PRE-CONFERENCE EVENTS
14th June 2025
Youth Leadership Summit
Academic and Research Symposium
Business Development Forum
15th June 2025
Youth Leadership Summit
Academic and Research Symposium
Business Development Forum
MAIN CONFERENCE
16th June 2026
Registration and badge pick-up
Side Events
High-Level Segment (invitation only)
Welcome Reception (all attendees)
17th June 2026
High-level Opening Ceremony
Plenary 1: Pathways to achieving 30x30 and protecting the High Seas
Lunch
Side Events
Plenary 2: Unleashing the potential of the blue economy through investment and finance
Plenary 3: Driving ambitious ocean-climate action to support global climate goals
Side Events
18th June 2026
Side Events
Plenary 4: Building national and global capacity for effective maritime domain awareness
Plenary 5: Combatting IUU through community-led solutions and science-based management
Lunch
Side Events
Plenary 6: A bottom-up approach to ocean action: Empowering local community leadership
Plenary 7: Tackling plastics, from micro to macro
Closing Ceremony
Closing Reception
Speaker requests may be submitted via email to oocsecretariat@wri.org.
