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Meet Jessica Brown, Global Head of Programmes and Content at The Economist Events. Jessica is talking us through the impact and the making of The Economist’s World Ocean Summit, a thought provoking event bringing together the main players of the blue economy. The Economist’s aim for World Ocean Summit is ambitious. They want to mobilise a new discussion on how capital and the private sector can drive scalable and sustainable investment in the ocean.
85 speakers. 400 participants.
Word Ocean Summit brings together senior Government representatives, CEOs of the world’s largest companies, policy makers and intergovernmental bodies, conservation groups and science community as well as businesses and financial sector that are crucial to turning the initiatives into reality. Find out how Jessica and her team at The Economist Events curate the programme and why bringing business to the table is the most important role that The Economist can play.
Events are unpredictable.
In this episode, you will find out how Jessica and her team tested new formats and how they make the discussion more inclusive by including the community with social media campaigns leading up to the event.
You will also hear why the colleagues that she works with at The Economist are so inspiring to Jessica at this behind the scenes glimpse of the making of World Ocean Summit.
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- In this episode, we also discuss the role of millennials and how they drive change. Jessica points out the inspiring high school girls Melati and Isabel Wijsen, who founded Bye Bye Plastic Bags. The sisters Melati and Isabel arranged a beach clean up alongside World Ocean Summit in Bali this year.
- Melati and Isabel were not the only young campaigners that gave the more experienced members of the audience pause for thought. Another inspiring young activist, Boyan Slat, CEO and Founder of the Ocean Clean Up, offered the audience a fresh look at driving change with his impressive initiatives with The Ocean Cleanup.
- We also discussed The Ocean Innovation Challenge that called on innovators to share ideas on how to bridge the gap between sustainability and economic growth in the ocean. Find out more about the finalists here.
TAKE ACTION
- Find more information about World Ocean Summit on their website, on Facebook and join the conversation on Twitter with the hashtag #oceansummit
- Watch The Economist Films on Ocean here and explore the oceans in The Economist’s reports here. Get in touch with Jessica and her team if you think you have what it takes to be a speaker at the next World Ocean Summit at oceanspeakers@economist.com
- The World Ocean Summit is only one of the many impactful events organised by The Economist Events. Find all their events here.
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