Hein Sas
(NORA Foundation)
Welcome

Donné Slangen
(Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands)
Opening Talk

Bernadette Pogoda
(Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research)
Update on NORA activities

Renate Olie & Eline Van Onselen
(North Sea Foundation / Rich North Sea)
The Rich North Sea: intermediate results of flat oyster projects in wind farms and introduction of the Toolbox

Boze Hancock
(The Nature Conservancy)
Demonstration of remote setting in the Ostrea genus and its use in scaling restoration

15:30
Questions / Discussion

Emma White
(Marine Institute)
Monitoring of wild native oyster spat settlement using king scallop shell in Galway Bay, Ireland

Eric Harris-Scott
(Blue Marine Foundation)
From research to reefs, the reality of challenges facing practitioners and researchers scaling up oyster restoration efforts in the UK

Juste Motuzaite
(ARK Rewilding Nederland)
Voordelta: field deployment and lessons for scaling up

Stéphane Pouvreau
(IFREMER)
REstoring European Flat Oyster Reefs & their Ecosystem Services on the French coasT : First results of the REEFOREST project

Céline Gamble
(Zoological Society of London)
The Wild Oysters Project: Early monitoring results and future scale-up

17:25
Panel discussion
All speakers from session part 1 and part 2

Opening speech by The Rich North Sea

Ruth Thurstan & Philine zu Ermgassen
(University of Exeter) (Independent consultant and visiting fellow University of Edinburgh)
The world was our oyster: Historical records reveal the vast extent of past European flat oyster reef ecosystems

Emmy Cooper-Young
(Heriot-Watt University)
Site selection for native oyster (Ostrea edulis) reintroduction in an extinct oyster bed using multicriteria analysis and reference sites

Brecht Stechele
(Ghent University)
An aquaculture-restoration network analysis for flat oyster recovery in the North Sea and The English Channel

Carly McNamara
(University of Glasgow)
Historic Gaelic place-names – markers for present oyster habitat?

David Smyth
(Ulster Wildlife)
Remote and limited access; criterion worth considering in site selection for native oyster restoration

Lara Schmittmann
(GEOMAR Kiel)
Quantifying the risk of disease dispersal to European flat oyster restoration sites by ocean modelling

10:25
Panel Questions and Discussion

Thiviya Nair
(Technical University of Denmark)
Exploring Environmental DNA (eDNA) as a Tool for Detection and Monitoring of Bonamia ostreae in European Flat Oysters (Ostrea edulis)

Isabelle Arzul
(IFREMER)
Evaluating the potential of eDNA-based approach to monitor flat oyster parasites

Nuala Hanley-Allport
(Heriot-Watt University)
Investigating emerging environmental DNA methodology for the detection of Bonamia ostreas in stress in (Ostrea edulis) populations

12:05
Questions
Panel discussion to harmonize views on eDNA-potential of (Ostrea edulis) biosecurity

Nicolas Araujo Piñeiro & Bérenger Colsoul
(Alfred Wegener Institut)
Helgoland-Oyster-Hatchery: An overview of achievements and implications for future solutions

Lillie Rindal
(DTU Aqua)
Flat oyster broodstock cleaning treatments effect on bacteria levels and larvae production in hatchery

Gianni Brundu
(IMC Sardegna)
The restoration of Ostrea edulis in the Mediterranean Sea: Recent progress in Sardinia

14:05
Questions / Discussion (10 Minutes)

Marco Dubbeldam
(Stichting Zeeschelp)
Hatchery production of flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) for Dutch restoration projects

Pauline Kamermans
(Wageningen Marine Research)
Alternative scour protection materials can enhance flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) settlement

Anna Overwetter
(The Oyster Restoration Company)
Utilising genetics to unlock the conservation efforts of Native flat oysters at The Oyster Restoration Company

14:50
Questions

Pierre Boudry & Fiz da Costa
(IFREMER / Spanish Institute of Oceanography)
When does genetics matter for production of native European oyster (Ostrea edulis) seed and restoration of populations?

Chloé Robert
(University of Gothenburg)
Population structure of the historically preserved Scandinavian flat oyster populations

Linda Tonk
(Wageningen Marine Research)
Genetic characterization of Ostrea edulis populations to assist choices in flat oyster restoration in the North Sea

16:15
Questions

Joanne Preston
(University of Porstmouth)
Assessing oyster habitat restoration across Europe through shared metrics – progress, ambition and purpose of the NORA monitoring working group

Zoé Morrall
(University of Portsmouth)
Assessing fish populations using both historic and contemporary monitoring methods at restored native oyster reefs in the Solent

Magnus Janson
(Edinburgh Napier University)
Assessing species richness and status of European flat oyster beds through analysis of soundscapes, eDNA and visual surveys

Gurjameer Ramday
(Heriot-Watt University)
From Sea to (Data)Table: Trials & Tribulations of Monitoring Data Collection

Karin Didderen
(Waardenburg Ecology)
Conservation of an European oyster reef: Understanding ecosystem and oyster dynamics to inform future strategies for protection

17:40
Questions

Fiona Woods
(University of Southampton)
Restoring ecosystem services: The impact of native oyster reefs on biodiversity in the Solent

Naomi Kennon
(Heriot-Watt University)
Oyster reef biodiversity enhancement: an ecosystem engineering perspective

Michela Iodio
(Heriot-Watt University)
Oysters in the light: the biodiversity of associated seaweed communities

Camilla Bertolini
(Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
MAREA: Matchmaking restoration, ecology and aquaculture

Alasdair Whyte
(University of Glasgow)
Oysters and shellfish in Scottish Gaelic songs, stories and sayings

10:10
Questions / Panel Discussion

Nik Sachlikidis
(Cadman Capital Group)
Saving Our Oyster Reefs: A Science Meets Impact Investor-Based Approach to Commercial Restorative Aquaculture

Bernadette Pogoda
(Alfred Wegener Institut)
Offshore oyster restoration in mitigation scenarios: The happy stakeholder?

Cass Bromley
(NatureScot)
The evolving seascape for native oyster restoration in Scottish waters

Karel van de Wijngaard
(ARK Rewilding Nederland)
Seawilding Practitioner Track: Towards engagement and ambitious action in regenerating North Sea nature

11:50
Questions / Panel Discussion

Bernadette Pogoda, Hein Sas
(Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, NORA Foundation)
Wrap-Up and Summary

Raquel Yotti
(General Secretary of Research & Innovation of the Ministry of Science of Spain)
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