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PortVision/OCS (subsidiary of Oceaneer- ing Intl.) 4:00 ? 5:15 Panel 5: View from the Top Moderator: Gregory Trauthwein ? Editor & Associate Publisher, Marine Technology Reporter and Maritime Reporter & Engineering News Panelists: Brett Andrews ? President, Hydranautics William Kikendall ? President, Teledyne Marine Sensors and Systems Casey Moore ? President, Sea-Bird Electronics Chris Ward ? Vice President, Xylem Analytics 5:00 ? 5:30 Closing Address: ?The California Ocean Economy?Speaker: The Honorable Jerry Brown - Governor, State of California (invited) 5:30 ? 6:30 Reception among exhibitors 6:30 ? 9:00 6th annual Maritime Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony ?Blue is the new Green ? Promoting OceanSTEM, Maritime Workforce Development and a national Blue Voice? Speaker: Richard W. Spinrad, Ph.D. ? Chief Scientist, NOAA Thursday, November 13 Promoting Sustainable, Science-Based Industries in the Blue Economy8:30 ? 8:35 Welcome & Introduction ? Promoting Maritime Innovation &Blue Jobs Michael B. Jones ? President, The Maritime Alliance 8:35 ? 9:00 Promoting the Blue Economy Speaker: The Honorable John Podesta ? Counselor to President Obama (invited) 9:00 ? 10:00 Panel 6: Maritime Clusters Roundtable ? Promoting the Blue Economy Moderator: Michael B. Jones ? President, The Maritime Alliance Panelists: Monty Graham, Ph.D.? Chair, Dept. of Ma- rine Science, Univ. of Southern Mississippi Ian McFadzen ? Head of Marine Innovation Centre (MARIC), Plymouth University (UK) Barry Snow ? Executive Director, OceansAdvance Inc. (St. John?s, NL, Canada) 10:00 ? 11:00 Panel 7: Developing Sustainable, Deep Ocean IndustriesModerator: Lisa Levin, Ph.D. ? Director, Center of Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (CMBC), SIO/UCSD& Member Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI) Panelists: Cynda Maxon ? President, Maxon Consulting Kathryn J. Mengerink, J.D., Ph.D. ? Senior Attorney & Co-Director, Ocean Program, Environmental Law Institute 11:30 ? 12:30 Panel 8: Innovative Technologies & the Future of Aquaculture and Fisheries Moderator: Mark Drawbridge, M.S.? Senior Research Scientist, Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute Panelists: Phil Cruver ? President, Catalina Sea Ranch Greg Dale ? Regional Manager, Coast Seafoods; Commissioner for Humboldt Bay Harbor District; and past President of CAAquaculture Association Anson ?Tuck? Hines ? Director, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center 1:30 ? 2:30 Panel 9: Innovation in WaterTechnologies Moderator: Gary Eaton ? Director of Operations & Maintenance, San Diego County Water Authority Panelists: Andrew Barnard ? Vice President R&D, Sea-Bird Scienti c Craig Bartels ? Vice President Technology, Hydranautics Rob Ellison ? Chief Technology Of cer, Xylem3:00 ? 4:00 Panel 10: Maritime Robotics & Maritime Domain Awareness Moderator: Gary Davis ? Director, Maritime C4I at SPAWAR Systems Center Paci c (SSC Paci c)Panelists: Rob Cornick ? Senior Programme Manager, Seebyte (subsidiary of Blue n Robotics) Sean Newsome ? Global Business Develop- ment Manager, SeaBotix Capt. Eric Patten (USN ret.) ? President, Ocean Aero 4:00 ?5:00 Panel 11: Testbed Opportunities in the San Diego region& around the World Moderator: Helmut H. Portmann ? Director, National Data Buoy Center, NOAA Panelists: Adam Corney? Marine Commercial Director, Plymouth University Geraint R. West? Head, National Marine Facilities, National Oceanography Centre (UK) Zdenka Willis ? Director, U.S. IOOS Program Of ce, NOAA 5:00 ? 5:30 Final session: Where do we go from here? An end-of-conference moderated dialogue with attendees about next steps to promote collaboration, the Blue Economy, maritime workforce development, BlueTech clusters, and the creation of a national & internation al Blue Voice to promote sustainable, sci- ence-based ocean & water industries. www.marinetechnologynews.com Marine Technology Reporter 53MTR #8 (50-64).indd 53MTR #8 (50-64).indd 5310/10/2014 12:19:39 PM10/10/2014 12:19:39 PM