MARRES Around the World: our official UNOC side event
What happens when you bring together students, alumni, young researchers, and ocean professionals from across the globe… for 24 hours straight?
As part of UNOC 2025, we organized an official online side event like no other: a 24-hour live relay, following the sun across all time zones.
This collaborative initiative is driven by Université Côte d’Azur and the MARRES program, designed to spotlight the voices, work, and perspectives of emerging ocean leaders. Across 25 short sessions, we explore the many faces of ocean sustainability through roundtables, short videos, and dynamic exchanges.
► UNOC official broadcast on June 4
Sessions have been recorded live during our 24h Tour du Monde on May 23-24
- Each session of around 30min links a region and a key topic, including coral reefs, MPAs, climate and polar change, fisheries, plastic pollution, coastal communities, blue carbon, artificial intelligence, megafauna, one health and more.
- Whether we’re live from Indonesia, the Caribbean, Alaska, New Zealand, or back in Nice, the goal is the same:
to share grounded, local insights and build a truly global conversation for SDG14.
- What is UNOC
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The United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) is the world’s leading platform dedicated to the protection and sustainable use of the ocean. It brings together governments, scientists, civil society, businesses, and NGOs to collaborate on ocean challenges, with a strong focus on Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water.
In 2025, UNOC3 takes place in Nice, co-hosted by France and Costa Rica. More than a policy meeting, it is an active call to rethink our relationship with the ocean, notably with the dynamic of the civil society.
For the MARRES program, it represents a unique opportunity to engage directly with international ocean actors. As an interdisciplinary marine science program, we contribute to the conference through initiatives focused on education, outreach, and youth engagement, particularly in the public and civil society spaces surrounding the summit.
- The speakers
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Note: This event is designed to amplify the voices of youth and early-career ocean professionals (ECOPs).
The speakers express their own views, which do not necessarily reflect those of their host institutions.
Benedict Agulto Regional Lead Blue Nature Alliance New South Wales, Australia Aldine Amiel Research Engineer Université Côte d'Azur - IRCAN France Juliette Armeni Project Manager Biological Marine Resources Pole Mer Méditerrannée France John Arnould Researcher Deakin University Victoria, Australia Océane Barcellona MARRES student Cozumel Ocean Research Mexico Rachid Benchaouir CEO Coraliotech Monaco Jessica Brand former MARRES student Positive change for Marine Life India Taylor Bratton PhD student Southern Cross University New South Wales, Australia William Brennan MARRES student Japan Megan Bryce Advocacy & Social Media Manager Under The Pole France Kendra Buresh Researcher MBL Woods Hole Massachussets, USA Laura Cacace MARRES student Sorbonne Université - LOV France Emma Calikanzaros PhD student in environmental epidemiology Barcelona Institute for Global Health Spain Clara Cardillo former MARRES student Kelonia La Reunion Emily Charry Tissier CEO Whale Seeker Canada Martin Colognoli Photograph, marine biologist co-founder Coral Guardian Indonesia Thibaud Combaz PhD student in Benthic Ecosystem Functionning Université Laval Quebec, Canada Matias Crisostomo Academic coordinator Universidad San Sebastian Chile Angela Cumming Shoreline CleanUp Specialist Ocean Wise Canada Joran De Gang MARRES student NIOZ Netherlands Alice Delamarre PhD student in Environmental Economics and Ecology Université de Rennes France Camille Duval MARRES student Cozumel Ocean Research Mexico Mathilda Ekholm MARRES student Université Côte d'Azur - ICN France Antoine Erwes Blue Economy consultant Biomarine France Robin Faillettaz Researcher IFREMER France Cindy Fernandez Garcia Researcher Universidad Costa Rica Costa Rica Amy Green MARRES student Blue Seeds France Olivia Grubenmann Communication manager Blue Alliance Marine Protected Areas Curacao Nikole Gualdrón MARRES student Blue Alliance Marine Protected Areas Philippines Pierre Guilibert Project manager aquaculture GIZ Germany Namibia, Angola, South Africa, Madagascar Zoé Guislain former communication manager OFB Guadeloupe Emilie Hamilton MARRES student Universidad Costa Rica Costa Rica Ernesto Hevia Del Puerto Co-founder Cozumel Ocean Research Mexico Juan Jose Alvarado Researcher Universidad Costa Rica Costa Rica Mohsen Kayal Researcher IRD New Caledonia Shruthi Kottillil Research fellow Positive change for Marine Life India Sudha Kottillil Research fellow Positive change for Marine Life India Florence Lacrosse Project manager Coral Guardian Indonesia Lisa Lafond MARRES student Université de Corse France Corinna Lange MARRES student Blue Alliance Marine Protected Areas Indonesia Guillaume Le Port MPA project manager Blue Seeds France Luna Lombart MARRES student Central Caribbean Marine Institute Cayman Islands Luisa Mangialajo Professor Université Côte d'Azur - ECOSEAS France Boris Marcaillou Researcher Université Côte d'Azur - GeoAzur France Julie Marty PhD student in Marine Conservation Université Côte d'Azur - ECOSEAS France Crystal McRae Assistant professor National Sun Yat-sen University Taiwan Victoria Mechiche MARRES student Max Planck Institute Germany Lena Merz MARRES student CIMA Fondation Italy Marco Milanesio Research engineer Université Côte d'Azur France Christophe Mocquet MARRES program director Université Côte d'Azur France Aziz Mulla post doc Université Côte d'Azur - ECOSEAS France Marta Muntoni PhD student University Auckland New Zealand Lea Nupnau Research scientist University of Hamburg (MIN) Germany Anne Pajot Project Manager Ferme 4.0 Sea4Earth France Lucia Palacio Gutierrez MARRES student ECOCEAN France Calli Paul PhD student in ecotoxicology Aix Marseille Université - IMBE France Julie Pezin Project manager Ocean WWF New Caledonia Léa Piacentini PhD student in Marine Biology Université de Corse France Adrien Poquet Video maker French Polynesia Cloé Renard MARRES student Sulubaaï Environmental Foundation Philippines Jakob Roeckl MARRES student Fregate Island Seychelles Eva Salomé Romano Communication manager Tara Fondation France Eric Rottinger Researcher Université Côte d'Azur - IRCAN France Katerina Roussou MARRES student MER lab Cyprus Alexandra Rubin MARRES student Colombia Emma Sandrini Restoration field technician Billion Oyster Project New York, USA Megan Shipton ex MARRES student Sorbonne Université - LOV Svalbard Frédéric Tardieu president Sulubaaï Environmental Foundation Philippines Tatiana Theodoropoulou Researcher Université Côte d'Azur - CEPAM France Ludovic Toisoul PhD student in Fish Ecology Turku University Finland Raphaëlle Trenblay MARRES student MBL Woods Hole Massachussets, USA Maxime Vayssettes MARRES student MareTerra Onlus Sardinia Nichele Venkitachalam MARRES student Université Côte d'Azur - ICN France Andrea Vera Espinosa MARRES student iSea Greece Alexandra Waskita Sustainable Finace specialist Wildlife Conservation Society Indonesia Margot Webster MARRES student Blue Ventures Madagascar Ines Zimmermann MARRES student BRANCH Coral Fundation Curacao Anna Zora Conservation & Sustainability manager Fregate Island Seychelles - The organization committee
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Organised by the community of the MSc MARRES, Université Côte d'Azur
Christophe Mocquet, Crystalle Moreno, Thomas Travers, Maxime Vayssettes
with the support of Clara Descamps and Initiative d'Excellence - France 2030
Sessions moderated by Christophe Mocquet, Crystalle Moreno, Aziz Mulla, Thomas Travers
with the support of Angela Cumming, Cloé Renard, Aldine Amiel, Eric Rottinger
OTHER EVENTS WHERE WE ARE ENGAGED
Continue on the Université Côte d'Azur special page on UNOC3 (in French)
Continue on the official UN Ocean Conference website