Salve Regina to Host 5th Blue Innovation Symposium

Salve Regina to Host 5th Blue Innovation Symposium

Salve Regina University will host some of the top ocean industry leaders during its fifth Blue Innovation Symposium in Newport.

“Hosting the Blue Innovation Symposium is an important part of our effort to connect the University with industry, organizations, state and federal agencies, and other key stakeholders in order to grow the region's economy,” said Dr. Tobias Stapleton, dean of graduate studies at Salve Regina and one of the event’s founders.

The Symposium will take place from January 14-16, 2020.

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The 2020 Symposium

“Sensors and the Next Wave of Data” will be the theme over three days of the symposium, expected to draw about 250 participants, with activities planned both on Salve Regina’s oceanside campus and at Wyndham Newport Hotel.

The event will include presentations, panel discussions, five-minute “flash talks” highlighting new and innovative products, presentation of Ocean Innovator Awards by Ocean News & Technology magazine, and networking.

Featured speakers will include Sandra Whitehouse, an environmental consultant on ocean policy for more than 25 years; Jim Bellingham, director of the Center for Marine Robotics at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI); and Olivier Cadet, president of Kongsberg Maritime U.S.

Salve Regina President Kelli Armstrong will officially welcome symposium participants.

 

 

PHOTO: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution