XPRIZE - Experts & Thought Leaders

The World Ocean Council (WOC) is thrilled to partner with the US$ 100 million XPRIZE Carbon Removal team, on a webinar for ocean entrepreneurs. Funded by the Musk Foundation, the XPRIZE Carbon Removal Prize is a global US$ 100-million competition, aimed at tackling the biggest threat facing humanity - fighting climate change and rebalancing Earth’s carbon cycle. XPRIZE WOC Webinar on Ocean CO2 Removal The XPRIZE WOC Webinar on Ocean CO2 Removal will brief participants on the US$ 100 million XPRIZE and how ocean CO2 removal ideas can compete. This 90-minute webinar features a high-level XPRIZE team that comprises: Nikki Batchelor, Prize Director, Michael Leitch, XPRIZE Technical Lead, and Roopa Dandamudi, Team Relations Specialist. Date & Time of the webinar: October, 13, 2021, at 9 am PT / 12 pm ET / 6 pm CET Ocean CO2 Removal/Blue Carbon Roundtable The WOC has been working to advance responsible, science-based ocean and coastal carbon sequestration The World Ocean Council (WOC) has been working to advance responsible, science-based ocean and coastal carbon sequestration, since 2012. The WOC’s monthly Ocean CO2 Removal/Blue Carbon/Ocean Restoration Roundtable convenes the business and investment community around these topics. Companies and investors interested in participating in the monthly roundtable are invited to contact on WOC’s official website. In September 2021, the WOC partnered with the Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy, at the American University, on the 1st Annual Conference on Carbon Removal Law & Policy, with WOC organising the session, Ocean CDR Business and Investment: What the Law and Policy Community Needs to Know. World Ocean Council (WOC) The World Ocean Council is the international, cross-sectoral alliance for private sector leadership, collaboration and action on ocean sustainability, stewardship, and science. Companies from a range of industries worldwide are distinguishing themselves as major players in ‘Corporate Ocean Responsibility’, including shipping, oil and gas, tourism, fisheries, aquaculture, mining, renewable energy, ocean technology, and investment. WOC members are a part of the WOC network of 35,000+ ocean industry stakeholders, from around the world. The WOC is a registered not-for-profit organisation in the USA and France.