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 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 09.30 10.30 Proteus Overview 2014-2015 Jon Hutton (Director, Achim Steiner (Executive Director, UNEP, via video) Jon Hutton (Director, and Melissa Tolley (Head of Business and Biodiversity, Matt Jones, Ruth Fletcher and Kerstin Brauneder 10.30 11.00 Coffee Break The future of protected areas 11.00 11.30 Looking Ahead: the Promise of Sydney 11.30 12.00 The future of the World Database on Protected Areas 12.00 12.30 Biodiversity conservation and potential future oil and gas exploitation Dr Kathy MacKinnon (Deputy Chair, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas) Naomi Kingston (Head of Protected Areas, UNEP- WCMC) Mike Harfoot (Microsoft Research/Science Programme, 08 June 2015 1
12.30 13.30 Lunch Integrating data into biodiversity spatial planning 13.30 14.00 14.00 14.30 14.30 15.00 Biodiversity as Business Intelligence: The growing importance of IBAT as an effective screening tool for corporates, financial institutions and governments Understanding change in the IUCN Red List and how it affects decision making National biodiversity planning and implications for the private sector Martin Sneary (Programme Director, IBAT) Mike Hoffmann (Senior Scientific Officer, IUCN Species Survival Commission) John Tayleur (Ecosystem Assessment Programme, 15.00 15.30 Tea Break Proteus beyond 2015 (teleconference available - see below) 15.30 16.00 Proteus 2016-2020 16.00 16.45 Discussion on Proteus 2016-2020 Matt Jones Facilitated by Jon Hutton (Director, 16.45 17.00 Close of Day One Jon Hutton (Director, 17.00 18.30 Drinks at the Swan Bar 19.00 Dinner (hosted by 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 United Kingdom: +44 (0) 330 221 0088 Australia: +61 2 9087 3601 Canada: +1 (647) 497-9353 France: +33 (0) 170 950 594 Italy: +39 0 247 92 13 01 Netherlands: +31 (0) 208 080 219 Norway: +47 75 80 32 07 Spain: +34 911 82 9906 United States: +1 (571) 317-3129 Access Code/Meeting ID: 923-489-693 Meeting Password: Proteus 08 June 2015 2
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, Horizon Scanning Marine 09.15 09.45 Plotting the course of the UNEP-WCMC Marine Programme 09.45 10.15 OSPAR and environmental protection 10.15 10.45 Contemporary thinking in Marine Spatial Planning 10.45 11.00 Introduction to the Marine Biodiversity Screening and Management Workshop sessions Steve Fletcher (Head of Marine, Luisa Rodriguez Lucas (Deputy Secretary, OSPAR Commission /Bonn Agreement) Hannah Thomas (Marine Programme, Ruth Fletcher 11.00 11.30 Coffee Break Screening Tools, Approaches and Rationale BP's screening approaches and data challenges Mark Johnston (Group Ecologist & Technical Advisor, BP) 11.30 12.10 Company Experiences 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) 12.10 13.00 Discussion session: Screening for biodiversity - drivers, challenges and data gaps Break-out group discussions 13.00 14.00 Lunch 08 June 2015 3
Managing Biodiversity Values through the Project Lifecycle 14.00 14.20 Feedback and introduction to the afternoon session 14.20 14.50 Company Experiences Managing sensitive habitats: Rationale and drivers for creating Shell s coral best practice guidance Integrating biodiversity into project design Ruth Fletcher Deric Quaile (Manager, Environmentally Sensitive Areas - Group Environment - Sensitive Areas, Shell) 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, 08 June 2015 4
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 Rodah Owako Okeyo MPhil Conservation Leadership, Department of Geography University of Cambridge 08 June 2015 5
Guest Speakers Kathy McKinnon Martin Sneary Mike Hoffmann Deputy Chair Programme Director Senior Scientific Officer IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool Alliance 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 Robert Ondhowe Programme Officer, Division of Environmental Law UNEP 08 June 2015 6