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Program Contributions

Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship

Greetings and Opening Remarks

H.E. Marie Gervais-Vidricaire
Ambassador
Jason Tolland
Minister-Counsellor
Embassy of Canada to Germany

H.E. Werner Wnendt
Ambassador
Peter Finger
Counsellor (ret.) Culture and Communication
Embassy of Germany to Canada

Dr. Matthias Mück
President
Canada Meets Germany Network

Key Note

Prof. Dr. Douglas Wallace
Scientific Director
Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response (MEOPAR), Dalhousie University

"Keeping Track of the Ocean Carbon Sink: A $1 Trillion Ecosystem Service in Need of Quantification through Novel Combination of Models and Data"

Across the Data Pond: Success Stories of German-Canadian Cooperation in the Maritime Field

Dr. Camilla Mohrdieck
System Lead Engineer
Airbus Defence and Space

"The PASSAGES Research Project: A Joint Canadian-German Approach to Create Situation Awareness in Canadian Arctic Waters"

Sherry Warren
Project Manager
C-CORE

"TACTICS – TACtical Tracking of ICebergs and Ships in Sea Ice"

Sarah Bischof
Hydrodynamics Engineer
Schottel Hydro

"Tidal Power Generation in the Bay of Fundy"

Q&A Session

Diving Deeper: Looking into the Future of Ocean Analytics

Prof. Dr. Evangelos Milios
Professor and Associate Dean – Research
Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University

"DeepSense: An Ocean Data Analytics Platform for Partnership Research"

Prof. Dr. Uwe Freiherr von Lukas
Associate Director
Fraunhofer IGD / Subsea Monitoring Network e. V.

"Ocean Technology Center Rostock – Supporting Research and Business in Subsea Monitoring Activities"

Panel Discussion

Moderator:
Alexander Thamm, www.alexander-thamm.de

Panelists:
Prof. Dr. Peter Baumann
Founder and CEO, rasdaman / Professor of Computer Sciences, Jabobs University Bremen
Prof. Dr. Colin Devey
Professor for Oceanic Volcanism, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Sheila Paterson
COO, Institute for Ocean Research Enterprise (IORE)
Capt. Dugald Thomson
Research Officer, Trinity – Acoustic Data Analysis Centre, Royal Canadian Navy

Joining for Q&A:
Prof. Dr. Uwe Freiherr von Lukas
Prof. Dr. Evangelos Milios

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The GCC Match-Making Process

	The German Canadian Concourse is about match-making. Bringing together German and Canadian thought leaders from topic-matter relevant industries, academic institutions and the public sector during the daylong event creates a unique opportunity to generate transatlantic linkages between participants. Provided in part by the Transatlantic Symposium format, which uses a live video-link connecting the German and Canadian Concourse Hubs, the GCC also offers a custom match-making service built into the conference itself. As part of this service, participant profiles generated during the registration are used to connect matched parties ad-hoc using video booths to bridge the Atlantic whenever required. Participants are offered the option to have their personal profiles included into a follow-up on potential transatlantic opportunities. Be a part of the match-making – use the virtual chatrooms ...

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