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Voices

Harlan

Doliner

Environmental &

Maritime Attorney @

Verrill Dana LLP

At Oceanology International North America 2017 in San Diego Harlan Doliner is an organizer and panel member of the “Frontiers of Technology Transfer Panel.”

What do you consider to be the key challenges to tech- Environmental issues are a driver for all in the sector, and nology transfer between i.e. naval applications, to marine collaboration between commercial and scienti? c entities science and ocean research applications? is growing, but scienti? c need and commercial realities From my perspective one of the biggest challenges is do not always coexist well. Discuss strategies you have the tendency to “silo” or compartmentalize new technologies seen that allow science and business to prosper together.

into existing applications or areas of endeavor. The Naval Un- Collaboration, including data sharing, between ocean dersea Warfare Center has set a wonderful example of getting researchers and industry is undergoing fundamental, structur- past this in its commercial application of enhanced sonar pro- al changes as accelerating technological advancement (think cessing to digital mammography enhancement. Another major smartphones and smartphone apps, e.g.) facilitate the explosive challenge is determining the correct business model between growth in data and data points via “citizen science,” pushing the parties involved in each instance, including protection and/ coastal, oceanic and marine tech research further into the realm or sharing of IP, intellectual property. A key regulatory chal- of “Big Data”. Strategies are just beginning to evolve to lever- lenge in the U.S. is compliance with export controls, including age these changes to augment and leverage the always-vital,

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