Blue City Network and DG MARE visit MaREI and LIR Ocean Test Facility
MaREI and the LIR Ocean Test Facility received a delegation from the Blue Cities Network, that included the Mayors of cities that previously hosted the European Maritime Day. The visit was organised by the EU Affairs Unit at Cork City Council and included special guests from DG MARE of the European Commission and involved a tour of the wave tank.
Pictured Right:
- Cork: Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Dan Boyle, Councillor Kieran McCarthy, Chair of the European Maritime Day Blue Cities Network, Ronan Gingles, European Affairs Unit Coordinator Cork, Paul McGuirk, Head of Strategy and Climate Action, Corina Hanrahan, Manager European Projects, Mr. David Joyce, Director of Emergency Response and Climate Action, Cork City Council
- Brest: Frédérique Bonnard Le Floc’h, Vice-President of Brest Métropole, Director Erwan Jegou, Tristan Le Penanros, Anne Marie Cabon,
- Den Helder: Jan de Boer, Mayor of Den Helder (NL), Fotigui Camara, Deputy Mayor, Julian Bor, Policy advisor, Rob van der Sande, Strategic advisor
- Svendborg: Bo Hanson, Mayor of Svendborg, Søren Bach-Hansen, Strategic Advisor
- Arturo Incerti, Policy Officer, National Expert, DG Mare, European Commission
- Mr. David Joyce, Director of Emergency Response and Climate Action, Cork City Council
- Dr Gary Kent, CIMAR, Porto, Portugal
- MaREI/UCC & LIR: Mr Jeremy Gault, Beaufort Operations Manager and MaREI Thematic Lead for Coastal and Marine Systems and Dr Jimmy Murphy, the lead of the Lir National Ocean Test Facility (Lir NOTF) and the Offshore Renewable Energy Technology group within UCC MaREI
