Surf Industry Sustainability Initiatives In California and Portugal
Event Overview
SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2023 | SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
In the surfing industry, companies, nonprofits, pro surfers, NGOs, academics, politicians, and coastal communities are increasingly leading the way toward radically enhanced innovation, sustainability, and conservation. These interests are particularly active (and effective) in California and Portugal.
In collaboration with The Surfrider Foundation, Arctic Foam, Earthwise Sorbents, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the City of San Diego, and the Portuguese Consulate in San Francisco, TMA BlueTech will host a day-long event that brings many of these players together to feature how they are leading the way towards innovation, sustainability, and conservation in California and Portugal’s surf industry.
This event will be the official kick-off event to The Surfrider Foundation’s Global Wave Conference in Peniche, Portugal (October 2-4).
If you would like to attend this event, please register by clicking here.
Programming
(Please see note below regarding lunch*)
9:00 - 9:30: Arrival/Networking
9:30 - 9:35: Welcome
Matt Classen, Executive Director, TMA BlueTech
9:35 - 9:45: Opening Remarks
Alyssa Muto, Director, Sustainability and Mobility Department at City of San Diego
9:45-10:30: Panel 1: Surfing in Protected Areas
Joao Macedo, Co-Founder, World Surfing Reserves
Mara Arroyo, Conservation Programs Manager, Save The Waves Coalition
Yehuda Ben-hamo, Conservation Outreach and Media Coordinator, WILDCOAST
Calla Allison, Executive Director, Marine Protected Area Collaborative Network
10:30-10:45: Break
10:45-11:30: Panel 2: Building Bridges: Empowering Sustainable Surfing in Portugal and California
Pedro Pinto, Consul General, Portuguese Consulate, San Francisco
Zachary Plopper, Senior Environmental Director, Surfrider Foundation
Francisco Rodrigues, President, Associação Nacional de Surfistas
11:30-12:30: Lunch*
*IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING LUNCH*
We will be providing coffee and tea in the morning and throughout the day. We will not be providing lunch for our attendees. If you would like to order lunch through our partner restaurant, Caroline’s Cafe (directly upstairs from our conference location at the Scripps Seaside Forum), please so in advance of our event!
To visit Caroline’s menu and to order your lunch, click the following link:
Parking: Do note that only street side parking is available. If you will be driving your own car to our event, please make sure to budget some extra time so as to find suitable parking on any of the surrounding streets. Spots are usually available, but it may take extra time to locate one.
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