Sustainability

World Ocean Summit & Expo 2027

The 14th annual World Ocean Summit & Expo brings together global leaders, innovators, policymakers, and business executives to focus on the future of the ocean economy. The event advances discussions beyond conservation towards large-scale investment, port decarbonisation, marine carbon removal, and digital ocean systems. Its agenda reflects the ocean's incr…

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57Speakers
17Sponsors
3Exhibitors
22On the bill · sessions
71Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at World, in alphabetical order.
Adrian Cadman
Senior director, finance strategy and transformation · Anaplan
Ailbhe Moynihan
Finance Director · Meta
Akash Bajpai
Senior vice-president compliance and risk · Citi
Alexander Godovits
Chief financial officer, categories and commercial Europe · PepsiCo
Alexandra Burgholzer
Head of data & AI – customer solutions · Eon
Alex Hermes
Director Northern Europe, CCH Tagetik · Wolters Kluwer
Andreas Schreiner
Senior vice-president corporate finance & controlling · adidas AG
Anna Thomas MBE
Co-founder and director · Institute for the Future of Work
Bamidele Aly
Automation and innovation SME · HSBC
Cheristi Cognetta-Rieke
vice-chair nursing – enterprise practice transformation, assistant professor of nursing · Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Christina Yan Zhang
Chief executive · The Metaverse Institute
Christopher Bishop
Chief reinvention officer · Improvising Careers
Dafne Guisard
Chief commercial officer · Aristocrat
Dane Molter
Senior vice-president Travel Marketplace · Navan
Dexter Thillien
Lead analyst, technology and telecoms · Economist Intelligence Unit
Eddie Milev
Editorial lead for Tech Frontiers · Economist Impact
Erika Eliasson-Norris
Chief executive · Beyond Governance
Graeme Fleming
Industry principal · Workiva
Ian Cheng
Enterprise digital strategy leader · JLR
Irene Danielli
Head of digital finance and strategic projects · Sandoz
Jelta Wong
Minister for fisheries and marine resources · Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Jens Wilhelm Meyer
Vice-president finance and controlling · Bosch
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
BlancpainFounding supporter
Canada Ocean SuperclusterGold sponsor
Destination CanadaHost sponsor
Environmental Defense FundAssociate sponsor
Florida International UniversityAssociate sponsor
Iberostar Hotels & ResortsHow to session sponsor
National Oceanography CentreBronze sponsor
Ocean14 CapitalSilver sponsor
Oceans NorthGold sponsor
Plymouth Marine LaboratoryAssociate sponsor
Port of San DiegoAssociate sponsor
ProtectedSeasHow to session sponsor
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (StartBlue)Associate sponsor
Seabed 2030How to session sponsor
SkyTruthStart Up sponsor
Tourism MontréalHost sponsor
WAVEBronze sponsor
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Agenda

Selected from 22 sessions on the bill.
  • March 23rd 2026 - 07:00 pm

    VIP dinner. Fast finance: identifying key automation opportunities

    Join Economist Enterprise and Navan at The Ivy City Garden where executives will discuss transformation in finance. It is understood that AI will transform finance operations, howe…

  • March 24th 2026 - 02:20 pm

    Fireside chat. Closing faster with AI

    AI is speeding up the financial close and trimming days of work from end-of-month cycles. Done properly this frees up finance teams for more valuable work. How can finance leaders …

  • March 24th 2026 - 02:35 pm

    Panel. Garbage in, governance out? The cost of bad data

    All CFOs have heard the saying “garbage in, garbage out.” But knowing the phrase is not the same as having a solution for it. How can finance leaders ensure their data is clean and…

  • March 24th 2026 - 03:05 pm

    Case study. Healthy AI: unlocking higher value work with artificial intelligence

    AI can enhance worker capabilities and interactions, not just replace humans. The benefits lie in shifting focus from mundane tasks to judgment and design - whether the setting is …

  • March 24th 2026 - 03:20 pm

    Fireside chat. Auditing the algorithm

    As more forecasts, reports and risk models are set to be augmented by AI, regulators will demand evidence that work produced by machines is accurate, justifiable and compliant. Whe…

  • March 24th 2026 - 03:35 pm

    Fireside chat. From scorekeeper to strategist: how AI is shaping the CFO

    Many CFOs are now responsible for leading business transformation. To do so they are no longer just relying on AI as a tool for finance but for reshaping the strategy and operation…

  • March 24th 2026 - 03:50 pm

    Fireside chat. Motivation in the machine age: keeping finance human

    At the coalface of the AI revolution, “change fatigue” is real. With every new tool demanding a new mindset, the resilience of finance teams is being tested. What leadership approa…

  • March 24th 2026 - 04:05 pm

    Panel discussion. Self-driving forecasts: should CFOs trust autonomous projections?

    By generating rolling forecasts that update themselves, agentic AI systems promise to significantly reduce planning cycles. Tomorrow’s finance executives must decide how to trust, …

  • March 24th 2026 - 04:55 pm

    Panel. Deep learning: training the AI-first CFO

    AI is reshaping the finance leader’s craft. Technical fluency is now as important as strategic judgment, data storytelling and the ability to guide teams through uncertainty. Which…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 71 companies, parsed from the program.

71 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
17Sponsoringsponsor only
3Exhibitingexhibitor only
51Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

49% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1730%
  • Founder / Owner24%
  • VP-level12%
  • Director / Head of814%
  • Manager / Lead59%
  • Other roles2442%

Of 57 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Economist Impact4V
  2. 02BlancpainSp·F
  3. 03Canada Ocean SuperclusterSp·G
  4. 04Destination CanadaSp·H
  5. 05Environmental Defense FundSp·A
  6. 06Florida International UniversitySp·A
  7. 07Iberostar Hotels & ResortsSp·H
  8. 08National Oceanography CentreSp·B
  9. 09Ocean14 CapitalSp·S
  10. 10Oceans NorthSp·G
  11. 11Plymouth Marine LaboratorySp·A
  12. 12Port of San DiegoSp·A
  13. 13ProtectedSeasSp·H
  14. 14Scripps Institution of Oceanography (StartBlue)Sp·A
Sponsors by tier
associate sponsor5
29% of 17
bronze sponsor2
12% of 17
founding supporter1
6% of 17
gold sponsor2
12% of 17
host sponsor2
12% of 17
how to session sponsor3
18% of 17
silver sponsor1
6% of 17
start up sponsor1
6% of 17