Schedule of Events

OCEANS 2023 Gulf Coast, September 25-28 | Mississippi Coast Coliseum & Convention Center

PLENARY SCHEDULE
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7:00 AM - 7:00 PM Registration Open MCCCC West Lobby
8:00 - 9:30 AM Plenary - Blue Economy: Global Perspectives MCCCC C 1-2
9:30 - 10:30 AM MTS & IEEE OES Awards MCCCC C 1-2
10:30 - 10:45 AM Future OCEANS Conferences MCCCC C 1-2
10:50 - 11:00 AM Exhibit Hall Ribbon Cutting MCCCC Exhibit Hall E4
11:00 - 7:00 PM Exhibit Hall Open MCCCC Exhibit Hall E4
11:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch MCCCC Exhibit Hall E4
1:30 - 3:00 PM Panel - Charting the Future: Navigating Uncrewed Maritime Systems Through Regulatory Waters MCCCC B 2-3
Panel - Emergence of Offshore Wind: Opportunities for Research & Monitoring at National Scales MCCCC D 7-8
1:30 - 3:00 PM Technical Sessions MCCCC D Rooms
3:00 - 3:30 PM Networking Break (Beer Break Sponsored By Arctic Rays & Coffee Break Sponsored By Mississippi State Port Authority) MCCCC Exhibit Hall E4
3:30 - 5:00 PM Panel - Cost Efficient, Scalable, Practical & Innovative Ocean Observing Technologies: 'The science we need for the oceans we want.' MCCCC B 2-3
3:30 - 5:00 PM Town Hall - Technological Innovation to Map, Explore, and Characterize the United States EEZ MCCCC D 7-8
3:30 - 5:00 PM Technical Sessions MCCCCD D Rooms
5:00 - 7:00 PM Exhibitors Reception MCCCC Exhibit Hall E4
7:00 - 9:00 PM MTS/IEEE OES Member Reception Beau Rivage Azalea C/D

7:00 - 8:30 AM MTS Early Career Ocean Professionals and IEEE OES Young Professionals Networking Breakfast & Listening Session Beau Rivage Azalea C/D
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Registration Open MCCCC West Lobby
8:00 - 8:55 AM Plenary - Blue Economy: National Perspectives MCCCC C 1-2
9:05 - 10:35 AM Panel - Broadening the Blue Economy: A Workforce Development Panel MCCCC B 2-3
9:05 - 10:35 AM Panel - Community-Based Ocean Observations to Power the Blue Economy MCCCC C 1-2
9:05 - 10:30 AM Technical Sessions MCCCC D Rooms
10:30 - 11:00 AM Networking Break (Coffee Break Sponsored by General Dynamics) MCCCC Exhibit Hall E4
10:30 - 11:00 AM Poster Session MCCCC Exhibit Hall E4
10:30 AM - 5:00 PM Exhibit Hall Open MCCCC Exhibit Hall E4
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Panel - The Ocean Enterprise: How NOAA's Ocean and Coastal Data and Information Support Sustainable Solutions Across the New Blue Economy MCCCC D 7-8
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Technical Sessions MCCCC D Rooms
12:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch MCCCC Exhibit Hall E4
1:30 - 3:00 PM Career Fair MCCCC Exhibit Hall E
1:30 - 3:00 PM Panel - Opportunities for Scaled Regional-To-National Collaboration with OSW: Lessons Learned from IOOS MCCCC B 2-3
1:30 - 3:00 PM Panel - Lab-to-Market. Commercializing your Innovation. Overcoming Challenges to Reach Mission and Commercial Success in the Blue Economy MCCCC D 7-8
1:30 - 3:00 PM Technical Sessions MCCCC D Rooms
3:00 - 3:30 PM Networking Break MCCCC Exhibit Hall E4
3:00 - 3:30 PM Beer Break (sponsored by Arctic Rays, Booth 825) MCCCC Exhibit Hall E4
3:00 - 3:30 PM Poster Session MCCCC Exhibit Hall E4
3:30 - 5:00 PM Panel - Maritime Remotely Operated/Autonomous Oceanographic and Geologic Technologies Current to Future MCCCC B 2-3
3:30 - 5:00 PM Panel - Federal and Port Business Opportunities MCCCC D 7-8
3:30 - 5:00  PM Technical Sessions MCCCC D Rooms
7:00 - 10:00 PM OCEANS 2023 Gala (Held at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Magnolia Ballroom) Beau Rivage Magnolia Ballroom

7:00 - 8:30 AM Women in Engineering Breakfast Panel - Achieving Work-Life Balance: Balancing Parenthood with Professional Responsibilities MCCCC B4
7:00 AM - 1:00 PM Registration Open MCCCC West Lobby
8:00 - 8:55 AM Plenary - Blue Economy: Embrace the Gulf MCCCC C 1-2
9:05 - 10:05 AM Panel - How American Leadership in Marine Technology is Revolutionizing Our Relationship with the Ocean MCCCC B 2-3
9:05 - 10:05 AM  Town Hall- Underwater Glider User Group (UG2): Progress, Next Steps, and Opportunities for Collaboration MCCCC D 7-8
9:05 - 10:00 AM Technical Sessions MCCCC D Rooms
10:00 - 10:30 AM Networking Break MCCCC Exhibit Hall E4
10:00 - 10:30 AM Student Poster Competition Awards Ceremony MCCCC Exhibit Hall - Innovation Theater
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Exhibit Hall Open MCCCC Exhibit Hall E4
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Panel - Operational Oceanography MCCCC B 2-3
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch MCCCC E 2-4
12:00 - 2:00 PM Women Leadership in Marine Technology Town Hall MCCCC B4
1:00 - 5:00 PM ANTX Demo Day Marine Research Center Port of Gulfport