Peter Baker, subsea product manager, with Australia-based Advanced Navigation, called in from Sydney to talk about HYDRUS – Advanced Navigation’s new “miniature undersea autonomous vessel” product that’s small enough to serve as a carry-on item on most flights.
Drew Carey, co-founder and CEO of INSPIRE Environmental, joined the program to discuss INSPIRE Environmental’s recent study regarding fish population and catch activity near and around the Block Island Wind Farm. The study is the result of more than a decade of work and *seven years* of data collection.
Ted Janulis, the founder and principal of Investable Oceans (and a former president of the New York Explorers Club), joins us on this episode to discussion his “obsession” with the ocean — and how it’s helped him figure out the ins and outs of investing in ocean-based ventures. Learn more about Ted’s project at www.investableoceans.com.
On our first episode of Season 3, University of Rhode Island President Marc Parlange joined us to tell us about the Build Back Better Regional Challenge — and discuss how Rhode Island is working to redefine the nation’s Blue Economy.
On this episode, we spoke with Tony Chen, the co-founder of Manolin. Manolin is a data analytics company focused on helping aquaculture farmers combine human and artificial intelligence to better predict and solve for aquaculture disease.
401 Tech Bridge was the first entity to partner with the NavalX Tech Bridge initiative, creating a national collaborative model for naval defense innovation. Executive Director Christian Cowan joined the podcast to tell us more.
Dr. Elle Wibisono, a John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow with the United States Senate, joined us to talk about her experience working on ocean and coastal policy issues.
11th Hour Racing’s president and co-founder Rob MacMillan, and grant program director Michelle Carnevale, covered ocean stewardship and sustainability, grant-making, and the future of competitive sailing as a ‘mainstream’ sport.
Port Commissioner Rafael Castellanos and Jason Giffen with the Port of San Diego joined us to tell us how they’re trying to build on their city’s Blue Economy leadership.
Judson Kauffman, co-CEO and co-founder of Terradepth, joined us to discuss how his company is using autonomous submersibles to collect data and “drain the ocean of ignorance.”