10.00	Introduction Chair - Professor John Sheppard, Director of the Southampton Oceanography Centre. Deep-sea fish - Are we fishing in the dark? Dr John Gordon, Scottish Association of Marine Science Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory
10.45	Seabed life of the deep ocean. Professor John Lambshead, Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum.
11.30	What makes the waters north and west of Scotland special for seabirds and cetaceans? Mark Tasker, Senior Marine Advisor. Joint Nature, Conservation Committee (JNCC).
1.30	Debate. Should we develop the Atlanic Frontier? Opening remarks: Chair - Dr Sian Pullen Head of Marine Conservation Programme, World Wide Fund for Nature.
3.30	Keynote Speech: Deep-sea biodiversity and future challenges. Dr Sylvia Earle, Chairman of Deep Ocean Exploration and Research.
4.20	A final word. Peter Melchett, Greenpeace UK.