Hello there! My name is Veta Wade, and I am a solutionist and thought leader whose mission is to accelerate 'data-driven' community-based conservation through collaboration with mission-driven innovators, NGOs, and companies to create new connections with communities that have yet to be invited into the marine conservation or blue innovation sector. I am especially interested in engaging youth and small-scale fishers in marine conservation and citizen science through my initiatives - Fish 'N Fins Inc. and Montserrat Marine Megafauna Project.

SPEAKING AND WORSHOPS

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I do event talks and public speaking on topics that include diversity and equity, ocean justice, small-scale fisheries, self-care and resilience, and our blue economy. My work as an events speaker has taken me to academic institutions, global youth advocacy networks, local community groups, and more. It's also one of the ways I afford to be a single mom working in this field.

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• World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS)-United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) ( World Ocean Day 2020

• POP Ocean Summit ( World Ocean Dat 2020)

• Curating and Hosting AQUA Caribbean Blue Economy Conference (Nov 2020)

• Middlebury Institute of International Studies - Equitable Blue Economy (Nov 2020)

• MIT Open Ocean Lecture Series - Equitable Blue Economy (Nov 2020)

• Ocean Heroes Caribbean Bootcamp - Ocean Connection ( Dec 2020)

• Scripps School of Oceanography - Sustainable Seafood Salty Cinema (Jan 2021)

• Sir Arthur Lewis College, St. Lucia - Blue Economy ( Jan 2021)

• Caribbean Girls Hackathon 2021- Climate Action & Ocean Solutions ( Feb 2021)

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Check out my blog for video  past speaking engagements