The ocean business community will come together to address critical issues for cross sector ocean industry leadership and collaboration at a summit in Singapore in November.

The third Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS) will run from November 9 to 11, said a statement from the World Ocean Council (WOC).

The leadership will including companies from shipping, oil and gas, seabed mining, fisheries, aquaculture, tourism, offshore renewable energy, ports, dredging, mining, submarine cables, marine science, engineering and technology, the maritime legal, financial and insurance communities, and others - as well as ocean stakeholders from the government, inter-governmental, academic and environment communities.

The SOS is an international, multi-sector, business event dedicated to ‘Corporate Ocean Responsibility,’ it said.

This first SOS to be held in Asia, the 2015 event is being developed in collaboration with stakeholders in Singapore, Hong Kong and responsible business leadership companies from around the world.

The issues to be address include ocean policy and governance; the Arctic; marine biodiversity; ocean planning; ocean industry data collection; biofouling and invasive species; marine sound; marine debris and port reception facilities; marine mammal interactions; the role of finance, insurance and legal sectors in responsible ocean use.

Other cross-cutting topics critical to industry leadership on ocean sustainability, stewardship and science are being developed with input from the business community, said a statement.

The opportunities for speakers to address the themes above will become available when the draft programme is announced, it added - TradeArabia News Service