The Indian Ocean Commission in the frame of the EU funded MASE program as well as the Government of Mauritius is organizing a strategic dialogue on the future of maritime security in the region. In a four-day conference core ideas for the region will be discussed and also a strategic meeting for the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia is held. SafeSeas PI Prof. Christian Bueger will be attending the meeting in order to feed in core insights from the SafeSeas Best Practice Toolkit as well as results from work on the region into the discussion.