Join MTS’ 2020 Virtual Symposia
Ocean News
With the cancellation/postponement of a number of events in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and many working from home or remotely, MTS is bringing together a number of virtual seminars of interest to the marine technology community. You are invited to attend these free, interactive symposia where you can learn about cutting-edge topics from of the best and brightest minds working in the field.
Underwater Mateable Connector History: The Agony and Euphoria of Their Development
Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Time: 12noon – 1:00 p.m. (EST)
Moderator
Andrew (Andy) Clark, Vice President of Research, Industry & Technology, Past President (1998) MTS and Explorers Club Fellow
Panelist
James L. Cairns, Ph.D., Owner, Abyssal Systems; Executive Director, Cairns Foundation, Inc.; Founder, inventor, Ocean Design, Inc.
Virtual Conference: Industry Role in Seabed 2030
Date: Thursday, June 11, 2020
Tentative Time: 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (EST)
Moderator
- CAPT Craig McLean, Assistant Administrator for NOAA’s Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) Office and Acting NOAA Chief Scientist
Panelists
- Matthias Jonas, Secretary General, International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
- Jake Sobin, Manager Sciences/Americas, Kongsberg Maritime
- Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and Assistant Director General of UNESCO
- Jamie McMichael-Philips, Director, SeaBed 2030
- RDML Shepard Smith, Director of NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey and the U.S. national representative to the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
- Jyotika Virmani, Executive Director, Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI)
- Rick Spinrad, President, Marine Technology
- David Millar, Government Accounts Director, Americas, Fugro
- Bjørn Jalving, Senior Vice President Technology, Sensors & Robotics, Kongsberg Maritime
- Mike Read, President, Teledyne Marine Corporation
(Speakers subject to change)
Other Upcoming Events
Stay Connected: Marine Technology Summer Series - Stockton Seminar Series
Proposed Date: Beginning Wednesday, June 16, 2020
Time: 12noon – 1:00 p.m. (EST)
Lakebed 2030 Webinar
Proposed Date: Thursday, June 24, 2020
Time: 12noon – 1:00 p.m. (EST)
Marine Materials with Dr. R. Venkatesan
Proposed Date: Thursday, July 8, 2020
Time: 12noon – 1:00 p.m. (EST)
