8:00am | REGISTRATION & COFFEE |
8:30am | Opening Remarks
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8:45am | PANEL | If Offshore is Seen as an Energy Panacea, What Does It Mean for the Ocean? It is the Ocean’s turn to provide a key to a sustainable energy future. But the harnessing of the ocean’s resources will entail a set of challenges in terms of development, technology and environment on both land and sea that will need to be addressed as development occurs. This panel will identify insights into wind projects themselves, the transmission of energy from the ocean into the land grid and the environmental impacts on both the ocean and the coast. It will cover finance, policy and science as the analytical cornerstones that drive this future. Chaired by:
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9:45am | FIRESIDE CHAT | Ship-onomics: Where is International Shipping Heading? Does It Need a Course Correction? Guests:
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10:15am | BREAK |
10:30am | TED-Style Lightning Talk
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11:00am | PANEL | Farming the Sea: Opportunities and Challenges of Scaling Aquaculture Aquaculture has been heralded as the answer to feeding and providing protein for a hungry planet. This panel will provide a global overview of trends, players, geopolitics, technologies, challenges and opportunities to scaling aquaculture, with special emphasis on marketability. Chaired by:
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12:00pm | LUNCH |
1:00pm | SPECIAL SESSION | Sea Power: How to Navigate the Turbulent Geopolitics of the World's Oceans
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1:15pm | PANEL | Innovation and the Ocean: Blue Tech Wave The innovation economy is filtering into the maritime sector under the banner of BlueTech, posing disruption challenges and market opportunities for well-established maritime industries and new startups. This panel will examine where industry changes are emerging, how technology is being deployed, and how ocean industries could look in the future. Chaired by:
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2:15pm | TED-Style Lightning Talk | Origins, Evolution, Destiny: The Relationship Between Humanity and the Sea
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2:45pm | BREAK |
3:00pm | PANEL | Ocean Plastic: Can Supply Chains Save the Sea? In the past few years, the world woke up to the threat plastics pose to the long-term health of the oceans. Businesses are at the forefront of addressing this problem, both in dealing with plastic which is already in the ocean and creating products which reduce the amount destined for our waters. But how do companies design, implement, and showcase these corporate sustainability programs? This panel will bring perspectives from three consumer product companies who are reforming their supply chains to tackle the plastic waste epidemic. Chaired by:
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4:15pm | CLOSING RECEPTION | Ocean Geopolitics: The Diplomat's View Wine & Cheese will be served |
5:30pm | DAY CONCLUDES |
This agenda is subject to change