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The event in San Diego has grown from two events over two days to seven events over ? ve days of BlueTech

Week 2017 with a theme of “Smart

Ocean, Smart Water.”

Photo: The Maritime Alliance

What makes BlueTech Week to promote those goals. We create an most excited about?

stand out from other conferences intimate, networking environment with Let me mention three. First, we have dedicated to the ocean science and high level attendees from academia, a growing number of examples of marine technology communities? industry and policy that results in partnerships among TMA members

TMA is a networking organization academic and channel partnerships, internationally and with companies and everything that takes place during funding opportunities, technology of our cluster partners – collaboration

BlueTech Week relates to creating partnerships, workforce development works. Second, our engagement with relationships between clusters and and more during BlueTech Week. We educational institutions and workforce companies. BlueTech Week is not a like to say, “the right people, the right development is critical. We care about trade show – there are great trade shows place, the right setting, the right time”… developing the technical staff needed around the world that put technology and San Diego is always a great place by our member companies and to and service companies in front of to visit, especially when it is winter in inspire the entrepreneurial leaders of buyers. Our mission statement is northern Europe. tomorrow. As two examples, we have “Promoting Sustainable, Science-Based recently begun working with the San

Ocean & Water Industries” and our tag Looking at the busy year that The Diego Uni