To examine the role of our oceans in a sustainable future world, the Dräger Foundation organized an initial conference in 2008, the XVII Malente Symposium “More than Water – Oceans and Global Responsibility”. This conference then led to an EU-US conference series entitled “Sustainable Oceans: Reconciling Economic Use and Protection”, convened in cooperation with the University of Kiel’s Cluster of Excellence “The Future Ocean” and Columbia University’s Earth Institute.
