Blue Economy Resilience Forum

El Conquistador Resort

Fajardo, Puerto Rico

August 4 – 6, 2021

Bluetide summit is the first blue economy international hybrid summit held in the Caribbean. It focuses on generating interdisciplinary collaboration among multiple oceanic-dependent industrial sectors. Join globally recognized blue economy business leaders and investment experts to launch a new era of Caribbean-Atlantic cooperation through eight technical portfolios in infrastructure development. As a result, private-industry and governments are coming to share knowledge and new financial tools for a dynamic blue economic acceleration.

Bluetide Summit allows businesses to identify opportunities for competitive advantage in commercial and conservation activities in the marine ecosystem of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

Executives, professionals, and authorities in critical industrial sectors such as water, energy, environment, sustainability, automation, maintenance, and human capital are invited. Join us virtually or in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, for this historic event.

Ocean
Energy

Marine
Transportation

Fisheries and
Mariculture

Research and
Technology Innovation

Ocean
Recreation

Coastal
Resilience

Habitat
Restoration

Marine Debris
Management

Governor
Pedro Pierluisi

Governor
Albert Bryan Jr.

Honorable
Manuel Cidre Miranda

Honorable
Don
Graves

Tessa
Greco

Jenny Barker

Dr. John Goodlad

Alex Kaplan

Ziad Alexandre Hayek

Paloma Zapata

Paul Holthus

Richard Seline

Christa von Hillebrandt-Andrade

Anthony Kane

James Ellsmoor

Randy Durband

David A. Dodd

Alexis Dragoni

Juan Bauza

Ricardo Sanchez

Laurie Lane Zucker

Susan Holliday

Andrew Stephens

Tony Bonnici

Diane Foster

Robert Pieroni

Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy

Tamara Kahn

Calandra Cruikshank

Miguel Canals

Albert Slap

Dr. Jennifer Lynch

Capt. Wally Castro

Ernesto Diaz

Dr. David Méndez Pagan

Ziad Alexandre Hayek

Alexis Dragoni

Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy

Institutional
Partners

James Ellsmoor

CEO, Island Innovation and Solar Head of State, Portugal
James Ellsmoor is an award-winning serial entrepreneur and writer. As CEO of Island Innovation, a social enterprise, and the Co-Founder and Director of Solar Head of State, an NGO, James has been recognized on the Forbes 30 Under 30 List for his work on sustainable energy initiatives. His work covers climate change policy, renewable energy and sustainable travel, with particular expertise in small island developing states (SIDS). Island Innovation runs two key events for island stakeholders: The Virtual Island Summit and the Island Finance Forum.