How do we ensure that innovation serves ecosystems and communities — not just markets? What stands in the way of scaling regenerative ocean solutions: capital, incentives, or mindsets? 

The ocean is one of the world’s greatest — yet most fragile — economic systems, covering 70% of the planet and valued at more than $24 trillion in natural capital. Realising this potential requires more than scaling economic opportunity; it demands a new model of investment that restores ecosystems, protects biodiversity, and strengthens the communities that depend on the ocean. 

This panel brings together leaders who are redefining how science, innovation, and investment can work in concert to regenerate — not simply sustain — the ocean. Rather than asking how we can access the blue economy, this discussion explores how capital, technology, and industry can converge to keep the ocean healthy while unlocking long-term prosperity. 

Through perspectives spanning marine science, business, and impact investment, the session examines what it will take to transition from extractive value chains to a blue economy that is economically resilient, ecologically safe, and socially inclusive — one that safeguards the planet’s future rather than trading against it. 

What would it take for industry, finance, and science to share risk — rather than shift it?