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SAVETHEDATE–SUSTAINABLEOCEANSUMMIT(SOS)2019:PARIS,20-22NOVEMBER“InvestinginOceanFutures:FinanceandInnovationfortheBlueEconomy”willbethefocusoftheWorldOceanCouncil’sSOS201920December2018MarkyourcalendarsforthenextSOS–theannualgatheringoftheglobaloceanbusinesscommunitydedicatedtoadvancingprivatesectoractiononoceansustainabledevelopment,organizedbyWOC–theglobalBlueEconomyBusinessOrganization.Withthethemeof“InvestinginOceanFutures:FinanceandInnovationfortheBlueEconomy”,theSOS2019willbethefirstinternationaloceanbusinessconferencededicatedtoinvestmentandinnovationforsustainabledevelopment.Since2010,theSustainableOceanSummit(SOS)hasbeenbringingtogetherleadersfromthediverseoceanbusinesscommunity–shipping,fisheries,oilandgas,aquaculture,offshorerenewables,tourism,seabedmining,marinetechnology,law,insurance,finance,etc.–aswellasoceanstakeholdersfromthegovernment,inter-governmental,scienceandenvironmentcommunities–tofocusonindustry-drivenactionon“CorporateOceanResponsibility”.TheSOS2018(HongKong,14-16November)achievednewparticipationlevels,withover250delegatesfrom30differentnationsandrepresentingallkeyoceansectors.LedbyKennethKoo,TCCGroupChairmanandCEO,SOS2018sawarecordnumberofC-suiteparticipantsandspecialspeakers,includingformerSeychellesPresidentJamesMichel,U.N.OceanEnvoyAmbassadorPeterThomsonandHongKongSARDirectorofMarineMaisieCheng,comingtogethertoadvanceactionon“OceanSustainableDevelopment–ConnectingAsiaandtheWorld”.AlistofpastparticipantsoftheSOSisavailablehere.“Youarethesolutiontowardshowwecansurvive,thriveandprosperinasustainablemanner–bynurturingourfragileoceanenvironmentthroughinvestingtime,resourcesandeffortincollectiveandcollaborativeways.”–KennethKoo,TCCGroupChairmanandCEO,SOS2018ConferenceChairAs2018drawstoaclose,WOCwouldliketoexpresswarmappreciationtoourmembers,partnersandcolleaguesworkingwithustoadvance“CorporateOceanResponsibility”duringthepastyear.WewishyouallajoyousholidayseasonandaSustainableNewYear!

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26-28November,NAIROBISustainableBlueEconomyConference(BusinessForumSpeaker)26November-1December,ILOILO,PHILIPPINESPEMSEAEastAsianSeasCongress(BlueEconomyPanelist)3-14December,KATOWICE,POLANDU.N.ClimateChangeConvention–ConferenceoftheParties(COP)24(Participant)5-6December,HAMBURGArcticShippingSummit(Speaker)7-8December,PARISSilkRoadThinkTankNetwork/SilkRoadForum(Participant)

AbouttheWorldOceanCouncil(WOC)–TheBlueEconomyBusinessOrganization

TheWOCistheonlyinternational,cross-sectoralallianceforprivatesectorleadershipandcollaborationinoceansustainability,stewardshipandscience.Companiesfromarangeofindustriesworldwidearedistinguishingthemselvesasleadersin“CorporateOceanResponsibility”,including:shipping,oilandgas,tourism,fisheries,aquaculture,mining,renewableenergy,oceantechnologyandinvestment.WOCMembersarelistedhere,apartoftheWOCNetworkof32,000+oceanindustrystakeholdersaroundtheworld.TheWOCisaregisterednot-for-profitorganizationintheUSandtheUK/Europe.

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