Blue Economy Summit 2026

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The Blue Economy Summit is the flagship convening of Oceans Week at Duke University, uniting global thought leaders, practitioners, and students across science, business, law, and policy. The Summit will explore how can we move from marine science discovery to scalable solutions with enterprises that protect and restore ocean ecosystems?

With this year’s theme, we aim to bridge academic insight with entrepreneurial drive and highlight pathways where innovation meets impact. This summit will call attention to emerging ideas from labs, fieldwork, and classrooms in efforts to support their evolution into ventures that reshape markets, finance biodiversity, and advance environmental justice.