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Next week hear from industry experts, business leaders, government ministers from organisations including: WWF-China, the UN, World Bank, City Developments Limited, Circulate Capital, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and more.

Join the virtual programme to understand how the COP27 discussions will impact the oceans and what regional leaders can do to generate action and continue momentum.

Other topics include: governance, finance, supply chain and shipping, technology, fishing and aquaculture.

View agenda.

Sessions will be available on-demand for one month.

Speakers include:

Enrique A Manalo

Secretary of foreign affairs

Philippines

Seema Arora

Deputy director-general

Confederation of Indian Industry

Solo Mara

Secretary-general

Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) Secretariat

Esther An

Chief sustainability officer

City Developments Limited

Hoesung Lee

Chair

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Allinnettes Go Adigue

Head, ASEAN region hub

Global Reporting Index

Anjali Acharya

Senior environmentalist

World Bank

Peter Thomson

Secretary-general's special envoy for the ocean

View speaker line-up

Sessions include:

Day one
12:30 - 13:10 SGT
Panel: Innovation and adaptation— coastal solutions to climate change
This series of practical discussions will draw on case studies from the region, from seaweed farming to quantum computing, to examine how Asia-Pacific can prepare for and adapt to climate change and its effect on the ocean.

14:30-15:10 SGT
Panel: Decarbonising the supply chain
Hear from Lloyd's Register, Ocean Network Express and Marsh.

Day two
9:30 - 10:10 SGT
Keynote panel - SIDS, climate and coastal resilience
This session will draw on case studies from the Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) to examine how Asia-Pacific can prepare for and adapt to climate change and its effect on the ocean.

14:30-15:15 SGT
Panel: Asia-Pacific's role negotiating a global treaty on plastic pollution
What role will Asia-Pacific countries play in the push for a global treaty on plastic pollution? How can negotiators ensure that the region's interests are fairly represented?

To view the live stream sessions here, then click "Live stream" under "Format" on the left of the agenda.