For the first time ever the Volvo Ocean Race Ocean Summit, during the Newport stopover, will be streamed live at volvooceanrace.com on Friday 18 May.
The summits – which will take place in seven Host Cities around the planet during the 2017-18 edition – offer a platform to showcase innovative solutions to the global crisis of plastic polluting our oceans.
The whole event will be streamed on the website from 0830 local time (1230 UTC) and part of the summit will be broadcast live on our Facebook channels from 0900 local time (1300 UTC), so if you're not in Newport, don't worry – you can still catch this exciting and innovative event.
A range of speakers including politicians, United Nations Environment and Volvo Ocean Race skippers Charlie Enright and Dee Caffari will be giving their own unique and insightful perspectives into the issues and solutions to this global problem.
To find out who’s speaking at the Newport Ocean Summit, please click here
