PROGRAMMES
Day 1
1 November 2023
Day 2
2 November 2023
10:30 AM
10.30am – 10.40am
Welcome Address
10:40 AM
10.40am – 10.50am
Blue Water Edufest Opening Address
Guest of Honor
10:50 AM
10.50am – 11.00am
Opening of The Ocean Collective Summit 2023
11:00 AM
11.00am – 11.20am
Keynote Lecture 1- Combining Technology and Sustainability to Protect Our Ocean
11.20 AM
11.20am – 11.40am
Keynote Lecture 2 – Unlocking our Ocean’s potential – Innovative solutions to conservation
Jeremy McKane
CEO
OCN.ai
11:40 AM
11.40am – 11.45am
GOH departs / Comfort Break
11.45 AM
11.45am – 12.05pm
Fireside Chat – A conversation with Fabien and Jeremy
12:05 pm
12.05pm – 12.25pm
Keynote Lecture 3 – Seabed 2030 Project – Emerging Seabed Mapping
Jamie McMichael-Phillips
Director
Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project
12.25 PM
12.25pm – 1.45pm
Lunch @ Fantasium VR Corner
1:45 pm
1.45pm – 2.00pm
Audience engagement activity – Kahoot Quiz related to Climate Change
2:00 PM
2.00pm – 2.30pm
Keynote Lecture 4 – Fireside Chat with – Implications of the High Sea Treaty
2:30 PM
2.30pm – 3.00pm
Keynote Lecture 5 – Adaptation Measures for Climate Change
Dr Winston Chow
Associate Professor
Urban Climate and Lee Kong Chian Research Fellow Singapore Management University’s (SMU) College of Integrative Studies
3.30 PM
3.30pm – 4.00pm
Keynote Lecture 6 – Development of innovative coastal protection and flood management solutions
Zoe Ong
Senior Assistant Director
Coastal Protection Department, Pub, The National Water Agency Singapore
4:00 PM
4.00pm – 4.15pm
Comfort Break
4:15 PM
4.15pm – 4.30pm
Keynote Lecture 7 (video presentation) – Innovators Series – Innovative Youngsters
Melati Riyanto Wijsen
Bye Bye Plastic Bags
4:30 PM
4.30pm – 4.50pm
Keynote Lecture 8 – Innovators Series – Innovative Collaborations
Thanda Ko Gyi
Myanmmar Ocean Project
4:50 PM
4.50pm – 5.10pm
Keynote Lecture 9 – Innovators Series – Innovative Journeys
Dr Louisa Ponnampalam
MareCet Research Organization
5.10 PM
5.10pm – 5.30pm
Challenge and Brainstorm Session Preparation and Challenge
5.30 PM
5.30pm – 6.30pm
Tea break and Networking Session @ Ballroom Foyer
6.30 PM
6.30pm – 9.00pm
Welcome Cocktail – A conversation with famed Oceanographic Explorer, Fabien Cousteau
8:30 AM
8.30am – 9.00am
Morning Coffee and Tea
09:00 AM
9.00am – 9.15am
Day 2 Commences. MC Welcome and recap
9.15 AM
9.15am – 9.45am
Keynote Lecture 10 – Unlocking a sustainable future with ocean innovation and finance
Ying Qin
Global Thematic Analyst
Citi Global Insights
9.45 AM
9.45am – 10.30am
Keynote Lecture 11- Panel Discussion – Challenges of Implementing Blue Carbon Market
George Foulsham
Director
DHI
Dr. Jani Tanzil
Facility Director
St. John’s Island National Marine Laboratory
Dr Siti Yaakub
Director
The International Blue Carbon Institute
Ms Kong Man Jing (MJ)
Co-Founder
Just Keep Thinking
10.30 AM
10.30am – 10.45am
Comfort Break
10.45 AM
10.45am – 11.15am
Keynote Lecture 12 – Related to Plastics & Circular Economy
11.15 AM
11.15am – 11.45am
Keynote Lecture 13- Implications of the Plastic Treaty
Wendy Wong
Senior Lecturer
School of Applied Science, Republic Polytechnic
11:45 pm
11.45pm – 12.15pm
Keynote Lecture 14 – Revolutionizing Sustainable Materials (Bioplastics)
12.15 PM
12.15pm – 1.15pm
Lunch @ Fantasium VR Corner
1:15 pm
1.15pm – 1.35pm
Harmonizing Nature and Purpose -Purpose Driven Yachting and Ocean Conservation
Micca Ferrero
Owner
ICON Yachts
1:35 PM
1.35pm – 1.55pm
Harmonising Nature and Purpose -Institutional Conservation for the Sundarbans
Enayetullah Khan
Founder
Cosmos Foundation WildTeam
1:55 PM
1.55pm – 2.15pm
Harmonizing Nature and Purpose – Imagining our Future Ocean
Cesar Jung-Harada
Associate Professor
Design Singapore Institute of Technology
2.15 PM
2.15pm – 3.45pm
Brainstorm Session – Creating Measurable Impact for Your Sustainability Efforts – Republic Polytechnic Project presentation – Group Brainstorm and presentation
Jeremy McKane
CEO
OCN.ai
Thanda
Dr Ponnampalam
2.30 PM
2.30pm – 4.00pm
Tea Break available throughout brainstorming session
3:45 PM
3.45pm – 4.00pm
Closing Remarks
Julian Chang