Hosts/Keynotes
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H. E. Surangel S. Whipps, Jr.
President
Republic of Palau
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
President
United States of America
Confronting the Ocean-Climate Crisis
The Honorable Richard W. Spinrad, PhD
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere & NOAA Administrator
U.S. Department of Commerce
Cynthia Barzuna Gutiérrez
Vice Minister of Water and Ocean Affairs
Costa Rica
Moderator: Tina Stege
Climate Envoy
Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
Creating Sustainable Blue Economies
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Francesco La Camera
Director-General
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim
Minister of International Development
Norway
Hon. Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
Attorney-General and Minister for Economy, Civil Service, Communications, Housing, and Community Development
Fiji
Amb. Ken O’Flaherty
COP26 Regional Ambassador to Asia-Pacific and South Asia
United Kingdom
Moderator: Leah C. Gutierrez
Director General, Pacific Department
Asian Development Bank
Conversation on Indigenous-led Conservation
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The Honorable Representative Sheila Jack Babauta
Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives
Antony Vavia
South Pacific Islands Strategic Advisor
Blue Cradle
Susana Waqainabete-Tuisese
Senior Director, Pacific Region
Conservation International
Noah Idechong
Executive Director of Micronesia and Polynesia
The Nature Conservancy
Dr. Selvi Tebaiy
Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science
University of Papua
Moderator: ‘Aulani Wilhelm
Assistant Director for Ocean Conservation, Climate and Equity
White House Office of Science & Technology Policy
Advancing Sustainable Fisheries
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Jennifer Dianto Kemmerly
Vice President, Global Ocean Initiatives
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Sheck Sherif
Consultant
National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority, Liberia
Indah Rufiati
Fisheries Lead
Pesisir Lestari, in collaboration with Blue Ventures
Ann Singeo
Executive Director
Ebiil Society
Rocky Sanchez Tirona
Managing Director
Fish Forever at Rare
Moderator: Fiorenza Micheli
David and Lucile Packard Professor of Marine Science, Co-Director of Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions, Co-Director of Hopkins Marine Station
Day 2 High Level Opening: Voices for the Ocean
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Barack Obama
44th President
United States of America
Patricia Espinosa
Executive Secretary
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Kalani Reyes
Founder
Deep Pacific Collective of Pacific Peoples
Advancing Marine Protected Areas for Communities, Ecosystems, and Climate
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Melissa Garvey
Global Director, Ocean Protection
The Nature Conservancy
Maya Delaney
Youth Climate Ambassador, The Bahamas; Associate, Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA); MBA Candidate, MIT Sloan School of Management
Chairwoman Violet Sage Walker
Tribal Chair
Northern Chumash Tribal Council
Steven Victor
Minister, Agriculture, Fisheries, and the Environment
Palau
Duane Fraser
Board Member
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Moderator: Keone Nakoa
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs
US Department of the Interior
Tackling Marine Pollution
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Ingrid Giskes
Director, Global Ghost Gear Initiative
Ocean Conservancy
Swietenia Puspa Lestari
Executive Director
Divers Clean Action
The Honorable Minister Tzi-Chin Chang
Environmental Protection Administration, Taiwan
Taiwan
Nik Strong-Cvetich
Chief Executive Officer
Save the Waves Coalition
Captain Simon Bennett
General Manager, Sustainable Development
Swire Shipping
Moderator: Robert Richmond
Research Professor and Director
University of Hawaii Kewalo Marine Laboratory
Conversation on Partnerships for the Ocean: New Directions and Initiatives
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Moderator: Taholo Kami
Ocean Convener
Fiji and Tonga
H. E. Surangel S. Whipps, Jr.
President
Republic of Palau
Marc Benioff
Chair and Co-CEO
Salesforce
Dona Bertarelli
Philanthropist and Champion for the Ocean
Ted Waitt
Chairman and Founder
Waitt Foundation & Waitt Institute
Achieving a Safe, Just and Secure Ocean
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Moderator: Masanori Kobayashi
Senior Research Fellow
Ocean Policy Research Institute-Sasakawa Peace Foundation
David Willima
Research Officer
Institute for Security Studies
Rear Admiral Matthew W. Sibley
Commander, Fourteenth Coast Guard District
U.S. Coast Guard
Captain Loic Moudouma
Strategy, Force Planning and Decision Making Maritime Safety and Security Expert
Dr. Manumatavai Tupou-Roosen
Director-General
Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
T.H. John M. Silk
Minister of Natural Resources and Commerce
Republic of the Marshall Islands
Island Communities: Ocean Challenges and Solutions
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H.E. Mohamed Aslam
Minister of National Planning, Housing & Infrastructure
Republic of Maldives
Yohei Sasakawa
Chairman
Nippon Foundation
Hon. Hu’akavameiliku (Siaosi Sovaleni)
Prime Minister
Tonga
Toward a “Super Year” for the Ocean: Leadership and Action
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Moderator: Heidi Schroderus-Fox
Acting High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
Hon. Aupito William Sio
Minister for Pacific Peoples and Minister for Courts
New Zealand
Kishida Fumio
Prime Minister
Japan
H.E. Conrod Hunte
Deputy Permanent Representative at the A&B; Mission and the Lead Climate Change Negotiator for AOSIS, Antigua and Barbuda
Dr. Stuart Minchin
Director General
The Pacific Community
H.E. Michèle Boccoz
Ambassador of the French Republic to the Philippines and Non-Resident Ambassador to Palau, The Federal States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands
Charlina Vitcheva
Director-General and Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
European Commission
High Level Closing: Looking to Our Ocean 2023
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Minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim
Minister of International Development
Norway
H. E. Surangel S. Whipps, Jr.
President
Republic of Palau
John F. Kerry
Special Presidential Envoy for Climate
United States of America
Minister Miliciades Concepción
Minister of Environment
Panama