Irene McMaster was an invited speaker at the North Sea Commission Stakeholder conference in Aalborg, 13-14 March . The North Sea Commission is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2014 and marked the occasion by organising a conference that brought together stakeholders from the public and private sectors, academia and NGOs to discuss challenges and solutions to shared problems in the North Sea Region.
The conference focused on development themes for the region like energy and climate change, marine resources and the added value of regional cooperation around the North Sea. Irene McMaster's presentation was entitled 'North Sea Cooperation: Past, Present and the next 25 years...' and focused in particular on the evolving role of the North Sea Commission and the increasing role and profile of territorial cooperation in the region.