BLUE WATER SUMMIT – A VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE
JUNE 7TH from 8:00am til 5:00pm PST
The Blue Water Summit will broadcast live for one day and will feature nine hours of content gathering more than 40+ of the world’s leading spiritual and environmental thought leaders, ocean advocates, and storytellers, celebrating UN – World Oceans Day, June 8th.
The Blue Water Summit is designed to encourage our global family to think broadly about the ongoing dramatic effects of climate change — and more specifically that 71% of our planet Earth is water. She is our Blue Pearl and we must think more deeply about the universal concerns and actions needed to bring us into balance.
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PROGRAM
PRESENTED BY Blue Water Summit
“Bringing a voice to our Oceans and Waters”
Day 1
(ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON JUNE 7TH)
8:00 am Welcome to the Blue Water Summit
Greg Reitman
8:15 am Indigenous Elder Ceremony
Performance by: Jewell Praying Wolf James & Sit Ki Kadem, Lummi Nation
8:30 am Opening Remarks – Dr. Wallace Nichols
8:45 am Keynote Amir Dossal, President Global Partnerships
9:00 am Innovation to Packaging: A World Beyond Plastic
Moderator: Lina Constantinovici, Founder, Innovation 4.4
Panelists: Joao Sousa, IUCN, Susan Koehler, CMO, Footprint, Kevin Quandt, VP, Supply Chain & Sustainability, Sweetgreen
10:00 am Global Intervention: Ending Plastic Pollution
Moderator: Kelly Gallagher, Producer, Jammin’ Planet Productions
Panelists: Tim Grabiel, EIA Int’l, Larke Williams, US State Dept, Erin Simon, Head, Plastic Waste + Business, WWF, Melissa Wang, Scientist, Green Peace Int’l
11:00 am What It Makes to be Oceans Hero
Moderator: Daisy Kendrick, Ocean Generation
Panelists: David Rothschild, The Lost Explorer, Captain Oonya Layolle, Oceans activist, Andrea Crosta, Sea of Shadows, Jo Ruxton, Ocean Generation
12:00 pm The Future of Antarctica & Protection of the Southern Ocean
Moderator: Ashlan Cousteau, Journalist & Explorer
Panelists: Phillipe Cousteau, TV Host, Author, Cassandra Brook, Professor, Environmental Studies, University, Colorado University, John Weller, critically acclaimed Antarctica writer, photographer, and filmmaker
1:00 pm Regenerating Wealth for the Oceans
Moderator: Christopher Salata, ICV
Panelists: Andrea Neal, Bring Back the Blue, Aaron Berger, Innovation 4.4, Millicent Pitts, Ocean Exchange
2:00 pm Ocean Coastline Health & A Changing Climate
Introduction: United Nations Secretary – General Special Envoy to the Ocean Ambassador Peter Thomson
Moderator: Jessie Turner, International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification
Panelists: Dr. Justine Kimball, California Ocean Protection Council, Mr. Espen Ronnberg, Climate Change Advisor, SPREP, Dr Michael Acquafredda, NOAA Ocean Acidification Program, Mr. Matias Alcalde, Director, Chile California Council, Garth Nagel, US Navy, Senior Planner
Music Break 15 minutes- Garth Stevenson, Musical Performance, Whale Sounds
3:15 pm Sacred Story of the Oceans
Moderator: Shivani St. George, UN NGO representative
Panelists: Kalani Souza, Olohana Foundation, Puna Dawson, Hawaiian Elder, Tessa Theresa, Water Steward
4:15 pm Films for Social Change
Moderator: Greg Reitman
Panelists: Sally Aitken, Filmmaker, Tina Dalton, Producer, Valerie Taylor, Underwater Photographer
5:00 pm Closing Remarks / Awards Ceremony
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