Tuesday, October 20
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1:30 – 3:00 pm |
Driving Technological Innovation through Ocean XPRIZEs: XPRIZE
Prizes break down market failures by creating platforms for technological breakthroughs through the spirit of competition. The ocean community can solve many of the ocean’s grand challenges using large-scale incentivized prizes to attract the world’s brightest thinkers and entrepreneurs to solve specified problems. Prizes push the needle for advancement through discrete timelines for research and development, and they offer competitors a global stage to display new products. This panel hosted by XPRIZE, the leader in incentivized prizes for innovative technologies, will discuss prize theory and the necessity for disruptive technologies within the ocean field. Along with participating teams, the panel will examine the successful outcomes of the Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE, and the innovative pH and ocean sensor technologies developed during this competition.
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3:30 – 5:00 pm |
Ignite! A lightning round of innovations, discoveries, and applications in Blue Tech!: US IOOS and the Maritime Alliance
Blue technology is evolving at an astonishing pace with new information coming out every day. In this lively, fast-paced, 90-minute session, the Maritime Alliance and U.S. IOOS has gathered experts and hands-on users from federal, regional, and international agencies and associations to show you the newest advances from the tech world, how they’re working in real-world marine applications, and how they’re propelling marine intelligence to the next level. Led by a moderator, each 5-minute presentation is designed to bring you the info you need to Ignite your passion for blue tech. Take notes and be curious--there’s time for questions at the end!
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Wednesday, October 21
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8:30 – 10:00 am |
Panel on the Future of Long Duration Maritime Autonomy: Matthew Bays
The use of autonomous and unmanned systems for complex operations spanning several days to months is becoming increasingly prevalent in the maritime domain. The systems are motivating research in long-term observation, acoustic sensing, and even field experiments in trans-Atlantic autonomous navigation. Additionally, long-duration autonomy is a key component to several current and former Office of Naval Research (ONR) programs. We have organized a panel session for OCEANS 2015 on long- duration maritime autonomy. The panelists will discuss the current status of long-duration maritime autonomy, and the future as seen from their perspective. The panelists come from four of the primary stakeholders in maritime autonomy research: government sponsor, academia, government laboratory, and industry. Additionally, the panelists bring differing levels of experience within the maritime autonomy domain, from junior faculty instilled with the latest cutting- edge research techniques to senior government personnel with decades of experience within research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) and acquisition programs involving autonomy. These differing points of view will give unique insights into the history and future of long-duration maritime autonomy. The panel is expected to last for a one- hour technical session, and will consist of a combination of pre-constructed questions, audience questions, and open discussion amongst the panelists.
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8:30 – 10:00 am |
Marine Planning & Data-Related Tools: Key Aspects of the National Ocean Policy: Beth Kerttula, National Ocean Council
The National Ocean Council Director, Ms. Beth Kerttula will moderate a panel of National Ocean Council leaders including Co-Chairs of the two interagency policy committees (IPC), the Ocean Science & Technology IPC and the Ocean Resource Management IPC, and a Federal Co-Lead from one of the National Ocean Policy regions. The panelists will deliver brief remarks that will lead into a panel discussion including a question and answer session from the audience.
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10:30 am – 12:00 pm |
Town Hall Session on Marine Technology and Services in the Blue Economy: US IOOS/The Maritime Alliance
At the juncture of Blue Technology and Blue Economy, the outlook has never been brighter. Co-sponsored by U.S. IOOS and The Maritime Alliance, this 90-minute Town Hall offers public and private perspectives on new developments and technologies that are allowing us to work with the ocean in unprecedented ways, propelling the economic value of the seas forward, and making a huge impact on the global economy. These advances, in tandem with data and scientific knowledge gained from ocean monitoring and observing, will help us strike a balance between economic growth and responsible stewardship as well as communicate our message --our Blue Voice--on a national and international level.
Moderator and Opening Remarks: Sherri Goodman, President & CEO, The Consortium for Ocean Leadership
Panelists:
This follows the MTS/IEEE Oceans14 Town Hall meeting on Industry Partnership and the MTS/IEEE Oceans ‘15 Ignite! A lightning round of innovations, discoveries, and applications in BlueTech Session on Tuesday, October 20, 2015. This event also preludes Promoting OceanSTEM and Blue Economy Workforce Development on Thursday, October 22 also at Oceans ‘15 and the 7th Annual BlueTech and Blue Economy Summit November 9-10, 2015 in San Diego.
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1:30 – 3:00 pm |
Identifying Common Themes in National Ocean Policies to Advance Global Ocean Science Collaboration through the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC): Craig N. McLean, NOAA
The global ocean is widely recognized as a key engine of planetary equilibrium and sustainable development that is positioned at the center of national ocean science and economic policy. With growing expectations of benefits and challenges from the oceans comes a requirement for scientific understanding to inform policy and governance. Ocean policy should encourage balancing development and growth with science-based conservation and sustainable management of ocean and coastal resources and ecosystems. The advancement of science, technology and innovation is critical to ensure that the international community has access to sound and useful data and information to guide decision-making. This panel will highlight best practices that have shown proven results for international collaboration fostering sustainable management and sound ocean governance in addition to comparing content in the National Ocean Policies of multiple nations to identify where commonalities exist in order to leverage work together on an international level. As no one nation can shoulder the grand challenges and opportunities the oceans present, the panel will assess how the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) can be used as a framework and platform to strategically focus nations on a global ocean science agenda leveraging multi-national collaboration into the 21st century.
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3:30 – 5:00 pm |
OCEANS ’25 (and beyond) - Envisioning the Future of Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering: MTS/IEEE OCEANS ’15 Technical Committee
As OCEANS returns to Washington DC for the first time since 2005, we look ahead at what OCEANS ’25 might bring. A panel of leaders with insightful and authoritative visions in diverse aspects of marine technology and ocean engineering will discuss future needs, trends, and likely accomplishments in their fields and in the community.
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Thursday, October 22
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8:30 – 10:00 am |
Policy and Planning for Responsible Offshore East Coast Development – Technological Considerations: Hank Lobe (Sonardyne/Severn Tech.), Ruth Perry (Shell Exploration and Prod. Co.)
The outer continental shelf (OCS) off the east coast United States is presently the subject of policy, planning and environmental assessments in anticipation of wind energy development and oil and gas exploration. Technology can provide valuable information to policy and planning and is how prudent development can be done responsibly. The purpose of the panel discussion is to discuss role of technology in the addressing concerns associated with east coast energy development. The panel members will consist of: US government policy experts, oil and gas technology experts the oceanographic scientific communities.
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10:30 am – 12:00 pm |
The Importance of Collaborative Science and Technological Advances for Ocean Science and Offshore Energy Development: Ruth Perry (Shell Exploration and Prod. Co.), Hank Lobe (Sonardyne/Severn Tech.)
A number of important and critical oceanographic instruments, data products and platform technologies have been shared between scientific interests, defense interests and the offshore oil and gas industry. In some cases the technologies have been developed for the oil and gas industry and then transitioned for use by the science community. There are other instances where technologies have been developed for scientific applications and transitioned for use by the offshore oil and gas industry. Regardless, collaborative science inquiry and collaborations is necessary to responsible energy development. The panel discussion will focus on specific examples of the technology use, transitions noted, and successful models of public- private collaborations. An important part of the discussion will be the cost sharing of technology development as well as the economic efficiencies of cost sharing and leveraging of technology applications.
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10:30 am – 12:00 pm |
Town Hall on Promoting OceanSTEM and Blue Economy Workforce Development: Liesl Hotaling, MTS VP Education (co-sponsored by NOAA and The Maritime Alliance
The Blue Economy workforce will require an interdisciplinary understanding of the ocean and the ability to integrate science concepts, engineering methods, and sociopolitical considerations. Resolving complex ocean issues related to economic stability, environmental health, and national security will require a workforce with diverse skills and backgrounds. To address necessary technology skills, engage underrepresented audiences, and broaden the nation’s technological talent base, all students must be provided with more opportunities to learn practically rather than theoretically—through self-motivated discovery, as opposed to didactic lecturing—and in collaborative learning environments using technology-based problem solving.
In order to tackle these needs effectively, players from the research, business, military and education communities will need to partner to provide skills development opportunities at all stages of careers, from PhD candidates to technicians. To be inclusive, these opportunities must also encourage transnational, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary mobility.
As the BlueTech/Blue Economy grows in areas across the United States, how will we cultivate a workforce to support the sector?
During this session, we will explore several topics:
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