In the Blue Zone, the area reserved to governments and accredited organizations, Lorenzo Bertelli, Prada Group Head of Corporate Social Responsibility and Executive Director, as well as Patron of the Ocean Decade Alliance, will take part in the official UNESCO side event entitled “Blue Education for a sustainable and resilient society”, moderated by Naka Kondo, Editorial Manager at Economist Impact.  
During the event senior representatives of UNESCO, governments and the private sector will discuss how to promote a holistic approach to ocean science, culture, environment and education, and highlight the progress made on Ocean Literacy through good practices. The SEA BEYOND project will be presented as a successful example of a public-private partnership. 

Nice’s Palaexpo will host “La Baleine”, the Green Zone of UNOC 2025, where fifteen pavilions by a wide range of organizations will be open to the public, to address the most urgent Ocean challenges.

The UNESCO-IOC pavilion, entitled “Beyond Borders: Ocean Futures”, will host a special event attended by Lorenzo Bertelli, Prada Group Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, alongside Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO Director-General.

The UNESCO-IOC “Beyond Borders: Ocean Futures” pavilion at “La Baleine” will host a full day dedicated to the SEA BEYOND project with the aim of raising awareness and spreading the principles of Ocean Literacy to a wide and diverse audience. 

A full programme of public-facing activities, including debates, talks, and workshops, will share the values and achievements of SEA BEYOND while offering space for engagement and exchange. 

The day will begin with an event entitled “Discovering SEA BEYOND and the SEA BEYOND Ocean Literacy Centre in Venice” with Francesca Santoro, UNESCO-IOC Senior Programme Officer in conversation with Luca Bussolino, Partner-in-Charge and Head of Strategy & Innovation, CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati, moderated by Naka Kondo, Editorial Manager at Economist Impact.

Afterwards, a new collaboration with Coral Gardeners will be announced. With the support of SEA BEYOND, the association will scale its science-based efforts for marine ecosystem restoration.

The morning will close with a panel on the role of corals in unlocking the secrets of ocean biodiversity. Taking part in the conversation will be Titouan Bernicot and Giovanni Chimienti alongside representatives from French Office for Biodiversity (OFB), the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and Samsung Electronics. The panel will be moderated by Francesca Santoro, Senior Programme Officer UNESCO-IOC.

In the afternoon, two interactive workshops will be led by the SEA BEYONDers, the project’s Goodwill Ambassadors. 

• The first workshop, entitled “Marine Wonders: preserving corals for the future of the ocean”, will focus on understanding and safeguarding corals, led by experts Titouan Bernicot and Giovanni Chimienti;
•  The second workshop, “Behind the Scenes, Beyond Cameras”, will be dedicated to environmental photography, led by Elisabetta Zavoli and Enzo Barracco.