The 5th edition will be held in Halifax, Canada, 29 Nov – 1 Dec 2017 with the theme “The Ocean Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 14): Business Leadership and Business Opportunities”. Over three days, through plenaries, workshops, and several parallel sessions, SOS 2017 attendees will explore a range of maritime cross-sector topics such as: marine pollution, ocean industry projections and the future of the ocean economy, climate change and ocean acidification, sustainable fishing and aquaculture. The SOS 2017 lineup features high-level representatives from all the sectors of the Ocean Business Community.
Key Speakers
The World Ocean Council is proud to present some of the initial group of high-level ocean business representatives featured in the speakers’ lineup of the 2017 Sustainable Ocean Summit:
Gary Gysin, CEO, Liquid Robotics
Capt Vinay Patwardhan, COO, Tai Chong Cheang (TCC) Steamship Co. (H.K.) Limited
Ian Smith, CEO, Clearwater Seafoods
Mike Utsler, COO, Woodside Energy
Wendy Watson Wright, CEO, Ocean Frontier Institute
Up-to-Date SOS 2017 program
The theme of this upcoming edition is “The Ocean Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 14): Business Leadership and Business Opportunities”. The international ocean business community will meet at the SOS 2017 to advance leadership and collaboration in developing industry-driven solutions to ocean sustainable development challenges.
The SOS 2017 theme recognises:
• The growth of the Ocean Economy and its contribution to the food, energy, transport,
communications and other needs of society as part of the U.N. SDG process/Agenda 2030
• The role of the Ocean Business Community over the next 15 years, and beyond, in ensuring
ocean sustainable development.
View the updated program here.
