5th annual Blue Tech & Blue Economy Summit
“Marine Spatial Planning & Promoting Sustainable Development in the Oceans”
November 7-8, 2013, in San Diego, CA
Location: Liberty Station Conference Center,
2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA 92106
AGENDA
Day One – Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) & Marine Spatial Management (MSM)
7:00 – 8:30 am
Registration (exhibitor set-up between 7-8 am)
Continental breakfast among exhibitors
8:30 – 8:45
Welcome – Marine Spatial Planning, OceanSTEM & a Maritime Vision for San Diego
Michael B. Jones – President, The Maritime Alliance and
Greg Cox – Chairman of the San Diego Board of Supervisors
8:45 – 9:30
Keynote: Economic Impact of Ocean Observing Programs on the U.S. Economy
Speaker: Zdenka Willis – Director, U.S. IOOS Program Office, NOAA
9:30 – 10:30
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Panelists:
Panel 1: Coastal & Ocean Observation – Technologies & Implementation
Zdenka Willis – Director, U.S. IOOS Program Office, NOAA
Paul Bunge – X Prize Foundation
Daniel Rudnick – Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UCSD)
Steve Weisberg – Executive Director, Southern California Coastal Water
10:30 – 11:00
Break among exhibitors
11:00 – 12:00
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Panel 2: Innovation in Information Gathering and Making it Available & User Friendly
Drew Stephens – Industry Manager, Ocean and Coastal Environments, Esri
Tim Kearns – VP Services, OneOcean
Will McClintock, Ph.D. – Center for Marine Assessment and Planning, UC Santa Barbara
Rainer Sternfeld – CEO, MarineXplore
12:00 – 1:00
Lunch among exhibitors
1:00 – 1:30
Featured Speaker: The Cultural & Economic Importance of National Marine Sanctuaries
Speaker: Daniel J. Basta – Director, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
1:30 – 2:30
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Panel 3: Marine Sanctuary Protection – Technologies & Techniques
Daniel J. Basta – NOAA
Prof. Martin J Attrill - Director - Marine Institute, Plymouth University (UK)
RADM Jay Cohen – Principal, The Chertoff Group
Dwight Coleman, Ph.D. – Director, Inner Space Center, Univ. of Rhode Island (invited)
Tony Mulligan – CEO, Hydronalix, Inc.
2:30 – 3:30
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Panel 4: AIS, E-Navigation & the Marine Highway – Technology & Practice
Geir Fagerhus – MARSEC-XL Intl. Ltd.
TBD – Mona Lisa 2.0 Project, lead by Swedish Maritime Authority (invited)
Captain Sam Pecota – Professor, Cal Maritime
Dean Rosenberg – President, PortVision
3:30 – 4:00
Break among Exhibitors
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4:00 – 5:00
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Panel 5: Maritime Clusters Roundtable –Promoting the Blue Economy Worldwide
Michael B. Jones- President, The Maritime Alliance
Prof. Martin J Attrill - Director - Marine Institute, Plymouth University (UK)
Dr. Jonathan Williams – CEO, Marine South East (UK)
Denmark or Malta?
5:00 – 5:30
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Closing Address: The Importance of the Blue Economy to California
Kish Rajan – Director, CA Governor’s Office of Business & Economic Dev. (invited)
5:30 – 6:30
Reception among exhibitors
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------6:30 – 9:30 pm
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5 annual Maritime Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony
(Separate event, requires a separate ticket)
Theme: OceanSTEM & Maritime Workforce Development
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Day Two – MSP and Sustainable Maritime Industries
7:30 – 8:30 am
Registration
Continental breakfast among exhibitors
8:30 – 8:35
Welcome & Introduction – Promoting Maritime Innovation & Blue Jobs
Michael B. Jones – President, The Maritime Alliance
8:35 – 9:00
Promoting the Blue Economy: The National Ocean Policy
Speaker: Sandra Whitehouse, Ph.D. - Senior Policy Advisor, Ocean Conservancy
9:00 – 10:00
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Panel 6: MSP & Economic Growth – Lessons from around the World
Dawn Wright, Ph.D. – Chief Scientist, Esri
Ellen Aronson – Regional Director, Pacific Region, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
(Dept. of Interior) & Member of U.S. West Coast RPB (Regional Planning Body)
Kathryn J. Mengerink, J.D., Ph.D. – Senior Attorney & Co-Director, Ocean Program,
Environmental Law Institute
Canada (invited)
10:00 – 11:00
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Panel 7: Innovative Technologies & the Future of Aquaculture and Fisheries
Don Kent – President, Hubbs SeaWorld Research Institute
Russ Vetter – Director, Fisheries Resources Division, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science
Center
TBD – representative from CICESE (Ensenada, Mexico) (invited)
TBD by Moderator
11:00 – 11:30
Break among exhibitors
11:30 – 12:30
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Panel 8: Producing & Storing Renewable Ocean Energy
TBD – U.S. Navy (invited)
Bruce Appelgate – Associate Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Maggie Merrill – Director, MOTN (Marine & Oceanographic Technology Network) (invited)
Peter J. Schubert, Ph.D., P.E. – Director, Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
12:30 – 1:30
Lunch among exhibitors
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1:30 – 2:30
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Panel 9: Desalination & Clean Water Technologies – Worldwide Industry
Robert Yamada – Water Resources Manager, San Diego County Water Authority
Brett Andrews – President & COO, Hydranautics
Bryan Bjorndal – CEO, Assure Controls
Mark Lambert – President, IDE Americas
2:30 – 3:00
Break among Exhibitors
3:00 – 4:00
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Panel 10: Maritime Robotics & Maritime Domain Awareness
US Navy (invited)
Sean Newsome – Global Sales Manager, SeaBotix, Inc.
Capt. Eric Patten (USN ret.) – President, Ocean Aero, Inc.
Capt. Jon Tobias (USN ret.) – Business Director, Defense and International Markets,
Bluefin Robotics
4:00 –5:00
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Panel 11: Testbed Opportunities in the San Diego region & around the World
Steve Weisberg – Executive Director, Southern California Coastal Water
Bruce Appelgate – Associate Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Dr. Cisco Werner – Director, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Dr. Jonathan Williams – CEO, Marine South East (UK)
5:00 – 5:30
Closing: The San Diego Blue Economy and Promoting International Linkages
Speaker: Mark Cafferty – President, SD Regional EDC (invited)
5:30 – 7:00
Reception among exhibitors
(sponsored by UKTI?)
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