Turning the Tide on Ocean Pollution at SF Climate Week

Join the inspiring and action-driven event “From Space to Sea: Scaling the global fight against Ocean Pollution and charting the course to the UN Ocean Conference 2025“, co-hosted by the Consulate General of France in San Francisco and the Plastic Odyssey Fund during SF Climate Week as they build momentum toward the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Nice, France this June.

Under the theme “Accelerating Action and Mobilizing All Actors to Conserve and Sustainably Use the Ocean, UNOC 2025 will focus on urgent global challenges—especially the need to curb plastic and micro-plastic pollution. As the world’s 5th largest economy and home to the 3rd longest U.S. coastline, California is uniquely positioned to lead and innovate in the fight for our oceans’ future.

Join leading voices from the blue economy, tech startups, nonprofits, and government agencies for these two dynamic discussions during SF Climate Week that will dive into cutting-edge satellite technology for monitoring and protecting the ocean and collaborative strategies to tackle plastic, oil, and other pollutants

Agenda

4:30 pm – Welcome & Check-in

5:00 pm – Opening remarks

A lex Greenberg, Co-Founder and COO, Loft Orbital
Florian Cardinaux, Consul General of France

5:10 pm – Panel – From Space to Sea: how satellite imaging is transforming ocean conservation

Commander G. Mark Miller, NOAA (ret.), Chair and CEO, GMSO Co-Founder and Board Chair, Greenwater Foundation
Mitchelle De Leon, Chief Impact Officer, SkyTruth
Moderated by Fabien Lamaison, U.S. Director, Plastic Odyssey Fund

5:40 pm – Fireside chat – Full Sail to UN Ocean Conference 2025 in Nice, France: Global Action to Tackle Plastic Pollution

Lance Morgan, President & CEO, Marine Conservation Institute
Eric Vaughan, ClimateSF Program Manager, City and County of San Francisco
Camila Vega, Blue Economy and Ocean Innovation Strategist
Moderated by Paul Salvaire, Deputy Consul General of France, former climate and environment negotiator

6:10 pm – Networking

8:00 pm – Program ends

Don’t miss this opportunity to explore bold ideas and spark new partnerships that can help turn the tide for our planet’s most precious resource.