Annex 13: Stakeholder Workshop The stakeholder workshop was held on Tuesday, 11 February 2014 at Hotel BLOOM in Brussels. An agenda and supporting material was prepared and circulated to attendees. The purpose of the stakeholder workshop was to assess the findings from the public consultation, with a focus on the state of play, drivers and barriers, lines of research, main products and services of the Blue Biotech sector. The workshop also included discussion on emerging policy recommendations. Our invitation approach for the international stakeholder meeting In line with the request for services, the stakeholder meeting invited a maximum of 20 people as part of the process supporting a Stakeholder consultation. These stakeholders represented the Blue Biotechnology industry including researchers, private enterprises and financiers. Stakeholder prioritisation Using the Blue Biotechnology stakeholder database that was created for this study (see Annex 3) stakeholders were prioritised. The stakeholder database was reviewed carefully balancing regional distribution and stakeholder categories. The following criteria were been applied to the selection process: 1. Professions / sector within the marine biotechnology sector, e.g. academic research (further grouped by number of employees), funding agencies, EU and national policy makers, outreach professionals, research infrastructure; 2. Gender, to ensure inclusion of also female opinions on the sector; 3. Function, i.e. we will focus on leading stakeholders, e.g. company directors, lead researchers. However, where appropriate and available, also on the ground (research) staff will be included, to gather a more comprehensive view on the sector; 4. Geographical spread, to incorporate various viewpoints on the sector that may emerge in different national contexts. Based on these criteria, a long-list of over 40 stakeholders was established and submitted to the Commission for approval. Following approval from the Commission invitations were sent to the first 22 selected participants. Registration was based on a first-come, first serve basis. This encouraged participants to register early ahead of the conference and served as an additional indicator of the interest of participants to attend. The remaining stakeholder on the long-list served as back-up participants in the event that stakeholders from the top 22 could not attend. Table 0.36 Table 0.36 presents the stakeholders who attended the workshop. Stakeholder workshop attendees Country EU Belgium Belgium Belgium Belgium Belgium Belgium Belgium Organisation EuropaBio eCOAST Marine Research KDM German Marine Research Consortium JPI Oceans / Ifremer Ecorys Ecorys Ecorys Ecorys First Name Nathalie Oonagh Kati Florence Jan Maarten Eszter Jakub Diletta Surname Moll McMeel Michalek Coroner de Vet Kantor Gloser Zonta Study in support of Impact Assessment work on Blue Biotechnology 189
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