Oceans in Action 2014 will highlight agencies at Stennis Space Center that support missions relying on marine technology.  Featured speakers will return for this annual event. In addition, Oceans in Action is seeking abstract proposals from individuals who have made recent technological advances in any aspect of marine technology. This might include new or enhanced systems, sensors, products, services, models, processes, algorithms or other technologies.

Feature Speakers:

• RDML Timothy Gallaudet – Operational Navy – Stennis
• William Burnett – Operational Navy at Stennis
• Robert Rhodes – Naval Research Laboratory – Stennis Detachment
• C. Duane Armstrong – NASA’s Applied Sciences Program
• Helmut Portmann – NOAA’s National Data Buoy Center
• Rebecca Green – Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
• Laurie Bowie – Gulf of Mexico Alliance
• Monty Graham – Center for Gulf Studies
• Ian Kulin – Ocean Networks Canada
• Landry Bernard – Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System
• Jeff Book – NRL Boppers
• Rodney Riley – SCOOP
• James Elliott – SCOOP
• Craig Peterson – NASA

Click here to register for the Oceans In Action workshop.

One-on-one matchmaking meetings will also take place and begin at 3 p.m. Registration in business matchmaking is free, but does not include participation in the Oceans In Action workshop itself.Agency and prime contractor representatives can be selected for matchmaking meetings when you register. Matchmaking meetings will be beneficial to:

• Small companies looking for business supplying marine products or services to local agencies and prime contractors
• Organizations looking to expand their business in any aspect of marine technology
• Providers of marine supplies, equipment, or related products and services
• Individuals looking to license and commercialize patented  marine-related technologies
• Businesses interested in learning more about partnering with Canadian companies for export opportunities

Matchmaking anchors available at this event are:

•  A2Research
• Canadian Consulate General in Atlanta: Trade Commissioner Service/Ocean Networks Canada
• General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT)
• Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS)
• Ingalls Shipbuilding – A Division of Huntington-Ingalls Industries
• Lockheed Martin Company (LMCO)
• NASA Stennis Office of the Chief Technologist and Small Business Specialists
• Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command/Naval Oceanographic Office
• Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
• Pacific Architects and Engineers (PAE)
• Vencore Services and Solutions, Inc. (formerly QinetiQ North America)

Meeting times are limited and will be assigned based on a first-come/first-serve basis. The deadline to schedule your meeting in advance is August 15. Meetings can be scheduled at the workshop, provided appointment time slots are still available. The estimated time allotted for each meeting is 10 minutes.

Click here to register for matchmaking sessions.

Contact Laurie Jugan at lajconsulting@bellsouth.net or 228-688-1192 for more information.