WORLD OCEAN COUNCIL
THE GLOBAL, CROSS-SECTORAL INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE FOR OCEAN SUSTAINABILITY AND STEWARDSHIP
 
 

 
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UPCOMING EVENTS AND RECENT EVENTS - 2010

WOC Conference

Sustainable Ocean Summit (Belfast, 15-17 June, 2010)

(including "Marine Spatial Planning Seminar: What Industries Need to Know")

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WOC-Organized Meetings, Panels and Side Events

"Ocean Industry Leadership in Addressing Marine Biodiversity Challenges" (Nagoya, date TBD)
Official "Side Event" at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), 10th Conference of the Parties (COP 10) (Nagoya, 18-29 October)

"Sustainable Seafood From a Crowded Ocean: Fisheries and aquaculture interactions with other ocean industries and opportunities for cross-sectoral stewardship of the seas" (Paris, 1 February)
Panel at the Seafood Summit (Paris, 31 January-2 February)


WOC Speaking Engagements and Event Participation

The WOC will be or was a speaker or participant at the following events this year:

Sustainable Shipping: From the Cradle to the Grave (Miami, 20-22 October) Invited speaker

Seas the Future - Nordic Oceans Conference (Faroes, 5-7 October) Invited speaker

Global Governance, Innovation, Social and Environmental Responsibility (Lisbon, 9-10 September) Keynote speaker on ocean theme

1st Global Maritime Environmental Congress (Hamburg, 7-8 September) Invited speaker

5th International Fishers Forum (Taipei, 3-6 August) Invited speaker

International Copper Association Science Symposium: Health and Environment (Phoenix, 22-24 July)

SPE 10th International Confernece on Health, Safety and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production (Rio de Janeiro, 12-14 April) Keynote speaker on environment

Offshore Arabia 2010 (Dubai, 29-31 March) Invited speaker

Oceanology International (London, 9-11 March) Invited organizer of envrionment program

Arctic Dialogue and Sea Study Tour (northern Norway, 22-26 March) Invited speaker

Environmental Vigilance: Working Together for a Greener Maritime World (Abu Dhabi, 1-3 March) Invited speaker

2010 Katoomba Group Meeting: Building a Blueprint to Harness New Investments for the Protection of Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Services (Palo Alto, 9-10 February) Invited speaker

Duke University Ocean User Policy Lab (Washington, D.C., 13 January) Invited participant