World Ocean Summit 2023

Date/Time
Date(s) - 27/02/2023 - 01/03/2023
All Day

Location
Lisbon

Categories

• Event

For further information, please contact:
World Ocean Summit
Email: [email protected]
Details & Registration

The World Ocean Summit is an annual global event bringing together the widest cross-section of the ocean community from business and finance to governments, national and international policy-makers, civil society and academia. Economist Impact will celebrate the 10th anniversary with the return to a physical event in Lisbon, Portugal, a city (and country) at the forefront of sustainable ocean thinking and practice.

The summit is designed to inspire bold thinking and new partnerships, and to trigger effective action to develop a sustainable ocean economy. It aims to change the way business is done in the ocean.

This year, the summit will steer progress by addressing the greatest challenges facing the ocean: climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. High-level policy discussions will continue to be at the heart of plenary sessions. We will retain the focus on marine industries including shipping, fishing, aquaculture, energy and tourism and this year the agenda will feature cross-industry sessions to leverage synergies and encourage cross-sector engagement.

The World Ocean Summit brings together the most influential figures from across the ocean community around the world, from business to government, to address the greatest challenges facing the ocean today.

Speakers include the leading thinkers on ocean issues, ranging from Peter Thomson, the UN secretary-general’s special envoy for the ocean and Angela Paolini Ellard, the Deputy DG for the World Trade Organisation, to NGOs like WWF and the Nippon Foundation, and also corporate voices such as IKEA and The Consumer Goods Forum.