Wednesday December 13, 2023
9H00-9H30 Opening Remarks
Dominique MORAU, Professor,Chairman of the Board of the University of La Réunion or her/his authorized represantative
Bernard HAY, President of the Regional Auditors Association of the Institute for Advanced National Defence Studies of the Indian Ocean (AR27 IHEDN)
Lieutenant General Benoît DURIEUX, Director of the Institute for Advanced National Defence Studies and Higher Military Education
Morning session – Governance and Institutions 09H30-10H00 Keynote Speech
Mainland France and its Overseas Territories
Stéphane BOUILLON, Secretary General of Defence and National Security
10H05-11H05 Round table Panel 1
Parliamentary and territorial governance: From a global vision to a decentralised cooperation? Moderator : Bernard SALVA, Honorary President AR 27 IHEDN (Regional Association of the Institute for Advanced National Defence Studies in the Indian Ocean)
Philippe FOLLIOT, Senator from the Tarn, Author of « France-sur-mer, an incredible waste », Rapporteur of “The French strategy for the Indo-Pacific : from ambitions to reality “ (2023) & and Rapporteur of « Overseas France and its national maritime policy » (2022)
Mansour KAMARDINE, Member of Parliament from Mayotte
Wilfrid BERTILE, representative of Presidente of the Regional Council of La Réunion
11H05-11H15 Coffee break
11H15-12H35 Round table panel 2 Governance: The challenges of cooperation in the Indian Ocean Moderator : Marylène HOARAU, Vice-presidente AR 27 IHEDN (Regional Association of the Institute for Advanced National Defence Studies in the Indian ocean)
Marc ABENSOUR,French Ambassador, to the Indo-pacific : “The Indian Ocean western edge of the Indo-pacific ?”
Jean-Claude BRUNET, French Ambassador, Delegate for regional cooperation in the Indian Ocean
“Global impacts & cooperative challenges in the Indian ocean”
Vélayoudom MARIMOUTOU, Secretary General Indian Ocean Commission (COI)
“The Indian Ocean Commission, keys principles of Indianocéanie ?”
Patricia AUBRAS, Indian Ocean Regional Director, French Development Agency (AFD)
“French Development Agency (AFD), an actor for sustainable financing and cooperation in the Indian Ocean”
Prof. Ferdinand MÉLIN-SOUCRAMANIEN, Professor of public law , University of Bordeaux and chair of the board of INSP (National Public Service Institute) “How to better serve the state in a world in transition?”
Afternoon session – Security issues in the Indian Ocean, from Abu Dhabi, French general staff to polar Base Dumont d’Urville
Round table panel 1 : Maritime areas, sovereignty, cooperation and security: how do they intertwine ?
14H00-15H30
Moderator : Major General (retired) Sully BARBE
Vice-Admiral Emmanuel SLAARS, Commander of the French Forces of the United Arab Emirates Colonel Frédéric DUCOTEY, chief of joint staff of the Armed Forces of the Southern Indian Ocean Zone ( FAZSOI)
Colonel Frédéric LABRUNYE, Commander of the Gendarmerie on La Réunion
Madam Florence JEANBLANC-RISLER, Prefect, Senior Administrator of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF)
15H30-16H00 Closing Remarks
Admiral Nicolas VAUJOUR, Chief of the French Navy
What role for the French Oveseas Territories & French Navy in the new challenges of the Indo-Pacific ?
Thursday December 14, 2023
Morning session – History and geopolitics of the Indopacific in the Indian Ocean
8H30-9H40 Panel 1 : Heritage and current affairs in the Indian Ocean
Moderator : Sylvain GENEVOIS, Senior lecturer, University of La Réunion
Serge BOUCHET, Senior lecturer, University of La Réunion, “The Indian Ocean from Prehistory to the 15th Century : an Area of Exchanges and Rivalries”
Prof. Indravati FÉLICITÉ, University of La Réunion, “Geopolitics of the Indian Ocean at the Dawn of Globalisation (16th-18th century)
Fréderic GARAN, Senior lecturer & Pierre-Éric FAGEOL, Senior lecturer, University of La Réunion : “Madagascar, La Réunion, an interconnected history”
9H45-10H55 Panel 2 : The Indo-Pacific: a crossroads
Moderator : Dr Emmanuelle CRANE
Prof. David BREWSTER, National Security College, Australian National University (ANU) “Strategic issues in the bilateral relationship between France and Australia”
Dr. Satoru NAGAO, fellow (Non-Resident) at Hudson Institute , Japan, “Japan’s Indo-Pacific strategy / relations between France Japan India”
Dr Alfredo Tjiurimo HENGARI, Adviser to the President of the Republic of Namibia, “South Africa’s foreign policy: emphasis on China-Africa and Russia-Africa relations”
10H55-11H10 Coffee break
11H10-12H20 Panel 3 : The Indian Ocean: Sino-Indian rivalry
Moderator : Dr Emmanuelle CRANE
Dr Alice EKMAN European Union Institute for Security Studies, “China’s new coalition strategy”
Prof. Isabelle SAINT MEZARD, French Institute of Geopolitics University Paris 8, “Sino-Indian competition and/or rivalry in the Indian Ocean”
Dr Manoj Babu BURAGA, Manipal Centre for European Studies, “India’s Maritime challenges in the Indian Ocean and the French connection”
Afternoon session – Connectivity, environment and security: prospects and challenges in the Indian Ocean
14H00-15H00 Panel 1 : The educational, demographic and geopolitical challenges facing the Indian Ocean Moderators : Bernard HAY, President of the Regional Association of the Institute for Advanced national Defence Studies of the Indian Ocean (AR 27 IHEDN)
Porf.Anne-Françoise ZATTARA-GROS, Professor, University of La Réunion, “Between competition and completive: the challenges of university diplomacy in the Indian Ocean”
Sylvain GENEVOIS, Senior lecturer, University of La Réunion, “What vision of Indopacific space through maps ?” Dr Christophe ROCHELAND, French Institute of Geopolitics University Paris 8, research fellow, University of Johannesburg, Institute for Pan-African Thought & Conversation
« Challenges of a territorial diplomacy of La Reunion in Indo-Pacific? »
15H10-16H20 Panel 2 : Energy transition: what’s at stake in the Indian Ocean?
Moderator : Prof. Philippe JEAN-PIERRE, Full professor,Economics International Business&Innovation University de La Réunion
Prof. Olivier CATEURA, Full Professor of Strategy,Innovation&Transitions emlyon Business School : “What strategies for the EU and the Indian Ocean?”
Dominique CHARZAT, EDF Regional Director La Réunion, “Security of energy supply in La Réunion?”
Mikaa BLUGEON-MERED, Adjunct lecturer on hydrogen markets, diplomacy and geopolitics at SciencesPo Paris, “Geopolitics of hydrogen in the Indian Ocean: towards a wider hydrogen QUAD ?”
Julien MAURAS, Chief Executive Officer EXODATA, “Cybersecurity and its challenges in the Indian Ocean”
16H20-16H30 Closing Remarks &Thanks