Events & Webinars
Upcoming Event
Ocean Visions Biennial Summit 2025
Event Date: March 11-13, 2025
We’re thrilled to announce that the 4th Ocean Visions Biennial Summit 2025 will be held March 11-13, 2025, in Vancouver, Canada. This action-oriented event will bring together scientists, policymakers, innovators, funders, students, and others to explore solutions and strengthen partnerships to help restore our ocean and stabilize the climate. Registration information coming soon.
Past Events
Ocean-Climate Solutions Innovation Exchange
Event Date: February 8, 2024
The third webinar in our series on innovations in measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) will focus on how modeling and observations are used to quantify, verify, and reduce uncertainty in deployment
Event Date: November 30, 2023
Join us for the second webinar in our series on current innovations in measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR). We’ll spotlight leading startups doing electrochemical CDR, hearing from scientists Erika La Plante (Equatic) and Sophie Chu (Captura). A moderated audience Q&A will follow.
Event Date: October 24, 2023
Join us for the first of our two-part webinar series on current innovations in measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal. In this initial one-hour webinar, we'll get a broad overview of why MRV is important, the big-picture advancements driving rigor and innovation, and the challenges that remain. Insightful talks by decarbonization pros Freya Chay (CarbonPlan) and Joanna Klitzke (Frontier) will be followed by a moderated audience Q&A.
Event Date: August 29, 2023
Join Kirk Waltz (American Bureau of Shipping), Selena Elmer (Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Program), and Di Gilpin (Smart Green Shipping) as they discuss their perspectives on the challenges and opportunities of implementing Green Shipping Corridors
Event Date: July 27, 2023
Kicking off the Ocean-Climate Solutions Innovation Exchange, emerging innovators convene to talk oceans, climate, and scalable solutions.
Ocean Visions Webinar Series
Ocean Visions Webinar Series: Running Tide – Ocean-Based CDR Research & Development Roadmap
Event Date: June 7, 2023
Running Tide Board Member Max Chalfin gives an exposition of Running Tide's approach to ocean-based carbon dioxide removal R&D
Ocean Visions Webinar Series: Model Legislation to Advance Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal Research
Event Date: May 11, 2023
Learn more about the significance of Sabin Center's model legislation to advance safe and responsible ocean CDR research.
Event Date: January 10, 2023
The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) of the US Department of Energy shares information about a $30-50M, 3-year federally funded program that seeks to develop new sensor technology for the scaled quantification of ocean carbon fluxes.
Ocean Visions Webinar Series: Identifying, Nurturing, and Scaling Innovation
Event Date: September 7, 2022
In this webinar, non-profit organization Larta Institute, founded in 1993, and a member of the Ocean Visions Network, presents how it identifies, nurtures, and scales innovations in the ocean and marine sector, as well as cross-cutting technologies across energy, food, materials, and IT.
Ocean Visions Webinar Series: North Atlantic Carbon Observatory
Event Date: July 27, 2022
Dr. Anya Waite, Scientific Director and CEO of the Ocean Frontier Institute, presents on the North Atlantic Carbon Observatory as a solution to support climate policy and industry.
Ocean Visions Webinar Series: Effective Communications on Ocean-Based Climate Solutions
Event Date: January 5, 2022
Ocean Visions' partner Wonder: Strategies for Good shares audience research results on how the ocean-based CDR community can help shift the narrative on this important topic.
Ocean Visions Biennial Summit
Ocean Visions Biennial Summit 2023
Event Date: April 4-6, 2023
Registration is open for our next Summit, scheduled for April 4-6 at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia, and with virtual attendance options.
Ocean Visions at COP
Event Date: November 30 - December 12, 2023
Ocean Visions is leading and participating in a number of events at COP28 to advance its agenda to directly address the causes and impacts of climate disruption, in order to restore both the climate and ocean health
Event Date: November 6-18, 2022
Ocean Visions will be at COP27 to expand the dialogue on advancing solutions at the ocean-climate nexus.
COP26 Event: Scaling Carbon Removal Worldwide
Event Date: November 8, 2021
The power of global partnerships and the ocean in scaling carbon dioxide removal (CDR).
Ocean Visions at Climate Week
Event Date: September 22, 2023
With co-host Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Ocean Visions engages panelists to explore what we know, and don't yet know, about ocean-based CDR and what we need to do to get actionable information.
Ocean Visions at Ocean Sciences Meeting
Ocean Visions at the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2024
Event Date: February 18-23, 2024
Ocean Visions will be at the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2024 to expand the dialogue and advance action around solutions at the ocean-climate nexus. We will be leading a number of events, and invite attendees to join us at those that are open to all registrants.
Ocean Visions at the UN Ocean Decade Conference
Ocean Visions at the 2024 UN Ocean Decade Conference
Event Date: April 10-12, 2024
The Ocean Visions – UN Decade Collaborative Center for Ocean-Climate Solutions (OV-UN DCC) and the Global Ecosystem for Ocean Solutions (GEOS) will host and participate in several events aimed at developing and advancing the global, multidisciplinary collaborations needed to develop safe, equitable, and viable solutions that can mitigate the climate crisis and improve ocean health.