Jeanne Izard Everett
Director Programs and Operations, Blue Climate Initiative, Tetiaroa Society, USA
Jeanne Everett is the Director of Program and Operations for the Blue Climate Initiative, a multi-year global program engaging innovators, community leaders, scientists, investors and global experts to accelerate ocean-related strategies that address the climate crisis.
She is passionate about helping entrepreneurs, women, youth and vulnerable communities mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change using inclusive technical, economic, institutional and scientific solutions that preserve and honor nature, culture and of course the oceans.
Everett’s strength is in understanding the grassroots level and its multiplicity of stakeholders, capacities and cultures, building strategies, leading teams and forging partnerships between government, private sector, civil society and communities for greater resilience in a cleaner future.
She has 20 years of experience as an international development professional, leading teams and supporting local stakeholders in overcoming infrastructure, climate change, economic and environmental challenges in 12 countries, most of which are in Asia and Africa.
Speakers & Moderators
Kristin Burmeister
Postdoctoral Researcher in Physical Oceanography, Scottish Association of Marine Science (SAMS), UK
Angelika Dummermuth
Science Manager, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany
Karen Evans
Principal Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
Britta Knefelkamp
Head of Department “Marine Nature Conservation”, German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Germany
Lilian Anne Krug
Scientific Coordinator, Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean & NF-POGO Alumni Network for the Ocean, Portugal
Nelson A. Lagos
Director, Centro de Investigación e Innovación para el Cambio Climático, Universidad Santo Tomás, Chile
Aisa O. Manlosa
Postdoctoral Researcher, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen, Germany
Natalie Prinz
Doctoral Assistant, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Waikato, Aotearoa, New Zealand
Vladimir Ryabinin
Executive Secretary, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO
Subrata Sarker
Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanography, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Sophie Seeyave
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean, United Kingdom
Alexander Turra
Coordinator, UNESCO Chair on Ocean Sustainability (Brazil) and Full Professor, IOUSP, Brazil
Karen Wiltshire
Vice Director, Alfred Wegener Institute & Director, Biological Station Helgoland, Germany
Jialin Zhang
Knowledge exchange specialist & project manager, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Germany
Christa von Hillebrandt-Andrade
Deputy Director, International Tsunami Information Center, Caribbean Office, Puerto Rico
Jeanne Izard Everett
Director Programs and Operations, Blue Climate Initiative, Tetiaroa Society, USA
Oda Keppler
Deputy Director-General „Sustainability, Provision for the Future“ of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
Claudia Schultz
Research Associate, Project Management Jülich, Marine and Maritime Research, Geosciences and Shipping (MGS), Bonn
Renate Duckat
Science Journalist at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Project Management Jülich, Bonn, Germany