Opening Session “The importance of CISE in maritime security and surveillance”

·       Setting the scene by Charlina Vitcheva, Director General – DG MARE

·       Beate Gmninder, Director General – DG HOME

·       Fotini Ioannidou, Director D – DG MOVE

·       Maja Markovčić Kostelac, Executive Director – EMSA

·       Rear-Admiral Pierre Rialland, Deputy SGMer – French Secrétaire Général de la Mer

·       Member of the European Parliament (tbc)