The Ocean Literacy Festival is an innovative event that mobilizes different sectors of society to reflect on their relationship with the ocean and build collaborative solutions for sustainable development, the blue economy, and tackling climate change. It offers a leading role to diverse audiences such as educators, youth, researchers, managers, business owners, entrepreneurs, and traditional and coastal communities.

Hosted once again in Santos — the first city in the world with ocean literacy legislation — the Ocean Literacy Festival – Baixada Santista 2025 featured over 100 speakers and participants from more than 30 countries, with an expected attendance of over 10,000 people from various sectors of society. The event offered personalized experiences designed to help each participant awaken their own ocean literacy and generate attitudinal changes in favor of the ocean and sustainable development.

At the same time, the festival integrated various fields including entrepreneurship, innovation, science, traditional knowledge, arts, culture, inclusion, gastronomy, sports, communication, and citizenship.

Based on the best available scientific knowledge, we provided spaces for discussion and for building solutions for the ocean we want. All sectors of society were able to participate in sessions, activities, and events. There were dozens of workshops, discussions, and cultural activities that integrated entrepreneurship, the creative economy, and education.