Panel Discussion: "Workforce Needs for the Blue Economy"

Thursday, November 30th

Room 2

11:00am - 12:30pm

Workforce Needs for the Blue Economy - Panel Discussion

Jill Zande, MATE Executive Director (moderator)

Panelists:

·         Qwenada Moore, Talent Acquisition Coordinator, Fugro (confirmed)

·         Mark Stevens, Principal Program Manager-Advanced Autonomy and Applied Robotics (A3R), Microsoft (confirmed)

·         Mr. Philip Hoffman, Technology Lead / Uncrewed Maritime Systems R&D Coordinator, NOAA Ocean Exploration (confirmed)

·         Julie Angus, CEO, Open Ocean Robotics (confirmed)

·         Phil Beierl, Senior VP of Aerospace and Defense Technologies (ADTech), Oceaneering International (confirmed)