Panel speakers during the session on marine and coastal biodiversity knowledge needs (L-R): Steven Dickinson, TotalEnergies; Malu Nunes, Executive Director, Boticario Group Foundation; Steve Widdicombe, Director of Science, Plymouth Marine Laboratory; Paul Snelgrove, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Anya Waite, Scientific Director and CEO, Ocean Frontier Institute; Fae Sapsford, Sargasso Sea Commission; Ellen Stofan, Under Secretary for Science and Research, Smithsonian Institution; and Julian Barbiére, Coordinator of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development