Sustainable Ocean Solutions Summit 2025

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‍With our planet’s oceans facing unprecedented challenges, we must work together to develop scalable, high-impact solutions. Sustainable Ocean Solutions Summit 2025 (SOS 2025) is an action-driven arena designed to bring together decision-makers  from science, policy, investment, technology, and activism to accelerate ocean sustainability. This summit—SOS 2025–is where high-level commitments, funding, and partnerships are forged to turn ambition into action.

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📍 November 7, 2025 | SOS Summit San Francisco, CA

🚢 November 8–12, 2025 | Sailing Voyage from San Francisco to San Diego

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The SOS 2025 provides an arena for you to: 

• Collaborate: Connect with global leaders across business, science, policy, and activism to co-create transformative ocean solutions.
• Innovate: Explore cutting-edge technologies, emerging business models, and progressive policy frameworks championing sustainability.
• Invest: Tap into dynamic investment opportunities in the blue economy, guided by top-tier venture capitalists and financial experts.
• Impact: Drive tangible outcomes—new projects, partnerships, and scalable ventures—to address critical climate and ocean challenges.

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WHO WE ARE

We are innovators, entrepreneurs, academics, policymakers, venture capitalists, and thought leaders from across the ocean sector, united by one common goal: a Sustainable Ocean. Through summits, webinars, and collaborative initiatives, we aim to generate practical solutions that safeguard the future of our oceans. Join us on our mission to protect the seas that sustain us all.

OVERVIEW

Following the success of our inaugural summit in Bergen (2023), Sustainable Ocean Solutions Summit 2025 will bring together investors, entrepreneurs, scientists, policymakers, and activists dedicated to advancing ocean sustainability. Hosted in San Francisco on November 7, 2025 —the summit will culminate in a transformative sailing journey aboard the historic Statsraad Lehmkuhl from San Francisco to San Diego.

This sailing expedition forms part of the One Ocean Expedition 2025–2026, a 12-month voyage to raise global awareness of the ocean’s critical role in building a sustainable future. Learn more about the One Ocean Expedition.

OBJECTIVE

The summit’s primary goal is to forge strategic partnerships and launch pioneering initiatives that address the climate crisis by fully harnessing the ocean’s capacity to provide. By bringing together diverse stakeholders, we aim to chart actionable pathways toward resilient and sustainable blue economies.

SAILING EXPEDITION

Sailing Voyage (November 8–12)
Be part of an extraordinary sailing expedition. This voyage is an exclusive extension of the Sustainable Ocean Solutions Summit 2025.

Participants will sail aboard the Statsraad Lehmkuhl to continue discussions in an immersive, hands-on environment. The journey from San Francisco to San Diego fosters deeper collaboration, inspires creative solutions, and strengthens lasting networks.

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Why Join?

• Collaborate with top experts, investors, and changemakers dedicated to ocean sustainability.
• In a unique, immersive setting, engage in deep discussions, networking, and solution-driven workshops.
• Contribute to actionable initiatives to drive policy, innovation, and investment for a sustainable blue economy.

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This journey is part of the One Ocean Expedition 2025–2026, a global mission to raise awareness and accelerate ocean solutions. Secure your place and set sail for impact! 

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PREVIOUS CONTRIBUTORS & PARTICIPANTS

Our events have been honored to feature insights and expertise from a diverse group of world-renowned leaders and innovators, including:

• Dr. Sylvia Earle, Renowned Oceanographer and Explorer
• Peter Bryant, Program Director at Builders Initiative
• Jen Lee Koss, Founding Partner at Springbank Collective
• Nate Hagens, Director of The Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future 
• Vincent Pieribone, Co-CEO and Chief Science Officer at OceanX
• Dorothy Dankel, Senior Research Scientist at SINTEF Ocean
• Peter de Menocal, President & Director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 
• Penelope Lea, Climate Activist
• Brad Ack, Global Ocean Advocate
• Karoline Andaur, General Secretary of WWF Norway
• Espen Barth Eide, Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment 
• Jason Thompson, Founder of Conscious Creatives
• Karen O’Brien, Professor of Human Geography at the University of Oslo
• Shally Shanker, Founder & Managing Partner at AiiM Partners
• Johan Odvar Odfjell & Kristin Odfjell, Farvatn Venture
• Ingrid Maurstad, Katapult Ocean

Their contributions—spanning activism, policy, scientific research, investment, and visionary entrepreneurship—have shaped our conversations and helped inspire innovative solutions for the future of our oceans.

JOIN US

Become part of a worldwide network committed to unleashing the ocean’s potential while safeguarding its biodiversity for future generations. Reserve your place at the Sustainable Ocean Solutions Summit 2025 to shape the future of marine sustainability and chart new horizons for humanity’s most vital resource.

“Sustainable Ocean Solutions Summit 2025: Where technology, policy, capital, and activism unite to secure a thriving future for our oceans."

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