Home / Professional Development / IPI Events / Marine Spatial Planning CPD Series 2024Marine Spatial Planning CPD Series 2024Go Back Event Date:11/10/2024Event time:From: 12:45 pm - 2:00 pmEvent type:WebinarCPD Points:1.5Online CPD SeriesFridays from 11 October to 25 October from 12:45 to 14:00 (presentations followed by Q&A).Our popular Marine Spatial Planning CPD lunch and learn webinar series returns this Autumn. This free series is open to members and non-members. Register below for all 3 webinars – which will be delivered on Zoom. Please note the schedule is subject to change.Those who joined our 2023 Autumn/Winter series do not need to re register. Recordings of the 2023 series and the 2024 series so far are available here.Each webinar is eligible for 1.5 IPI CPD credits.Click here to book.Learning Outcomes:To explain and demonstrate how DMAPs operate within the wider legislative and policy context of the Irish MSP frameworkTo appreciate the consenting process undertaken by MARA for Maritime Area ConsentsTo understand basic approaches surrounding Appropriate Assessment within a marine environment and its relevance to MSP practiceTo discuss how marine planning activity in practice relates to the main principles of land-sea interface and the wider management of the marine resourceTo demonstrate the purpose and function of coastal management strategies to deal with future coastal changes.Session 1 (Friday 11th October) – Marine Planning/MARA/DMAPs MODERATOR: Dr Heather RitchieTopicSpeakerOutlineRecent Developments in MSPMarie Minihan, Principal Officer, Marine Planning Legislation Division, DECC TBAUpdate on the South Coast DMAPRob Fennelly MIPI, DECC TBAMARA UpdateKaren Creed, Director of Maritime Authorisations, MARATBASession 2 (18th October) – Coastal Erosion/Coastal Change ManagementMODERATOR: Ali RobinsonTopicSpeakerOutlineBuilding Coastal and Marine Resilience in IrelandDr Eugene Farrell, University of Galway TBALand Sea InteractionsKarina Fitzgerald, Acting Senior Planning Advisor, DECC TBANational Coastal Change Management StrategyTBC Speaker from DHLGHTBASession 3 (25th October) – Interaction of Marine Activities/Appropriate Assessment MODERATOR: Sybil BerneTopicSpeakerOutlineInteraction of Marine Activities in Irish WatersEugene Nixon, TU Dublin TBAAppropriate Assessment in the Marine EnvironmentDr Yvonne Leahy, Marine Planning Advisor, DECCTBA **IPI Members should first login to enable purchasing at the member rates.Book now Non Member