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<p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #3F4449; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Early Registration Closes 1 August - Register Now for the only Business Event on the Risks and Opportunities of Ocean Policy and Marine Planning</strong></p>
<p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #3F4449; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">29 July 2014</p>
<p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #3F4449; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">The draft program for the World Ocean Council Business Forum on Ocean Policy and Planning (New York, 29-30 September, 2014) is now available. <strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;"><a target="_blank" style="color: #095494; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1406696450-bea2410d28bfe8cfd1f651edc548853d-7586e37?pa=24169694759">Click here for the program.</a></strong></p>
<p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #3F4449; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">Early registration closes on Friday 1 August 2014 at 10 pm GMT (11 pm UTC / 5 pm Eastern US). <strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;"><a target="_blank" style="color: #095494; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1406696450-3a057e0cb6fbfc2aee67ba3cddb9b5a1-7586e37?pa=24169694759">Click here for registration.</a></strong></p>
<p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #3F4449; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">All ocean-related businesses are invited to participate</strong> in this timely forum to evaluate the industry implications of international ocean policy developments and national/regional marine planning efforts.</p>
<p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #3F4449; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Is industry informed and aware of the risks and opportunities</strong> involved in the ocean policy and planning developments that are moving rapidly forward? If not, how should the ocean business community engage on these?</p>
<p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #3F4449; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">Representatives of oil and gas, shipping, seafood, fisheries, mining, aquaculture, renewable energy, ocean data, science and technology, maritime law, and other sectors will gather to address the need to be more informed and involved in policy and planning activities affecting ocean economic activity will gather to address these questions critical to the future of ocean economic activity.</p>
<p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #3F4449; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Representatives from all ocean business sectors are invited to participate.</strong> In addition, WOC Members receive reduced registration rates. <em style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;"><a target="_blank" style="color: #095494; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1406696450-d4ad098a36aea94c505bb186950a265b-7586e37?pa=24169694759">Early registration rates end 1 August 2014</a>.</em> <a target="_blank" style="color: #095494; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1406696450-786278215f39bfb848772651e7f3c375-7586e37?pa=24169694759">Visit http://www.oceancouncil.org to register</a>.</p>
<p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #3F4449; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Sponsorship opportunities are now available.</strong> <a target="_blank" style="color: #095494; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1406696450-4685fef8ce1212ae165373c9279e7086-7586e37?pa=24169694759">To learn about the benefits of becoming a sponsor, visit http://www.oceancouncil.org</a>.</p>
<p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #3F4449; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">Representatives from the Non-Ocean Business Community who work with the private sector towards responsible and effective ocean policy and planning may also pre-register to participate, with notification of acceptance to be provided at a later date <em style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">(Note: Non-Ocean Business Community participation is limited to 20% of total attendance).</em></p></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="module divider" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td width="530" align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><div class="madmimi-divider-container" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 1.1em; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><img alt="***" src="https://madmimi.com/assets/divider.png" style="border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="module text" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td width="530" align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><div class="madmimi-text-container" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #3F4449; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">About the World Ocean Council (WOC)</strong></p>
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