Speakers

Surangel S. Whipps, Jr.

President of Palau

Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka

Prime Minister of Fiji

John F. Kerry

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate

Maximiliano Bello


International Ocean Policy Expert

Virginijus Sinkevičius

European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries

GUSTAVO MANRIQUE M.

Minister of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition

Dr Mohd Kushairi Mohd Rajuddin

Executive Director of the CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat

Michaela Dommisse

Head of Marine Research and Innovation

The Minderoo Foundation

David Hance

Chief Operating Officer and Director of LATAM Operations

Marine Protection Alliance, Inc.

Cristián Samper

Managing Director and Leader of Nature Solutions

Wang Hong

Vice Minister of Natural Resources & State Oceanic Administrator

People’s Republic of China

Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco

Director of the Marine Environment Division

IMO

Albina Ruiz

Ministry of the Environment

Republic of Peru

Kristin Hughes

Director Global Action on Plastic

WEF

Boyan Slat

CEO and Founder

Ocean Cleanup University

Ricardo MOURINHO FÉLIX

Vicepresident

European Investment Bank

Cyrill Gutch

CEO

Parley for The Ocean

ANDREW SHARPLESS

Executive Director

Oceana

Steffi Lemke

Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection

Germany

Miguel Ceara Hatton

Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

Dominican Rep

Jessie Turner

Executive Director

International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification

Janis Searles Jones

CEO

Ocean Conservancy

Alicia Montalvo

Manager of Climate Action and Positive Biodiversity

CAF

Dr. Jane Lubchenco

Deputy Director for Climate and the Environment Office of Science and Technology Policy

White House

Juan Corrales

CEO

Tri Marine Group

Anne Beathe Tvinnereim

Minister of International Development

Norway

Julio Morón

CEO

Organization of Producers of Frozen Tuna

CARMEN Evelize Van-Dúnem do Sacramento Neto dos Santos

Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources

Republic of Angola

Dr. Edgardo Díaz-Ferguson

Executive Director

Coiba Scientific Station (COIBA AIP)

Dr. Valeria Merino

Founder Systems Entrepreneurs Advisors & Chair of Fisheries Transparency Initiative

Dr. Werner Kiene

Chair of the Board Marine Stewardship Council

Brad A. Wiley

Policy Officer and Regional Office Coordinator

Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)

Dr. Valerie Hickey

World Bank Global Director for Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy

Mario Gomez

Presidente de Beta Diversidad

Antha Williams

Bloomberg Philathropies Environment Team Lead

Prof. Dr. Denis Worlanyo Aheto

Director of the Center for Coastal Management

The Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience

Ilya Espino de Marotta

Deputy Administrator

Panama Canal Authority

Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry

President

World Maritime University

Andrew Stephens

Executive director

Sustainable Shipping Initiative