7 th annual BlueTech & Blue Economy Summit Big Data, BlueTech Clusters, and the Ocean of Tomorrow Date: Nov. 9-10, 2015

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1 7 th annual BlueTech & Blue Economy Summit Big Data, BlueTech Clusters, and the Ocean of Tomorrow Date: Nov. 9-10, 2015 AGENDA Location: Crowne Plaza San Diego Mission Valley 2270 Hotel Circle North San Diego, CA (Hotel Reservations & Map) Day One (Monday, Nov. 9) 7:00 8:30 am Registration (exhibitor set-up between 7-8 am) Continental breakfast among exhibitors 8:30 8:40 Welcome Michael B. Jones President, The Maritime Alliance 8:40 8:50 Welcome to San Diego & Keynote Speaker Introductions The Honorable Kevin Faulconer Mayor of San Diego 8:50 9:30 Eight Great Technologies for the Blue Ocean Economy 2030 Speakers: Prof. Ajit Shenoi Director, Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute (SMMI), University of Southampton (UK) and Prof. Fai Cheng Head, of Strategic Research & Technology Policy Group, Lloyd's Register (UK) 9:30 10:30 Panel 1: Gathering Big Data from satellites to unmanned systems Moderator: Nick Lambert UK Satellite Applications Catapult Panelists: Kas Ebrahim Commercial Manager, Fugro Pelagos Carl Gouldman Deputy Director, U.S. IOOS Program, NOAA Dean Rosenberg Director, Product, Oceaneering International 10:30 11:00 Break among exhibitors 11:00 12:00 Panel 2: NOAA s Big Data Project & Town Hall Discussion Discussion leaders: Ed Kearns Chief, Weather Science Division, National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), NOAA Tony LaVoi Geospatial Information Officer, NOAA 12:00 1:00 Lunch among exhibitors 1:00 1:30 UK National Oceanography Centre: Promoting Science and the Blue Economy Kevin Forshaw Associate Director, Innovation & Enterprise, National Oceanography Centre 1:30 2:30 Panel 3: GeoSpatial Insight making data useable Moderator: Dawn Wright Chief Scientist, Esri Panelists: Josh Mode Josh Mode, Account Manager, CARIS Chris Malzone General Manager, QPS-US Sandra Whitehouse Senior Advisor, Ocean Conservancy

2 3:00 4:15 pm Panel 4: 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 David Millar President, Fugro Pelagos Casey Moore President, Sea-Bird Scientific Drew Stephens Ocean Industry Manager, Esri Chris Ward Vice President, Xylem Analytics 4:15 5:15 Panel 5: Elected Officials and the Blue Economy Moderator: Sean Barr SVP, San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp. (invited) Panelists: The Honorable Scott Peters U.S. Representative (CA-52) The Honorable Juan Vargas U.S. Representative (CA-51) (invited) The Honorable Greg Cox San Diego County Supervisor The Honorable Toni Atkins Speaker, CA State Assembly & a Member (CA-78) (invited) 5:15 6:30 Reception among exhibitors 6:30 9:30 pm 7 th annual Maritime Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony Featured Speaker: Dr. Alex Roland - Duke University "Maritime Technology Innovation in the Making of America" Keynote Speaker: Todd Barber Chairman, Reef Ball Foundation "Promoting a Sustainable Ocean - the Reef Ball Story" Reef Balls are artificial reef modules placed in the ocean to form reef habitat. Reef Ball Foundation has worked with governments, NGOs, businesses, schools, research institutes, private individuals and community organizations to deploy over 1/2 million Reef Balls in over 6,000 projects in 60+ countries. Projects include designed artificial reefs, ground breaking coral propagation and planting systems, estuary restoration, red mangrove plantings, oyster reef restoration, and erosion control (often beach erosion). (NOTE: Separate event by TMA Foundation, which requires a separate ticket) Day Two (Tuesday, Nov. 10) Track 1: The Blue Economy 7:30 8:15 am Registration - Continental breakfast among exhibitors 8:15 8:25 Introduction to Day 2 Promoting Maritime Innovation & Blue Jobs Michael B. Jones President, The Maritime Alliance 8:25 8:35 Welcome to San Diego & Keynote Speaker Introduction Joel Valenzuela Director of Maritime, Unified Port of San Diego 8:35 9:15 The Coast Guard, BlueTech & the Blue Economy Speaker: VADM Charles Michel Vice Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard 9:15 10:15 Track 1 / Panel 6: Innovation in Shipping & Maritime Cyber Security Moderator: Joe DiRenzo III, Ph.D. Director of Research Partnerships, R&D Center, U.S. Coast Guard Panelists: Winnie Callahan Director, Center CSET (Center for Cyber Security Engineering & Technology, University of San Diego Dr. Jessica Sanders Technical Staff, PORTUNUS Project, Lawrence Livermore Natl. Lab Prof. Kevin Jones Executive Dean, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Plymouth Univ.

3 10:15 11:15 Track 1 / Panel 7: MDA & the Role of Unmanned Vehicles Moderator: Ian C. Schick, Ph.D. Senior Associate & Patent Attorney, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP Panelists: Martin Attrill Plymouth University Oskar Levander VP Innovation, Engineering & Technology - Marine Rolls-Royce Eric Patten President, Ocean Aero 11:15 11:30 Break among exhibitors 11:30 12:30 Track 1 / Panel 8: Developing Ocean Energy Moderator: Randall Luthi President, NOIA Panelists: Joan Barminski Regional Director, Pacific Region, BOEM Jason Hayman Managing Director, Sustainable Marine Energy Ltd. Charles Vinick CEO, Aquantis, Inc. 12:30 1:30 Lunch among exhibitors 1:30 2:30 Track 1 / Panel 9: BlueTech Clusters, Incubators & Centers of Excellence Moderator: Greg Murphy Policy Advisor, Office of SD County Supervisor Greg Cox Panelists: Stephane Claisse Deputy Director, Pôle Mer Méditerranée (France) Barry Snow Executive Director, OceansAdvance (Canada) Martin Wall Communications and Innovation Network Manager, IMERC (Irish Maritime and Energy Resource Cluster / Ireland) 3:00 4:00 Track 1 / Panel 10: A National WaterTech Center of Excellence Moderator: Randy Truby President, RL Truby & Associates; Chair, TMA WaterTech Working Group Panelists: Brett Andrew President, Hydranautics (invited) Gary Eaton Director of Operations & Maintenance, San Diego County Water Authority Neil Trenaman Market Segment Director, Ocean & Coastal, Xylem Analytics 4:00 5:00 Track 1 / Panel 11: The Role of the Market: Finance, Foundations, & Insurance Moderator: William Lynch Vice President, ProFinance Associates, Inc. Panelists: TBD San Diego Foundation PJ Jacquelin Client Executive, Global Marine Practice, Barney & Barney Mark Schrope Schmidt Marine Technology Partners 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 & international Blue Voice to promote sustainable, science-based ocean & water industries. Your participation & your voice are needed! Continued below with Track 2 The Blue Economy Workforce of Tomorrow

4 Day Two (Tuesday, Nov. 10) Track 2: The Blue Economy Workforce of Tomorrow (Co-Sponsored with San Diego Workforce Partnership and the San Diego Science Alliance) 7:30 8:30 am Registration - Continental breakfast among exhibitors 8:30 8:40 Welcome & Introduction Promoting Maritime Innovation & Blue Jobs Linda Kurokawa and Greg Murphy 8:35 9:00 Topic: Education, the Blue Economy, and being part of a National Blue Voice Speaker: Glenn Blackwood VP, Memorial University, Fisheries & Marine Institute 9:00 10:00 Track 2 / Session 1: Promoting Maritime Innovation Speaker: Prof. Ajit Shenoi, SMMI (15 minute talk) Mixed group discussions (45 minutes). Topics: (a) Preparing students for existing jobs AND those that don t yet exist. (b) Curriculum that promotes innovation and tomorrow s visionaries. 10:00 11:00 Track 2 / Session 2: Case Study: Nautilus Live Speaker: Dr. Katy Croff Bell, Nautilus (15 minute talk) Group discussions (K-12, community colleges, universities). Topics: (a) Promoting OceanSTEM (b) Nautilus Live & Jason Project as case study to promote career pathways. 11:00 11:30 Break among exhibitors 11:30 12:30 Track 2 / Session 3: Reef Balls Balancing Ocean Conservation & Development Speaker: Todd Barber Founder & President (15 minute talk) Mixed group discussions. Topics: (a) Promoting sustainable, science-based ocean & water industries. (b) Promoting BlueTech & Blue Jobs 12:30 1:30 Lunch among exhibitors 1:30 2:30 Track 2 / Session 4: Promoting the Blue Economy in the State of California Speakers (5-7 minutes presentations each followed by group discussion): Andy Hall VP & Chief Programs Officer, San Diego Workforce Partnership Sunita Cooke, Ph.D. President, MiraCosta College & Chair, CA Community College Task Force on Workforce, Job Creation and a Strong Economy Cheryl Hibbeln, Executive Director, Secondary Schools, San Diego Unified School District Bill Hyder Executive Director, National University Polytechnic Institute Krista Kamer Director, CSU Council on Ocean Affairs, Science & Technology (COAST) 3:00 4:00 Track 2 / Session 5: Collaborating with Research Institutes Case Study HSWRI Speaker: Michael Shane Research Scientist II, Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute Group discussions (K-12, community colleges, universities). Topics: (a) How to foster a greater sense of Ocean Conservation in today s youth. (b) How to turn ocean conservation into tomorrow s careers. 4:00 5:00 Track 2 / Session 6: Understanding & Working with Industry Speakers (7 minutes presentations each followed by group discussion): Marilyn O'Neill President, Nautilus Environmental (invited) Eric Patten President, Ocean Aero Rick Timm VP & General Manager, Teledyne SeaBotix (invited) 5:00 5:30 Final session moderated discussion: Where do we go from here?

5 These events would not be possible without the support of our Event Sponsors! County of San Diego