EarthxOcean
Oceans play an important role in our lives, and this conference will stimulate greater corporate and government support to protect our world’s oceans.
Saturday, April 27 – Sunday, April 28, 2019
Fair Park, Dallas, Texas, USA
Cost:
General Public – $250
Nonprofits – $150
Student – $50
Inland Ocean Action Summit
The IOAS, organized by Blue Frontier and the Inland Ocean Coalition with support from Charlotte Vick of EarthX will draw ocean activists from inland areas of the United States to help raise the profile of marine conservation through organizational growth and development so that the ocean cause is no longer seen as simply a coastal cause by policymakers and others, but as a topic of national and global scope and significance.
The IOAS will be the first opportunity for the Inland Ocean Coalition and other inland ocean advocates to come together to learn and network during a number of speakers, panels, and workshops. This first day will be followed up with an evening event and opportunity for networking and the second day will be divided between a professional ‘Blue Beat’ media training and a national chapters meeting of the Inland Ocean Coalition.
Agenda
DAY 1 – Saturday – April 27, 2019
WELCOME
HOW TO MAKE THE OCEAN A NATIONAL ISSUE
PANEL 1: WHY THE INLAND OCEAN MOVEMENT MATTERS
PANEL 2: WATERSHED HEALTH AND ITS CONNECTION TO THE OCEAN
PANEL 3: OCEAN ISSUES FOR THE NEXT 2 YEARS
NETWORKING LUNCH
Attendees are invited to purchase their desired lunch from EarthX Expo food vendors.
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
- How to Make Your Legislative Leaders Ocean Champions
- Inland Youth & Student Organizing
- How to Start Your Own Inland Ocean Chapter
- Building for the 2019 Ocean Day / March for the Ocean
FINAL PLENARY - COMMON STRATEGIES AND TARGETS FOR INLAND OCEAN MOVEMENT 2019-2020
DAY 2 – Sunday – April 28, 2019
9:30AM • MEDIA WORKSHOP TRAINING
9:30AM-12:30PM
How to teach people how to tell stories, pitch stories to journalists, use your iPhone to produce broadcast quality stories, 30-second PSAs, etc.
12:30PM • NETWORKING LUNCH
Attendees are invited to purchase their desired lunch from EarthX Expo food vendors.
Featured Speakers
Vicki Goldstein
Founder & Executive Director
Inland Ocean Coalition, Colorado Ocean Coalition
David Helvarg
Executive Director
Blue Frontier Campaign
Charlotte Vick
Director of Engagement
Sylvia Earle Alliance & EarthX
Stephanie Krueger
Chapter Lead of the Buffalo,
NY Inland Ocean Coalition
Eleanor Kerlow
Senior Communications Advisor
Blue Frontier Campaign
Margo Pellegrino
Coastal Paddling Activist
Attend
“We must protect the ocean as if our lives depend upon it – because they do.”
Sylvia EarleIsland Resilience Forum
By Invitation Only
Island Leaders Discuss Solutions for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Goals.
EarthxOcean presents the Island Resilience Forum as a way of bringing together island leaders and champions from around the world to discuss solutions to climate adaptation and mitigation goals. Its purpose is to showcase innovative public-private partnerships aligned with the Island Resilience Partnership that can be scaled to support communities on the front lines of climate change.
