The Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS) is the only international ocean business event to provide a yearly review of status and trends in ocean economic activity. It is organized by the World Ocean Council (WOC). The 5th edition will be held in Halifax, Canada, 29Nov – 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, SOS2017 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 key confirmed speakers of the 2017 Sustainable Ocean Summit:
Wendy Watson Wright, CEO, Ocean Frontier Institute
Up to date 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 recognizes:
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.
Get to know the Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS)
It is the only international ocean business event to provide a yearly review of status and trends in ocean economic activity. It is organized by the World Ocean Council (WOC).
The SOS is uniquely designed to bring together leadership companies from the diverse Ocean Business Community: shipping, oil and gas, fisheries, aquaculture, seabed mining, tourism, renewable energy, ports, dredging, mining, submarine cables, marine science, engineering and technology, the maritime legal, financial and insurance communities, and others – as well as ocean stakeholders from the government, inter-governmental, academic and environment communities.
Last year, the Sustainable Ocean Summit was held in Rotterdam. Over 200 participants gathered to discuss the role of the ocean business community in addressing critical marine environment and sustainability challenges.
SOS 2016 brought together a wide range of industries involved in the use of marine space and marine resources. Attendees were primarily high-ranking executives and senior environment and sustainability officers from the Ocean Business Community. Representatives of international organizations, government agencies, and academic research institutions were also in attendance.
The theme of SOS 2016 was “Ocean 2030: Sustainable Development Goals and the Ocean Business Community”. The conference sought to build on the highly successful discussions held at SOS 2010 in Belfast, SOS 2013 in Washington DC and SOS 2015 in Singapore.
Please find here a weblink to the SOS 2016 Report Executive Summary.
