Blue + Green Series - 2024

Kelp in the BioEconomy

Recorded May 15, 2024
Moderator:

Janet Kübler, PhD, Biology Department

 

Speakers:

Simona Augyte, Research Director, Marine BioLogics

 

Michael Marty-Rivera, Seedbank Collection Curator, AltaSeads Conservancy

 

Emma MacFarlane
Chief Operating Officer, Viable Gear

Advancing Aquaculture through Advocacy and Policy

Recorded June 26, 2024
Moderator:

Jade Clemons, BlueSEA Director

Speakers:

Mark Gold, Director of Water Scarcity Solutions, Environmental Health, Natural Resources Defense Council

 

Peter Adame, Director of Communications & Sustainability, Lusamerica Foods

 

Teri King, West Coast Region’s Washington and Oregon Regional Aquaculture Coordinator

Career Pathways in Aquaculture

Recorded July 16, 2024
Moderator:

Ann Lee Carpenter, CEO of Braid Theory

Speakers:

Liane Thompson, CEO of Aquaai

 

Patrick Vizzone, Co-founder and CFO of Vertical Oceans

 

Anna Waters, Director of Facilities and Operations at BlueNalu

Blue + Green Series - 2023

1:Aquaculture to Restore

Recorded April 13, 2023
Moderators:

Janet Kübler, PhD

Leslie Booher Co-Founder of Sunken Seaweed

Speakers:

Aaron Eger, Founder and Program Director of Kelp Forest Alliance

Nancy Caruso, Founder of Get Inspired

2: Building a Sustainable Workforce in the Emerging Blue Economy

Recorded April 19, 2023
Moderator:

Michael Kelly, Executive Director of the Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy and Jobs

Speakers:

Dr. Samantha C. Leigh, PhD, Assistant Professor at California State University, Dominguez Hills

Ely S. Fournier, Director of Economic Vitality, at Strength Based Community Change

Rick Aguayo, Program Manager at Strength Based Community Change

Eros Cortez, Thriving Together Youth Program Manager

3: Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture

Recorded April 20, 2023
Moderators:

Dr. Nathan Churches, Chief Science Officer at Holdfast Aquaculture

Speakers:

Mark Drawbridge, M.Sc., Senior Research Scientist at Hubbs-Seaworld research Institute

Dr. Kevin Johnson, Aquaculture Specialist at California Sea Grant

Dr. Rafael Cuevas Uribe, Professor at Cal Poly Humbolt, Department of Fisheries Biology

4: Breaking New Ground in the Ocean

Recorded April 29, 2023
Moderators:

Terry Tamminen, President and CEO of AltaSea

Speakers:

John Molina, Founding Partner of Pacific6 Enterprises

Nick Hajek, Director of Maritime Operations at Pacific6

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