Plastic Odyssey The Ocean Awakens
The Ocean Awakens — the Plastic Odyssey vessel seen from above
Climate Week NYC 2026

THE OCEAN AWAKENS

Earth’s Final Frontier
09.21.2026 TALL SHIP WAVERTREE, 89 SOUTH ST, PIER 16, NEW YORK
The event

Climate Week NYC’s hub for ocean action.

A half-day public gathering aboard the historic Tall Ship Wavertree, uniting corporations, startups, philanthropies, and nonprofits to accelerate concrete solutions for the Ocean.

Panels and keynotes spotlight corporate engagement, supply-chain innovation, restoration and research — closing with storytelling and an open-air networking reception on deck.

410
Attendees
at the first edition
20
Partner organizations
at the first edition
6
Sessions, plus a networking
reception on deck
The Ocean Awakens 2025 aboard the Tall Ship Wavertree
Clean up the past, build the future
Sessions

Six Episodes. One afternoon.

Working program — speakers confirming
2 PM check-in Earth’s Final Frontier · Opening Remarks
Episode I

A New Enterprise

Keynote

Simon Bernard, CEO of Plastic Odyssey, opens Season 2 with an announcement worth being aboard for.

Episode II

Warp to Circularity: Full Sail Impulse

Maritime panel

Sail cargo and low-carbon shipping, and the return of wind to the world's supply chains.

Episode III

Away Mission: New Worlds Expeditions

Restoration & expeditions panel

Field expeditions and coastal cleanup, finding and removing plastics where they do the most harm.

Shore Leave · networking break on the upper deck
Episode IV

The Wrath of Plastics

Plastics & health panel

From ecosystem to bloodstream: microplastics, health, and what leading skincare brands are doing about it.

Episode V

The Undiscovered Treaty

Advocacy & policy panel

The UN plastics treaty, what comes next, and the regional paths forward.

Episode VI

The Voyage Home

Storytelling & season finale

The power of ocean stories, and one final announcement to close the season.

Dive Long & Prosper · networking reception on deck 8 PM close
Speakers

The first voices are being confirmed.

Leaders from business, philanthropy, research, and culture — announced as they come aboard.

Simon Bernard
Keynote

Simon Bernard

CEO & Co-Founder

Plastic Odyssey

To be announced
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More to be announced soon

Meanwhile, meet the 19 speakers of the 2025 edition.

Tall Ship Wavertree at South Street Seaport
Venue

Aboard the Tall Ship Wavertree.

South Street Seaport Museum

An 1885 iron-hulled sailing ship berthed at the South Street Seaport Museum — where New York begins. Panels below deck, networking under the rigging.

South Street Seaport — Tall Ship Wavertree

89 South St, New York, Pier 16, NY 10038

Partners

Built with the ocean community.

Confirmed 2026 partners — more to come

Become a 2026 partner

Put your organization at the heart of Climate Week NYC’s ocean hub — sponsorship, programming, and visibility opportunities are open.

Get in touch →
Behind the event

Plastic Odyssey is an international nonprofit developing concrete solutions against plastic pollution — from a 3.5-year world expedition to restoring the Ocean’s most threatened sanctuaries.

Be aboard on September 21.

Registration is free and open — spots aboard the Wavertree are limited.

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