Presentations of the Future of the Gulf of Bothnia

Last week, over 80 participants gathered in Vaasa to join the SmartSea seminar “Future of the Gulf of Bothnia”, including government representatives, maritime businesses and researchers. The 2-days seminar was a great opportunity to present and discuss some of the SmartSea project results and combine it with relevant efforts that have been made across the Gulf of Bothnia and Baltic Sea regions as well. The event was recorded and streamed online for those who could not attend it. On the side of each presentation, click for the video.

 Below you can find presentations from the workshop (in pdf).

18th September

Future of the Gulf of Bothnia Seminar   Watch online

Kaj Suomela, Regional Council of Ostrobothnia.

Session – Climate change 

Climate change in the Baltic Sea Basin  Watch online

Anna Rutgersson, Uppsala University.

Gulf of Bothnia assessments main results Watch online

Jari Haapala, Finnish Meteorological Institute.

Ecosystem effects  Watch online

Harri Kuosa, Finnish Environment Institute.

Aquaculture and climate change  Watch online

Antti Kause, Natural Resources Institute Finland.

Session Discussion. Watch online

 

Session – MSP and blue growth 

Blue bioeconomy in Finland   Watch online

Riitta Rahkonen, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

Blue Growth scenarios of Plan4Blue-project    Watch online

Riitta Pöntynen, Turku University.

Coastal fisheries and fish production   Watch online

Lari Veneranta, Natural Resources Institute Finland.

Defining and quantifying the sea-based economy to support regional Blue Growth strategies – case Gulf of Bothnia   Watch online

Sari Repka, Turku University.

Session Discussion. Watch online

 

Session – Technologies 

Multi-use in European seas – results from MUSES project with Baltic Sea in focusWatch online

Angela Schultz-Zehden (SUBMARINER Network, Germany).

Marine oasis in Finland: scenarios for combining wind energy and fish farming in the Gulf of Bothnia  Watch

Eeva Mikkola, Technical Research Centre of Finland.

Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service    Watch online

Laura Tuomi, Finnish Meteorological Institute.

Ice conditions for the design portal for offshore wind turbines   Watch online

Maria Tikanmäki, Technical Research Centre of Finland.

Technologies in exploration and extraction of marine sand  and gravel   Watch online

Jyrki Hämäläinen, Geological Survey of Finland.

Session Discussion. Watch online

 

Session – Ecosystem-based management: from theory to practice 

Principles in Mosaic tool: how it is used in practice, in adaption to changing environment and how it can be used to support Blue GrowthWatch online

Hedvig Hogfors, AquaBiota.

Seagis 2.0 – From theory to practice   Watch online

Johnny Berglund, County Administrative Board of Västerbotten, Sweden.

Marine Protected Areas in Finland   Watch online

Waltteri Niemelä, Finnish Environment Institute.

Valuation of marine ecosystems   Watch online

Riikka Venesjärvi, Natural Resources Institute Finland.

Assessing the impacts of dumping on the seafloor  Watch online

Joonas Virtasalo, Geological Survey of Finland.

Ecological impacts of seabed mineral extraction: Implications for risk assessment   Watch online

Laura Kaikkonen, Helsinki University.

Session Discussion. Watch online

 

19th September (in Finnish only)

Mitä tarkoittaa sektorien näkökulmasta? Uhka vai mahdollisuus Pohjanlahdella?

Pohjanlahden vedenlaatu ja sen kehitys   Watch online

Harri Kuosa (SYKE)

Pitkän aikavälin ympäristömuutokset Pohjanlahdella – geologiset aineistot   Watch online

Aarno Kotilainen (GTK)

Kalastus ja vesiviljely  Watch online

Sanna Kuningas (LUKE)

Merialuesuunnittelu ja konkretia missä mennään?  Watch online

Pekka Salminen (Varsinais-Suomen liitto)