Ocean Summit in Halifax, Canada – Only One Month to Go

Program with speakers

The up to date program is now available with confirmed speakers. Click on the link below to discover the latest version of the program, including a detailed schedule:

SOS 2017 Program

3 reasons to attend the SOS 2017

• A great opportunity to meet decision makers and high-level representatives from all the sectors of the 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. Through its various workshops, this edition will enable more interaction between Key Speakers and SOS 2017 participants.
• Ocean Year: the SOS 2017 has been mentioned in many medias and the context is highly positive to such a unique gathering: 2017 is the year of the Ocean and the future, with the first U.N. Ocean conference, and for the high seas, the decision to start new negotiations on its governance. The U.N. conference goal was to mobilize action to implement the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14: conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources. The theme of the SOS 2017 is based on this SDG and titled “Business Leadership and Business Opportunities”.
• SOS 2017 at the heart of the Canadian blue economy: Canada, with its three bordering oceans (Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific), is affected by Ocean climate change, and this year celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation is largely highlighting Ocean themes. Among those themes: Ocean planning, Ocean observations, Innovation and Research for a better Sustainable Development of seas and Oceans. Nova Scotia is a strong maritime province, with one-third of R&D in the region focus on Ocean technologies and the highest concentration of Oceans-related disciplines in the world with 450 PhDs. And finally, Halifax is the home of world-renowned Ocean-related research institutions: Bedford Institute of Oceanography (the largest center for Oceans research in Canada), the Institute for Ocean Research Enterprise (IORE), Dalhousie University (with more than 100 researchers focusing on Oceans and ocean technology) and the NRC-Institute for Marine Biosciences.

Practical Information

• 29 November - 1 December 2017
• Marriott Halifax Harbourfront 1919 Upper Water St., Halifax, Canada

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