Program

	Tuesday, September 10th
8:00 am - 9:00 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:30 am	Opening and Welcome: Yesim Sireli, Lead Organizer and Host of the Summit Jose Joaquin Hernandez Brito, CEO of the Atlantic International Research Center (AIR Centre)
9:30 am - 10:45 am	Keynote Addresses: Jerry Miller - President of Science for Decisions LLC and former Assistant Director for Ocean Sciences in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Lori Collins, Environmental Programs Consultant to the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality Manuel Heitor, Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal
10:45 am – 11:15 am	Networking Break
11:15 am - 12:15 pm	Plenary Session 1.1 - Multinational Collaboration Opportunities and Investment Trends in Research and Commerce: Energy-Ocean-Climate Interactions
12:15 pm – 1:45 pm	Luncheon and Keynote Address 12:45 pm- Keynote address by Jose Paulo Esperança, Vice President of the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (NSF's counterpart in Portugal)
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm	Plenary session 1.2 – Energy Planning in the Southeast United States and around the Atlantic region - International Collaboration Opportunities - part 1
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm	Short Break
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Plenary session 1.2 – Energy Planning in the Southeast United States and around the Atlantic region - International Collaboration Opportunities - part 2
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm	Networking Break
4:30 pm – 5:45 pm	Plenary session 1.3 - The Ocean Economy in the Southeast United States and around the Atlantic region - International Collaboration Opportunities
5:45 - 6:00 pm	Group photos with speakers and attendees
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm	Reception with music, hors d'oeuvres and drinks in the lobby
	Wednesday, September 11th
8:00 am – 9:00 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 10:30 am	Plenary session 2.1 – Sustainable Development in the Southeast United States and around the Atlantic region - International Collaboration Opportunities
10:30 am - 10:45 am	Networking Break
10:45 am - 12:00 pm	Plenary session 2.2 – Creating Better Jobs with Research and Innovation - Collaboration Opportunities between the Southeast United States and the Atlantic Region Countries
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm	Lunch and Closing Remarks