-29 May, Athens)

This year’s European Maritime Day conference, taking place in Athens, is focused on ports and coasts as engines for Blue Growth. The EMB has a strong presence at the event, presenting two workshops and an exhibition. EMB’s Working Group on Marine Graduate Training together with the EuroMarine Network and the JPI-Oceans Secretariat is presenting a workshop on 'How innovative training can support Blue Growth'. This workshop features stakeholders from higher education, research and business presenting and discussing perspectives on current marine training practices, innovative initiatives and industry partnerships to address the mismatch between current academic training programmes and the needs of future employers. The workshop also has a panel discussion titled ‘Europe’s Blue Economy: what skill sets are required and what is the role of marine science?’. The second workshop, ‘Maritime Cultural Heritage and Blue Growth: What’s the Connection?’ is organised by EMB’s Working Group on Continental Shelf Prehistoric Research. This workshop highlights the largely unknown cultural heritage of human settlements that exist in the shallow shelf seas around Europe which have high tourism potential. Jointly presented by research, industry and heritage management organisations, this workshop demonstrates how the offshore economy can benefit from cross-sectoral interaction to safeguard archaeological finds, to aid in their discovery and management, and to avoid unnecessary delays for commercial activities. Examples of such collaboration feature the Port of Rotterdam expansion project and aggregate dredging in the North Sea. Picture features the EMB exhibition at European Maritime Day.