Blue Economy Day 2023

Blue Economy Day

Thursday, October 5th, 9:00am-5:00pm
Los Angeles Maritime Museum, 600 Sampson Way, San Pedro, CA 90731

BR Contacts
Host: Tyler
Schedule Qs: Lindsey
Demo Qs: Daniel, Griselda
SOS: Elisa, Kristel (aka: kristelisa)
Cool stories you wanna share: Literally anyone

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Ship’s Log

9:00 AM: Doors open! Breakfast + coffee!!

9:30am: Introduction

Rusty Jehangir and Elisa Miller, Blue Robotics

10:00 AM: Innovation at RS Aqua

Eleanor Stanton, RS Aqua

10:15 AM: Flash Talks

Luc Simon, Seaber – Cut the cord!: How We Made UUVs Accessible to Neophytes!

Scott McLay, Water Linked – Water Linked Products Currently Helping with Your Underwater Missions!

Oliver Skisland, Water Linked – What the Future Holds…

Leiv Erling Grytten, JM Robotics – Offshore Jacket Inspections with Mini-ROVs – From Concept to Market

Larry Lukis, Cerulean Sonar – Imaging Sonar with Built in DVL (And Why You Should Have One)!

Timothy Crandle, Seaview Systems – Farther, Faster, Stronger, More: Extending the Capabilities of Blue Robotics ROVs

Eric Stackpole, Sofar Ocean – Bristlemouth – An Open Standard to Accelerate Marine Innovation

Shishir Paramathma Rao, SeaDeep – Revolutionizing Underwater Vision with SeaDeep AI

Emily Patrolia, ESP Advisors – Deciphering the G: How to Cut Through the Noise and Partner with Federal Agencies to Amplify Your Impact

11:15 AM: Standardized, Open-source Methods of Using BlueROV2s to Conduct Kelp Forest Video Surveys

Dr. Zachary Randell, Seattle Aquarium

11:45 AM: Lunch/Networking

12:45 PM: In-water product demos

Luc Simon, Seaber – YUCO-SCAN Micro-UUVs

Scott Mclay, Water Linked – BlueROV2 with DVL and GPS – Also the M16!

Nick Nothom, Cerulean Sonar – Dual Omniscans on BlueROV2 Heavy

Sean Mayfield, Outland – ROV-3000

Jeff Conger, BlueLink – ECHO FLS on SARbot

Arnauld Dumont, Dimeye – ORPHIE Camera mounted on BlueROV2

2:25 PM: Everything BlueOS

Patrick Pereira, Blue Robotics

3:00 PM: Flash Talks

Scott Fontecchio, Restoring the Lake – Restoring the Lake Depths Foundation: A Non-profit on a Mission

Antonio Silva, EIVA – Navigating the Blue Economy with NaviSuite and Blue Robotics

Tony White, Blue Robotics – Making maps with Blue Boat!

Ivan Avanesov – Mariana Trench or Bust

Valentina Venturi, GiPSy Buoy – Lightweight Robotic Buoys – The Story of GiPSy

Assistant Prof. Fausto Ferreira, University of Zagreb, Croatia – Creating Omnidirectional Autonomous Catamarans with BlueRobotics Thrusters

Peter Schubert, Poseidon Robotics – Deep Electrical Safety – How Not to Kill Yourself Mixing Electricity and Water

Brian Grau, Mission Robotics – Measuring Glass-to-Glass Camera Latency

Farhang Naderi, Caretta Robotics – Revolutionizing Underwater Exploration: Caretta Robotics’ Pioneering Edge-Based Object Detection

Vanessa Scott, SCRIPPS – Grow Your Ocean-focused Startup Through the StartBlue Accelerator!

4:00 PM: A Fresh Approach to Ocean Science: Pioneering the Development and Use of Low-Cost Robotics

Allison Chua, Dalhousie University

Piotr Kawalec, PragmaTech

4:15 PM: Amateur Ocean Exploration Using Autonomous Surface Vehicles

Damon McMillan, Blue Trail Engineering

4:30 PM: Closing Remarks

Rusty Jehangir, Blue Robotics

4:35 PM: Networking

5:00 PM: Exodus

Happy Hour

Brouwerij West
110 East 22nd Street, San Pedro, CA 90731
(Just a mile south of the Maritime Museum)

After the event, join us for happy hour at Brouwerij West where the beers are cold and the atmosphere is bangin’.

sea ya