Jose Luiz Moutinho, OceanQuest, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, Cesar Toro, Independent International Senior Policy and Ocean Affairs Advisor and Consultant, Oslo, Norway, Mairéad O'Donovan, CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Lecce, Italy, Giovanni Coppini, CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Bologna, Italy, Edgar Cabrera, Senior International Advisor on Oceanography, Marine Meteorology & Maritime Affairs, Cartagena, Colombia, Vassiliki Kourafalou, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, Lorna Veronica Inniss, IOCARIBE, Cartagena, Colombia and Nadia Pinardi, University of Bologna, Physics and Astronomy, Bologna, Italy