Experienced public speakers, the PPS team has been invited to speak at TEDx, conferences, trade shows, universities, and global corporations about sustainability in business, marine plastic pollution and how consumers, policymakers and companies can drive sustainability solutions.

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SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

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2023

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• Moderator, "Visionary Business is Good Business - Beyond Profit: There's No Business to be Done on a Dead Planet," Good Business Summit, Charleston, SC

• Speaker, "Business and Climate Action," Sea Otter Classic Summit, Monterey, CA

• Speaker, ESG Consulting 101," Daniels College of Business, University of Denver, Denver, CO

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2022​

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• Keynote, "Corporate Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) Trends," Charleston Regional Development Alliance Investor Meeting, Mount Pleasant, SC

• Panelist, "Sustainability," Trident CEO Council, Charleston, SC

• Panelist, "Hydroflask Media Event," Isle of Palms, SC

• Moderator, "Last of the Right Whales," Movie Screening & Panel, Charleston, SC

• Lecture, "Business Sustainability," College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

• Speaker, "Plastic Free Waters Workshop," South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston, SC

• Speaker, "United Nations Sustainable Development Goals," Punahou School, Honolulu, HI

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2021

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• Panelist, "Sustainability & Circularity," Clean Beauty Connect, London, UK

• Panelist, "Reinventing a Healthier Planet," Punahou Festival of Ideas, Honolulu, HI

• Lecture, "Business Sustainability Series," Stetson University, Deland, FL

• Lecture, "Goal 13: Climate Action - United Nations Sustainable Development Goals," Punahou School, Honolulu, HI

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2020

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• Panelist, "Plastics and the Environment: Science Meets Public Policy," MIT Online Workshop 

• Speaker, "Under Pressure: Corporations & Marine Plastic Pollution," Volvo Penta Conservation Stage at the Costa Conservation Village, Miami International Boat Show, Miami, FL

• MC, Volvo Penta Conservation Stage at the Costa Conservation Village, Miami International Boat Show, Miami, FL

• Speaker, "Kick Plastic," Troutfest Texas, Guadalupe River, TX

• Lecture, "Under Pressure: Corporations & Marine Plastic Pollution," Sierra Club, Jacksonville, FL

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2019

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• Moderator, "Leading Our Growing Movement," 1% for the Planet Global Summit, Portland, OR

• Speaker, "Impacts & Solutions To Ocean Plastic Pollution," Canadian Construction Association, Bermuda

• Speaker, "Kick Plastic," Professional Outdoor Media Association Conference, Lexington, KY

• Speaker, "Ocean Plastic Pollution," Volvo Penta Global Communications Summit, Gothenburg, Sweden

• Speaker, "Microplastics," South Carolina Aquarium's Holland Lifelong Learning Panel, Charleston, SC

• Moderator, "Kick Plastic," IFTD, Denver, CO

 

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2018

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• Speaker, "Corporate Solutions to Plastic Pollution" LUSH Summit, London, UK

• Lecture, "Cause Marketing in the Ocean Plastics Space" College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

• Lecture, "Corporations: A solution to marine plastic pollution?" College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

• Interview, Be the Talk, Podcast

• Speaker, "Packaging Solutions to Reduce Marine Plastic Pollution," Global Pouch Forum, Miami, FL

• Panelist, "Charleston Cares - Ocean Life" College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

• Moderator, "The Tides Are Changing" Outdoor Retailer, Denver, CO

• Interview, "Plastic Pollution Solutions," 105.5 The Bridge Radio Station, Charleston, SC

• Lecture, "Heavy Metal & Wall Street," College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

• Session Moderator, "Activating Business & Communities To Be A Force For Change," Students For Zero Waste Conference, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

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2017

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• Interview, Salted Spirit, Podcast

• ​Speaker, "Ocean Plastic Pollution & Corporate Solutions," South Carolina Aquarium, Kiawah, SC

• Panelist, "Global Waste Crisis," Post-Landfill Action Network College Sustainability Conference, Philadelphia, PA

• Speaker, "Plastic-Free Office," Elliot Davis Decosimo, Charleston, SC

• Lecture, "Ocean Plastic Pollution," University of Texas - Dallas, Webinar

• Panelist, "A Plastic Ocean - We Need A Wave Of Change," Wheeler Opera House/Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Aspen, CO

• Lecture, "Ecopreneurship (Fall)," College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

• Lecture, "Heavy Metal & Wall Street," College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

• Lecture, "Ocean Plastics Cause Marketing," College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

• Speaker, Employee Education, Booze Allen Hamilton, Charleston, SC

• Panelist, "Market-Driven Innovations and Solutions," Breaking Down Plastics, Charleston, SC

• Panelist, " Social and Economic Costs of Aquatic Debris," Breaking Down Plastics, Charleston, SC 

• Panelist, "Engaging Corporations in Plastic Pollution Solutions: Strategies and Stories," Blue Vision Summit, Washington, DC

• Speaker, "Confronting the Ocean Plastics Crisis," Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, Webinar

• Moderator "Kick Plastic Guide Program Launch," ICAST 2017, Orlando FL

• Lecture, "Ecopreneurship (Spring)," College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

• Lecture, "Design Change Solutions to Plastic Pollution," College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

• Speaker, "Kick Plastic Guide & Outfitter Program," Orvis Guide Rendezvous, Missoula, MT

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2016

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• Speaker, "More Ocean Less Plastic," TEDxCharleston, Charleston, SC

• Speaker, Employee Education, Booze Allen Hamilton, Charleston, SC

• Panelist, "Ocean Pollution," Earth Day Texas, Dallas, TX

• Panelist, "The California-zation of Texas: Plastic Bag Bans," Texas Public Policy Foundation, Austin, TX

• Panelist, "The Macro Cost of Microplastics," U.S. Zero-Waste Business Conference, Austin, TX

• Moderator, "Kick Plastic in Business," ICAST 2016, Orlando, FL

• Panelist, "Greenbag: Microplastics," College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

• Panelist, "Bag It: Is Your Life Too Plastic?" College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

• Lecture, "Ecopreneurship," College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

• Lecture, "Ocean Plastic Pollution," University of Texas - Dallas, Webinar

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2015

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• Speaker, Employee Education, Whole Foods Market, in 12 locations throughout New England

• Speaker, Employee Education, LUSH Fresh Cosmetics, Webinar

• Speaker, "Microbeads," Indie Beauty Expo, New York, NY

• Panelist, "Ban the Bead," Post-Landfill Action Network College Sustainability Conference, Durham, NH