Speakers

Founder & Director at The Black Mermaid Foundation, PADI Freediving Instructor

Managing Partner at Launch Africa Ventures

Technical Consultant at 3DS Experience Lab

Environmental Officer at Ocecanan Group

Director of International Ocean Governance at European Commission, DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

Founder & CEO at MVXchange

Maritime Project Leader & Senior Researcher at Institute for Security Studies

Lead River Field Scientist at The Ocean Cleanup

Marine and Environmental Lawyer, CEO of Enviromer and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University, co-lead author on a Blue Paper for High Level Panel for the Ocean, co-author on 10 Climate Insights Policy Brief for the UNFCCC

SDG Impact Associate at UNDP

CEO at Ocean Data Alliance

CEO at Kgommuu International & East and Southern Africa Associate at World Oceans Council

Programme Manager and Acting Manager at Nordic Development Fund

Co-founder & CEO at Inseco

Managing Director at Abalobi

3DExperience Lab - Design Director & Fablab Management at Dassault Systèmes

COO at Sharksafe Barrier

Founder at Soapbox South Africa

Investment Manager at Katapult Ocean

Director at 34South Consulting Engineers

Founder and Executive Chairman at NTELX

Member of Executive Board at Gestion Maritime & Executive Chariman at TonnEdge

Independent Consultant

Senior Principal Advisor for SIDS, Bureau for Policy and Program Support / Global Policy Network at UNDP

Africa Regional Coordinator UN Environmental Program Finance Initiative

CEO at Hy-Generation

Officer in Charge at Indian Ocean Commission

Founder, Ocean-Trax

Regional Project Officer, Marine Plastics & Coastal Communities at IUCN

President & CEO of World Ocean Council

Executive Director at Centre for Livelihoods, Ecosystems, Energy, Adaptation and Resilience in the Caribbean

Senior Analyst at Western Cape Industrial Symbiosis Programme (WISP) & South African Plastics Pact (SAPP)

Program Manager at Future Females & Founder at Nsovo

Co-founder at The Dock

Non-executive Director at OceanHub Africa

Managing Partner at EOS Capital

Director of Operations at Viking Aquaculture

Cluster Managing Director at CMA CGM South Africa

Chief, Green and Blue Economy Section at Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resource Management, Division, UNECA

Senior Program Manager, Africa, Middle East and South Asia at Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)

Director of Global Sustainability Office at Grupo Iberostar

Co-founder & CEO at Brayfoil

Attachée for Innovation at French Embassy in South Africa

President at Ocean Foundation

Managing Director at Mean Sea Level

Chief Business Development Officer African Ports and Corridors Holdings

Managing Partner and Founder at Fynd Ocean Ventures

Programme Specialist at V&A Waterfront

Managing Director at Catalyst Fund & BFA Global

Impact Investor