Featuring over 40 female speakers working to improve the environment through science, technology, and innovation.
The September 3rd Summit highlighted female solutionists from SOA’s global community, as well as workshops in a wide variety of subjects including Impact Investing, Environmental Advocacy through Film, and Circular Economy. This year’s theme builds on the success of SOA’s all-female panel of marine biologists, scientists, and ocean leaders during SOA x United Nations World Oceans Day.
859 people from 88 countries people joined the second SOA Connects summit for ocean solutionists.
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Award-winning conservation pohotgrapher and co-founder of SeaLegacy
Working on marine conservation for few years now, but started on the forest conservation in south of Chile.Currently working as a consultant on International Ocean Policy.
Executive Director of International Ocean Film Festival. The mission of the International Ocean Film Festival is to save our oceans one film at a time.
Founder of the Ocean Immersion program, a creative ocean school dedicated to developing young ocean leaders in Portugal. She has a strong interest in ocean communication and entrepreneurship.
Director of Product Development and Innovation at Wolford.
Verdant Seas is a company dedicated to making aquaculture feeds more sustainable. I wish to leverage my interdisciplinary research, analytics, and project-oriented background to drive actionable solutions in sustainable aquaculture.
Manager Ocean Sustainability Programs, Fugro and ECOP Representative.
Managing Director, Closed Loop Partners.
Founder of Science Driven Fashion Incubator called One x One.
Co-Founder and CEO of The Hydrous.
SOS Galapagos.
Environmental Consultant at Galápagos Biosphere Reserve, UNESCO-MAB Programme.
Investment Director, AIIM Partners.
Based in Indonesia, Carbon Ethics strives to “demystify the climate crisis while improving the livelihood of communities." Innandya and her team provide educational resources such as the Carbon Calculator and provide a way for corporations and individuals to offset their carbon emissions by planting and maintaining these forests.
Director of Ocean Investments, Conservation International.
Founder, Mare Nostrum.
Program Manager, NOAA Research International Activities.
Founder and President of For Good Ventures.
Blue Ocean Gear uses technology to develop fishing gear that can enable sustainable fishing practices with their proprietary Smart Buoy system that prevents economic and environmental impacts of lost fishing gear for fishermen, fleets, and fisheries.
Consultant at the UNECE.
Director and Producer of Straws.
Reusable food containers for take out dining with restaurants, located in San Francisco.
Founder of Virtual Diving, which takes the oceans to people through the virtual reality glasses made of recycled cardboard.
SafetyNet Technologies uses light emitting devices to help fishermen catch the right fish and tackle some of the biggest issues facing the commercial fishing industry.
Program Officer Oceankind.
Marine Educator, WiseOceans.
SOA Ocean Leader.
Intern, Galapagos Whale Shark Project.
SOA Peru
Manager of Textiles and Apparel, Cradle 2 Cradle.
Knauss Marine Policy Fellow, NOAA Research.
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