Proteus Annual Meeting 2015

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Proteus Annual Meeting 2015

Tuesday 9th June 2015

Proteus Annual Meeting Day 1

Swan, Shakespeare’s Globe, 21 New Globe Walk, Bankside, London SE1 9DT

Agenda:

Time Activity/Presentation Speaker

08.00 – 08.30 Arrival and Coffee

Introductory session

08.30 – 09.00 Welcome and Introduction Jon Hutton

(Director, UNEP-WCMC)

09.00 – 09.30

A message from Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme

UNEP-WCMC’s work on strengthening biodiversity and ecosystem management in the extractives sector

Achim Steiner

(Executive Director, UNEP, via video)

Jon Hutton

(Director, UNEP-WCMC) and

Melissa Tolley

(Head of Business and Biodiversity, UNEP-WCMC)

09.30 – 10.30 Proteus Overview 2014-2015

Matt Jones, Ruth Fletcher and Kerstin Brauneder

(Business and Biodiversity Programme, UNEP-WCMC)

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break

The future of protected areas

11.00 – 11.30 Looking Ahead: the Promise of Sydney

Dr Kathy MacKinnon

(Deputy Chair, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas)

11.30 – 12.00 The future of the World Database on Protected Areas

Naomi Kingston

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UNEP-12.30 – 13.30 Lunch

Integrating data into biodiversity spatial planning

13.30 – 14.00

Biodiversity as Business Intelligence: The growing importance of IBAT as an effective screening tool for corporates, financial institutions and governments

Martin Sneary

(Programme Director, IBAT)

14.00 – 14.30 Understanding change in the IUCN Red List and how it affects decision making

Mike Hoffmann

(Senior Scientific Officer, IUCN Species Survival Commission)

14.30 – 15.00 National biodiversity planning and implications for the private sector

John Tayleur

(Ecosystem Assessment Programme, UNEP-WCMC)

15.00 – 15.30 Tea Break

Proteus beyond 2015 (teleconference available - see below)

15.30 – 16.00 Proteus 2016-2020

Matt Jones

16.00 – 16.45 Discussion on Proteus 2016-2020 Facilitated by Jon Hutton (Director, UNEP-WCMC)

16.45 – 17.00 Close of Day One Jon Hutton

(Director, UNEP-WCMC)

17.00 – 18.30 Drinks at the Swan Bar

19.00 Dinner (hosted by UNEP-WCMC)

Gordon Ramsey, Union Street Café (Great Suffolk Street/Union Street, London, SE1 0BS)

To join the renewal discussion, a teleconference facility is available online at:

https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/923489693

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Access Code/Meeting ID: 923-489-693

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Wednesday 10th June 2015

Proteus Annual Meeting Day 2 and Marine Biodiversity Screening and

Management Workshop

Swan, Shakespeare’s Globe, 21 New Globe Walk, Bankside, London SE1 9DT

Agenda:

Time Activity/Presentation Speaker

08.30 – 09.00 Arrival and Coffee

09.00 – 09.15 Welcome and overview of meeting Jon Hutton (Director, UNEP-WCMC)

Horizon Scanning – Marine

09.15 – 09.45 Plotting the course of the UNEP-WCMC Marine Programme Steve Fletcher

(Head of Marine, UNEP-WCMC)

09.45 – 10.15 OSPAR and environmental protection

Luisa Rodriguez Lucas

(Deputy Secretary, OSPAR Commission /Bonn Agreement)

10.15 – 10.45 Contemporary thinking in Marine Spatial Planning Hannah Thomas

(Marine Programme, UNEP-WCMC)

10.45 – 11.00 Introduction to the Marine Biodiversity Screening and Management Workshop sessions

Ruth Fletcher

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break

Screening – Tools, Approaches and Rationale

11.30 – 12.10 Company Experiences

BP's screening approaches and data challenges

Mark Johnston

(Group Ecologist & Technical Advisor,

BP)

Using Critical Habitat as a screening approach and development of management guidelines through the project lifecycle

Wouter Drinkwaard

(Biodiversity & Ecosystem Service

Advisor - Oceans, Group Environment - Sensitive Areas, Shell)

Case study of the evolution of an off-shore opportunity - working in a data poor environment

Charles Wood

(Environment Manager, BG Group)

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Managing Biodiversity Values through the Project Lifecycle

14.00 – 14.20 Feedback and introduction to the afternoon session

Ruth Fletcher

(Business and Biodiversity Programme, UNEP-WCMC)

14.20 – 14.50 Company Experiences

Managing sensitive habitats: Rationale and drivers for creating Shell’s coral best practice guidance

Deric Quaile

(Manager, Environmentally Sensitive

Areas - Group Environment - Sensitive Areas, Shell)

Integrating biodiversity into project design

Jarrod Pittson

(Corporate General Manager - Environment, Woodside)

14.50 – 15.30 Discussion session: Management implications of marine

biodiversity features Break-out group discussions 15.30 – 16.00 Tea Break

16.00 – 16.40 Discussion session: Management implications of marine

biodiversity features Break-out group discussions

16.40 – 17.00 Feedback

17.00 – 17.30 Summary, next steps and close of meeting

Matt Walpole

(Director of Programmes, UNEP-WCMC)

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Participants

Name Title Organisation

Proteus Partners

Charles Wood Environment Manager BG Group

Mark Johnston Group Ecology Expert BP

Maarten Kuijper EIA/Marine Biology Lead Advisor BP

Tyrone Kalpee Environmental Director BP

Sarah Connick Manager, Environment Chevron

Maxine Madison (by Phone) Environmental Consultant ConocoPhillips

Sarah Terry (by Phone) Senior Principal Environmental Consultant ConocoPhillips

Paola Pedroni Senior Advisor Environment eni

Maria Estella Nucci Environmental and Biodiversity Specialist eni

Rich Davi Scientific Associate ExxonMobil

Carmen Santamaria Environmental Specialist Repsol

Daniel Eason Principal Advisor - Environment, Projects HSEC Support Rio Tinto

Deric Quaile Manager Environmentally Sensitive Areas Shell

Wouter Drinkwaard Biodiversity & Ecosystem Service Advisor - Oceans Shell

Steinar Eldoy (by Phone) Leading Advisor Impact Assessment Statoil

Steven Dickinson Senior Environment Advisor Biodiversity, EIA and Water

Resources Total

Vanessa Tassas Environmental Advisor Total

Gareth Parry Irish Country Manager Woodside

Jarrod Pittson Corporate General Manager - Environment Woodside

Observers

Ruth Romer Senior Manager, Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, and Water IPIECA

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Guest Speakers

Kathy McKinnon Deputy Chair IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas

Martin Sneary Programme Director Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool Alliance Mike Hoffmann Senior Scientific Officer IUCN Species Survival

Commission Luisa Rodriguez Lucas Deputy Executive Secretary OSPAR Commission

UNEP and UNEP-WCMC

Jon Hutton Director UNEP-WCMC

Tim Johnson Chief Operating Officer UNEP-WCMC

Matt Walpole Director of Programmes: Science, Policy & Partnerships UNEP-WCMC

Melissa Tolley Head of Business and Biodiversity UNEP-WCMC

Naomi Kingston Head of Protected Areas UNEP-WCMC

Steve Fletcher Head of Marine UNEP-WCMC

Matt Jones Senior Programme Officer, Business and Biodiversity UNEP-WCMC

John Tayleur Senior Programme Officer, Ecosystem Assessment UNEP-WCMC

Hannah Thomas Senior Programme Officer, Marine UNEP-WCMC

Mike Harfoot Programme Officer, Science UNEP-WCMC

Ruth Fletcher Programme Officer, Business and Biodiversity UNEP-WCMC

Sebastian Dunnett Programme Officer, Business and Biodiversity UNEP-WCMC

Corinne Martin Programme Officer, Marine UNEP-WCMC

Kerstin Brauneder Assistant Programme Officer, Business and Biodiversity UNEP-WCMC

Lauren Weatherdon Assistant Programme Officer, Marine UNEP-WCMC