This workshop will bring together regional stakeholders to integrate the ecological, social, economic, and governance dimensions required to advance the Kelp Forest Challenge. Guided by the Kelp Forest Alliance framework for regional working groups, participants will align on shared objectives, clarify geographic scope, and begin compiling baseline information across key domains: species distribution and environmental tolerances, protection and restoration status, stressors and pressures, management prioritization, ecosystem services, monitoring infrastructure, and economics and governance. Through structured breakout sessions and facilitated plenaries, attendees will identify existing datasets, highlight critical knowledge gaps, map priority areas for protection and restoration, and explore opportunities for policy alignment and funding. The workshop will serve as a foundational step toward building a coordinated regional baseline to inform action planning and long-term governance under the Kelp Forest Challenge.