World Ocean Summit and Expo 2023 | World Ocean Initiative | 26 February 2023 | Lisbon Congress Centre, Praça das Indústrias 1, 1300-307 Lisboa, Portugal

The World Ocean Summit is the pre-eminent 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 and the start of a three-year residence in Lisbon, Portugal, a city (and country) at the forefront of sustainable ocean thinking and practice.

2023 Speakers

Amina J. Mohammed
Deputy secretary-general, UN and chair, UN Sustainable Development Group

Miguel Albuquerque
President, Madeira

Peter Thomson
UN secretary-general’s special envoy for the ocean

Richard Spinrad
Under-secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere, and administrator, NOAA

Angela Paolini Ellard
Deputy director-general, World Trade Organisation

Mairi Gougeon
Cabinet secretary for rural affairs and islands, Scotland

Vladimir Ryabinin
Executive secretary, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO

Anna Lindstedt
Ambassador for the ocean, ministry of foreign affairs, Sweden

Caroline Douglass
Executive director for flood and coastal resilience, UK Environment Agency

LaToya Cantrell
Mayor, New Orleans

Markus C Mueller
Managing director, chief investment officer ESG and global head of chief investment office, Deutsche Bank

Anna Majo Crespo
Business innovation director and blue economy leader, Barcelona City Council

Yabanex Batista
Deputy head, UN global team, Global Fund for Coral Reefs

Larsen Mettler
Managing director, S2G Ventures

Lisa Kurbiel
Head of secretariat, Joint SDG Fund

Shakuntala Thilsted
Global lead for nutrition and public health, WorldFish

Tiago Pitta e Cunha
Chief executive, Oceano Azul Foundation

Oliver Steeds
Chief executive, Nekton Foundation

Peter Hammarstedt
Director of campaigns, Sea Shepherd

Elisabeth Munck af Rosenschöld
Head of supply chain and sustainability, IKEA

Vincent Doumeizel
Senior advisor, UN Global Compact

Robert Weary
Chief executive and founder, Aqua Blue Investments

Ruth Boumphrey
Chief executive, Lloyds Register Foundation

Christoph Harwood
Director, strategy and policy, managing director of aquaculture, Simply Blue Group

Amy Novogratz
Co-founder and head, Aqua-Spark

Neha Mehta
Director, Pacific Islands, UN Capital Development Fund

Olavur Gregersen
Managing director, Ocean Rainforest

Luís Araújo
President, European Travel Commission

Yohei Sasakawa
Chairman, The Nippon Foundation

Olga Lucía Caro Jácome
Executive director, ProCoReef

Karen Sack
Executive director, Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA)

Alisa Kreynes
Head, ports and shipping, C40 Cities

Charlie Enright
Skipper, 11th Hour Racing Team

Gunnar Muent
Director-general, Projects Directorate, European Investment Bank

Toby Gregory
Founder, Arabian Ocean Rowing Team

Mwanarusi Mwafrica
Project coordinator, Vanga Blue Forest Project

Robert Jones
Global lead, aquaculture, The Nature Conservancy

Dawn Rodney
Chief external affairs officer, National Park Foundation, USA

Amy Trice
Director of ocean planning, Ocean Conservancy

Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy
Global director, policy and investments, Resilient Cities Network

Yimnang Golbuu
Chief executive, Palau International Coral Reef Centre

Alexandra Cousteau
Senior adviser, Oceana

Andreas Enger
Chief executive, Hoegh Autoliners

Jonas Skattum Svegaarden
Chief executive, Katapult Ocean

Jan Przydatek
Director of technologies, Lloyd’s Register Foundation

Assunção Cristas
Head of counsel, VdA and professor, NOVA School of Law

Toshikazu Shiomi
Vice-president, Ocean Network Express (ONE)

Ruud Peerbooms
President, Corbion Algae Ingredients

Jessica Smith
Nature lead, UNEP Finance Initiative

Ruben Eiras
Secretary-general, Forum Oceano

Vera Coelho
Senior director of advocacy in Europe, Oceana

Carlos Duarte
Professor of marine science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Jacob Rognhaug
Vice-president, public affairs system design, TOMRA

Sandra Silva
General manager, Portugal, Mary Kay

Steve Simpson
Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol

Kendra MacDonald
Chief executive, Canada's Ocean Supercluster

Keith Lawrence
Project director, conservation support, The Pew Charitable Trust

Tim Slingsby
Director of skills and education, Lloyd’s Register Foundation

Ignacio Gavilan
Director sustainability, The Consumer Goods Forum

László Szekely
Vice-president, head of circular plastic applications, TOMRA

Karen Sack
Executive director, Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA)

Alisa Kreynes
Head, ports and shipping, C40 Cities

Charlie Enright
Skipper, 11th Hour Racing Team

Gunnar Muent
Director-general, Projects Directorate, European Investment Bank

Toby Gregory
Founder, Arabian Ocean Rowing Team

Mwanarusi Mwafrica
Project coordinator, Vanga Blue Forest Project

Robert Jones
Global lead, aquaculture, The Nature Conservancy

Dawn Rodney
Chief external affairs officer, National Park Foundation, USA

Amy Trice
Director of ocean planning, Ocean Conservancy

Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy
Global director, policy and investments, Resilient Cities Network

Yimnang Golbuu
Chief executive, Palau International Coral Reef Centre

Alexandra Cousteau
Senior adviser, Oceana

Andreas Enger
Chief executive, Hoegh Autoliners

Jonas Skattum Svegaarden
Chief executive, Katapult Ocean

Jan Przydatek
Director of technologies, Lloyd’s Register Foundation

Assunção Cristas
Head of counsel, VdA and professor, NOVA School of Law

Toshikazu Shiomi
Vice-president, Ocean Network Express (ONE)

Ruud Peerbooms
President, Corbion Algae Ingredients

Jessica Smith
Nature lead, UNEP Finance Initiative

Ruben Eiras
Secretary-general, Forum Oceano

Vera Coelho
Senior director of advocacy in Europe, Oceana

Carlos Duarte
Professor of marine science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Jacob Rognhaug
Vice-president, public affairs system design, TOMRA

Sandra Silva
General manager, Portugal, Mary Kay

Steve Simpson
Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol

Kendra MacDonald
Chief executive, Canada's Ocean Supercluster

Keith Lawrence
Project director, conservation support, The Pew Charitable Trust

Tim Slingsby
Director of skills and education, Lloyd’s Register Foundation

Ignacio Gavilan
Director sustainability, The Consumer Goods Forum

László Szekely
Vice-president, head of circular plastic applications, TOMRA

Karen Sack
Executive director, Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA)

Alisa Kreynes
Head, ports and shipping, C40 Cities

Charlie Enright
Skipper, 11th Hour Racing Team

Gunnar Muent
Director-general, Projects Directorate, European Investment Bank

Toby Gregory
Founder, Arabian Ocean Rowing Team

Mwanarusi Mwafrica
Project coordinator, Vanga Blue Forest Project

Robert Jones
Global lead, aquaculture, The Nature Conservancy

Dawn Rodney
Chief external affairs officer, National Park Foundation, USA

Amy Trice
Director of ocean planning, Ocean Conservancy

Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy
Global director, policy and investments, Resilient Cities Network

Yimnang Golbuu
Chief executive, Palau International Coral Reef Centre

Alexandra Cousteau
Senior adviser, Oceana

Andreas Enger
Chief executive, Hoegh Autoliners

Jonas Skattum Svegaarden
Chief executive, Katapult Ocean

Jan Przydatek
Director of technologies, Lloyd’s Register Foundation

Assunção Cristas
Head of counsel, VdA and professor, NOVA School of Law

Toshikazu Shiomi
Vice-president, Ocean Network Express (ONE)

Ruud Peerbooms
President, Corbion Algae Ingredients

Jessica Smith
Nature lead, UNEP Finance Initiative

Ruben Eiras
Secretary-general, Forum Oceano

Vera Coelho
Senior director of advocacy in Europe, Oceana

Carlos Duarte
Professor of marine science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Jacob Rognhaug
Vice-president, public affairs system design, TOMRA

Sandra Silva
General manager, Portugal, Mary Kay

Steve Simpson
Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol

Kendra MacDonald
Chief executive, Canada's Ocean Supercluster

Keith Lawrence
Project director, conservation support, The Pew Charitable Trust

Tim Slingsby
Director of skills and education, Lloyd’s Register Foundation

Ignacio Gavilan
Director sustainability, The Consumer Goods Forum

László Szekely
Vice-president, head of circular plastic applications, TOMRA

2023 Sponsors and Partners

LEAD SUPPORTER:
• Oceano Azul Foundation

DIAMOND SPONSOR:
• Lloyds Register Foundation

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• Ocean Network Express (ONE)

SILVER SPONSORS:
• TOMRA
• MSC

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Mary Kay
• Rockwool
• Corbion
• HUB Ocean

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• Delterra
• Simply Blue Group
• Höegh Autoliners Management AS
• Ocean Power Technologies
• King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
• Ocean Winds

SUPPORTER:
• The Nippon Foundation

IN ASSOCIATION WITH:
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