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Jan Seys
Description Jan Seys, head of the communication department of the Flanders Marine Institute VLIZ, explains the aim of the VLIZ Young Marine Scientists Day.
This day is all about networking, bringing young people together that deal with marine sciences, in all of its aspects – in a multidisciplinary way. On these days we traditionally also invite marine scientists with a lot of expertise: one Belgian speakers with a lot of experience in his/her field talking on his/her work, life and career in marine sciences. The second invited speaker is someone from abroad, introducing a theme that is relatively new in our region.
In this 2012 edition we invited prof. Jean Berlamont, with a live long experience in sedimentation and geomorphology in estuaries and coastal areas. He is been talking not only about the content, but also about his life and career. And that is important for young people, as they can learn from how experienced people had to deal in their life with certain challenges and opportunities.
The second invited speaker in 2012 is prof. Michael Moore from Plymouth Marine Laboratory. He is a world expert in “oceans and human health”. As lead author for a position paper for the Marine Board on this theme he is very well positioned to speak about the threats, the opportunities and challenges for the future. He talked about problems with nanoparticles, harmful algal blooms, pollutants, … all kind of things that can – in a positive or negative way – have an impact on human health from the oceans part of view.
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