Ocean Visions Biennial Summit 2025
Advancing Solutions for Ocean-Climate Restoration
Join us for the Ocean Visions Biennial Summit 2025! The Summit will be an exceptional opportunity to advance the sharing of knowledge and solutions to critical challenges at the ocean-climate nexus. During this action-oriented event, global and local scientists, policymakers, innovators, funders, and others will converge to explore solutions and strengthen partnerships that can help restore our ocean and stabilize the climate.
About the Summit
- Date: March 25-27, 2025
- Venue: Hyatt Regency, Vancouver, British Columbia
- A discounted block of rooms has been reserved at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver. Please make your reservation here in order to take advantage of the special rate.
Key Themes
The ocean is under threat from a host of pressures, but none loom larger than those caused by greenhouse gas pollution, which drives overheating and acidification. In order to address this ocean-climate crisis, the world needs to generate and scale innovative solutions much more effectively and quickly.
Summit participants will share and discuss cutting-edge advancements in ocean sciences, engineering, policy, governance, and economics, and coordinate action on key priorities to advance innovative solutions for ocean-climate restoration across these key themes:
REDUCE
Ocean-Based Decarbonization: This track will cover high-leverage ocean-based opportunities to accelerate a just transition to a low-carbon economy
REMOVE
Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal: This track will provide the latest information, challenges and opportunities in the race to test and develop ocean-based pathways for cleaning up carbon pollution
REPAIR
Marine Ecosystem Repair: This track will cover emerging conservation tools and approaches that might help to rebuild the health of critical marine ecosystems while we work to cool the planet and the ocean via decarbonization and carbon dioxide removals
REACH
Expanding the Global Community of Solvers: This track will investigate social and governance dimensions and how we can significantly grow a diverse global community to innovate, test and develop ocean-climate solutions
Submit Contributions for Programming
Ocean Visions is seeking community contributions for our 2025 Summit program. If you have ideas for relevant and innovative content that could be featured in some part of the agenda, which will include sessions, panels, workshops, plenaries, or pitches, we would like to hear from you. Submit your ideas by Friday, November 8.
Why Attend?
The Summit is designed to welcome and engage a multidisciplinary community. Highly interactive, the event will feature a mix of session types as well as ample opportunities to collaborate.
Opportunities include:
- Sharing & Learning: Gain insights from inspiring keynote speakers and panel discussions on the forefront of ocean-climate research and innovation.
- Workshops: Dive deeper with fellow attendees on challenges and issues of mutual concern.
- Networking: Connect with leading experts, industry pioneers, and decision-makers shaping the future of ocean-climate health through time devoted to building and strengthening relationships.
- Collaborating: Forge partnerships and collaborations to accelerate the impact of your work in ocean-based climate solutions through interactive, action-oriented sessions and activities.
Attendees will include those from across the following communities:
- Researchers and scientists
- Industry leaders and entrepreneurs
- Policy makers and government officials
- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and environmental advocates
- Students and educators passionate about ocean conservation
Information on Visas
Meeting Code of Conduct
Ocean Visions and AGU are committed to providing a safe, productive, and welcoming environment for all meeting participants and staff. All participants, including, but not limited to, attendees, speakers, volunteers, exhibitors, Ocean Visions and AGU staff, service providers, and others are expected to abide by this Meeting Code of Conduct. This Code of Conduct applies to all Ocean Visions Summit (OVS25) related events, including those sponsored by organizations other than Ocean Visions and AGU but held in conjunction with OVS25 events, in public or private facilities. Read the Code of Conduct.