Women leaders from across the maritime business sectors will gather at the 2018 Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS), at Hong Kong, from 14 to 16 November, in a high-level plenary discussion to advance women’s leadership in Corporate Ocean Responsibility.
The SOS panel on ‘Women in Ocean Industries: Leadership and Sustainable Development’ will be chaired by Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou, President, Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA International), and CEO of TOTOTHEO Maritime.
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The panel will consider how well women’s leadership in the ocean business community is advancing and the challenges and opportunities for improving leadership by women in the ocean business community, especially in the ocean sustainable development and the Blue Economy.
The WOC also announced the ‘CEOcean Club’, an invitation-only gathering to foster interaction among the C-suite and VIP delegates at the SOS.
WISTA International President Theodosiou stated on the occasion:
Bringing together such a knowledgeable and experienced group of women executives advances the conversation on sustainable development in the industry. This SOS panel represents WOC’s leadership, collaboration and action on sustainable development and I am honoured to serve as the panel chair on behalf of WISTA International.
