NOAA Ocean Exploration Participation in OCEANS 2022 Hampton Roads
Remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer surveys a large boulder covered in bamboo corals during the 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition. Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, Northeast U.S. Canyons Expedition 2013. Download largest version (jpg, 609 KB).
On October 19, 2022, at 3:30 p.m. ET, NOAA Ocean Exploration will lead a special session at OCEANS 2022 Hampton Roads titled, “From Innovation to Collaboration: Propelling Ocean Exploration Forward to Meet the Needs of the Future.”
The session will feature a panel designed to engage the ocean science and technology communities in a discussion on partnerships, technological advancements, challenges related to the future of ocean exploration, and the National Strategy for Mapping, Exploring, and Characterizing the United States Exclusive Economic Zone.
Dr. Sarah Kapnick, NOAA's chief scientist, will moderate the panel. Jeremy Weirich, director of NOAA Ocean Exploration, and Dr. Adam Soule, director of the NOAA Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute, are among the panelists.
Also of Interest
On October 19, at 9:45 a.m. ET, former NOAA chief scientist and NOAA Research Assistant Administrator Craig McLean will moderate a discussion with panelists from academia, government, and industry on where the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (the Ocean Decade) is going and how each sector can fit into the bigger picture. And on October 20 at 9:30 a.m. ET, join Dr. Kapnick and Dr. Katherine Calvin, NASA Chief Scientist and Senior Climate Advisor, for a distinguished speaker event titled, “Dual Perspectives on the Future of Ocean Observing.”
OCEANS is a bi-annual event for global marine technologists, engineers, students, government officials, lawyers, and advocates. OCEANS 2022 Hampton Roads will feature 80 technical sessions, 415 presentations, and 12 special panels.
Published October 12, 2022