2nd Annual Marine Industries Science & Technology Forum & Small Business Summit: August 5th, 2016 - New Orleans

 

Presentations now available.

Presentations and links from the MIST Cluster yearend review and a look ahead at the drivers and funding opportunities supporting the growth of the marine industries science and technology in the northern gulf coast region. Featured speaker was Mike Eckert, Chairman of the NO/LA Angel Network. Prior to becoming an Angel investor, Mike was on the launch team of The Weather Channel and served as its President and CEO.

 

• MIST Cluster Overview and Year-end Review presented by Joe Graben, Program Manager - Presentation

 

• Engagement with Louisiana State University, Brian Shedd, PhD, Assistant Director Office of Innovation & Technology Commercialization

 

• State Resources: Louisiana Business & Technology Center, Vic Johnson, Louisiana Economic Development - Small Business Services, John Matthews, USM School of Ocean Science and Technology and Mississippi Polymer Institute, Joe Graben, and Propellor, Ginny Hanusik, Water Program Manager - Presentation

 

• UNO Gulf States Center for Environmental Informatics, Professor Thomas Soniat - Presentation

 

• Engagement with Tulane University, John Christie, Executive Director Office of technology Transfer & Intellectual Property Development - Presentation

 

• NOAA Office of Coast Survey- Tim Osborn, Regional Manager for the Central Gulf - Presentation 

 

• Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL), Kim Reyher, Executive Director - Presentation

 

• Small Business Panel Session: Aquaculture Systems Technologies - Presentation, Innovative Imagining & Research, and Proteus Technologies - Presentation

 

• Water Institute of the Gulf, Nick Speyrer, Director of Planning, Coordination and Outreach - Presentation

 

• Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority

 

• NO/LA Angel Network, Mike Eckert, Chairman