High Level Business Speakers Commit to SOS 2018

The Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS) is again convening a unique gathering of ocean business leaders - from across the sectors and around the world - to focus on action for ocean sustainable development.

The World Ocean Council is proud to present some of the initial high-level ocean business leaders featured in the SOS 2018 lineup, including:

• Kenneth Koo, Group Chairman and CEO, TCC Group (SOS 2018 Conference Chair)
• Mike Constable, CEO, Huawei Marine Networks
• Elisabeth Torstad, CEO, Digital Solutions, DNV GL
• Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou, CEO, TOTOTHEO Maritime;
International President, Women's International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA)
• Mike Utsler, former COO, Woodside Energy
• Mohamed Razali Bin Mohamed, CEO, Aquagrow Corporation
• Alla Weinstein, Founder and CEO, Trident Winds

Get to know the growing SOS 2018 program and speakers list here.

Leadership companies and industry organizations, and other ocean stakeholders, will come together again this year at the SOS 2018 in Hong Kong - a global maritime center for Asian ocean industries - for action on the critical industry challenges and opportunities in sustainable development and the Blue Economy.

With a focus on Asia and its relation to the global ocean economy, the SOS 2018 will assemble ocean industry CEOs to address the future of the ocean business, provide ocean economy projections, bring together women leaders in the maritime sector and Young Ocean Professionals, address port resiliency, sustainable fishing and aquaculture, energy from the ocean, marine biodiversity, and increasing ocean knowledge through industry data collection – and other topics critical to the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals.

In between the annual SOS event, the WOC is the global business organization working every day to bring together the full range of the diverse international ocean business community to catalyze private sector action on ocean sustainable development over the long term.