Events

The Spring Meetings are comprised of the joint World Bank-IMF Development Committee and the IMF’s International Monetary and Financial Committee events. Ancillary meetings will be scheduled throughout the week, beginning Monday through Sunday.

The International Partnering Forum (IPF) is the largest offshore wind and ocean renewables conference in the Americas. Hosted by Oceantic Network, IPF is where industry experts from around the world come together to transform the industry through collaboration and innovation. IPF is where you make connections, grow your business, and access the insider knowledge you need to navigate the changing and growing industry. Oceantic Network will host 2025 IPF in Virginia Beach!! Join us for IPF Week, April 28-May 1, 2025.

The Our Ocean Conference was first launched under the initiative of the U.S. Department of State in 2014. Since then, it has gradually become a forum for dialogue that brings together governments, international organizations, academia, the private sector, and NGOs that share a common vision for the protection of the oceans and take action to support this vision.

Since the first Renewable Energy Markets conference in 1996 (then called the National Green Power Conference), the REM™ and REM Asia™ conferences have brought together renewable energy stakeholders to plan a decarbonized future and expand the voluntary renewable energy market. Join us to learn and share best practices and solutions that mitigate climate change.

This annual day of lobbying brings together activists from across the marine sustainability sphere to push the California government to adopt more sustainable marine management policies.

Established in 2008, European Maritime Day (EMD) is the annual EU meeting point on maritime affairs and sustainable blue growth, and the place where ‘Ocean Leaders Meet.’

The 56th Liège Colloquium will bring together experts from marine biology, oceanography, climate science, environmental engineering, policy, and economics to discuss marine CDR approaches' potential, feasibility, efficiency, risks, and the need for adequate monitoring and policy regulations.

Convened by the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation every June, CHOW brings together scientists, policymakers, scholars, businesses and conservation leaders to address pressing conservation, science, and management issues facing our oceans and Great Lakes.

The GEF Council is the GEF’s main governing body, comprising 32 members appointed by constituencies of GEF member countries (14 from developed countries, 16 from developing countries, and two from economies in transition (EITs)). Council members rotate at different intervals determined by each constituency. The Council, which meets twice annually, develops, adopts, and evaluates the operational policies and programs for GEF-financed activities. It also reviews and approves the work program (projects submitted for approval), making decisions by consensus.

This UNOC3 Special Event dedicted to science will feature a mix of plenary sessions, including opening and keynote speeches, alongside parallel oral and poster presentations. To enhance interactions between science and society, action and policy, and to engage civil society more broadly, 'townhalls' such as panels and roundtables will also be arranged.