2022 SOST Opportunities and Actions Roundtable

Important Dates

  • SOST Announces Call for O&A Roundtable Submissions on May 11, 2022
  • DEADLINE EXTENDED to June 17, 2022: Submit your ideas using this short questionnaire.
  • July 5, 2022: Authors notified about their submission; selected authors asked to prepare a 3-minute presentation.
  • July 19, 2022 at 1PM ET: Opportunities and Actions Roundtable. Register HERE!
  • The recorded lightning talks from the Roundtable are now live!

Event Details

On July 19, 2022, the Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology (SOST) hosted a virtual Opportunities and Actions in Ocean Science and Technology Roundtable to engage with the broader ocean science and technology (S&T) community from across sectors on innovative and novel ideas to advance Federal ocean S&T priorities.

After an open call for ideas, the SOST received many submissions from across sectors for lightning talks (3 minutes each). The SOST selected 20 to present at the Roundtable in four sessions based on the cross-cutting topics of the 2022 SOST O&A Report: (1) Climate Change; (2) Resilient Ocean S&T Infrastructure; (3) A Diverse and Inclusive Blue Workforce; (4) All Together Now: Jointly Addressing All 3 Themes.

Each Session included 5 lightning talks followed by small-group discussions on each theme. Speakers represent numerous sectors from academia, industry, philanthropy, NGOs, State government, Indigenous communities, regional ocean partnerships, aquariums, and education organizations.

Recording of selected lightning talks

SOST Roundtable Code of Conduct

SOST Roundtable Summary

 

Roundtable Agenda

2022 SOST Opportunities and Actions Roundtable Agenda
2022 SOST Opportunities and Actions Roundtable Agenda

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Roundtable Submissions

Submissions to the Roundtable are publicly available and linked below and include those that were not selected for lightning talks at the Roundtable due to limited space. Submissions are categorized as one or more thematic areas: 1) Climate Change, 2) Resilience Ocean Science & Technology Infrastructure, and/or 3) Diverse and Inclusive Blue Workforce. Submissions are listed in alphabetical order by submission title under one, two, or all three themes.

(1) CLIMATE CHANGE
Ocean Visions
Accelerating R&D on Ocean-Based CDR to Slow the Ocean-Climate Crisis
Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System + IOOS Association
A multi-stressor approach to understanding climate change impacts on coastal communities
Ocean Defense Initiative
Blueprint for Ocean Climate Action
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Coastal monitoring of basic physical, chemical, and biological data
NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service
Habitat Mapping Needs and Applications Off the U.S. West Coast
University of Miami
Integrating Environmental, Urban and Human Resilience for Coastal Communities
Environmental Defense Fund
Shedding light on ‘Twilight Zone’ carbon: Modeling disruptions from fishing
American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
The important role of microbes in mediating climate change
Janavi Mahimtura Folmsbee
With #oceanoptimism and ART scientific advancement on our coral reef systems is possible
(2) RESILIENT OCEAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE
ATLAN Space
ATLAN Space - AI-powered drones for anti-IUUF and monitoring missions
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
Beneficial co-location of offshore wind, observational data, and subsea carbon storage infrastructure
NERACOOS
Building Ocean Observing Infrastructure for Offshore Wind Energy Development
Galois, Inc. and Spectronn, Inc.
Distributed AI for Marine Debris Detection and Tracking
Texas General Land Office
Diverse Ocean-Based Pathways for Low Carbon Energy Development
University of California, San Diego
FishSense: 3D Imaging for Fish Detection, Measurement, and Assessment
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Improved autonomous sensors for biological and chemical threats
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Long-term shared computational resource access
Northeast Regional Ocean Council (NROC)
National Infrastructure for Ocean Data Sharing
Valdosta State University
Pioneering Pharmaceutical Aquaculture; Drugs from the Sea
Responsible Offshore Science Alliance
Safe Housing/Sharing of Offshore Wind Data collected by Developers
Straight to the Plate
Small boat, sustainable seafood processing centers bolster national food security
(3) DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE BLUE WORKFORCE
(1) CLIMATE CHANGE, (2) RESILIENT OCEAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE
Basin-scale Events to Coastal Impacts
Basin-scale Events to Coastal ImpactsBasin-scale Events to Coastal Impacts (BECI): A North Pacific Ocean intelligence system
SUPER®
Data insights for upstream single-use plastic elimination
Fugro
Digital Twins to Support Ocean Science and Technology
Harte Research Institute Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Innovative Oyster Reef Restoration Addressing Sea Rise and Living Shorelines
Algas Organic
Innovative, Sustainable American Fertilizer Production From Invasive Sargassum Seaweed
Saildrone, Inc.
Leveraging Uncrewed Surface Vehicles to Support Global Ocean Data Collection
Rockefeller University
Long time-series monitoring of Global Change using passive acoustics
Columbia Climate School
METEOR (Mobile ocEan roboTic obsErvatiOn System)
Carnegie Mellon University
Modernizing Telemetry Infrastructure for Responsible Offshore Wind Energy Development
Long Live the Kings
Pacific Coast Salmon and Climate Initiative
Plauche & Carr
Restorative Aquaculture Incentive Programs
Seasats
Tomorrow's Fleets: Autonomous Ocean Vehicles
Rutgers University
Virtual Investigation of the Rising Sea using Crowdsourced Data
(1) CLIMATE CHANGE, (3) DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE BLUE WORKFORCE
(2) RESILIENT OCEAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE, (3) DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE BLUE WORKFORCE
ALL THREE THEMES
University of California Davis (Bodega Marine Lab)
A Distributed Observatory for Coastal Adaptation Research, Education, and Engagement
Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS)
Advancing Science and Technology via Smart Great Lakes
California Institute of Technology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
A Long-Term Seafloor Seismic Monitoring Network
Project Vesta
An Interagency Framework to simultaneously address OST priorities
University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System
Best MATE: Enhancing and Expanding Marine Technician Programs and Career Pathways
Temple University
Challenger 150: Coordinating Global Deep-Sea Research for Sustainable Management
Sea Scout Ship 5
Empowering youth to create change by participating in Sustainable Community Science
Marine Biodiversity Observation Network, Marine Life 2030, and University of South Florida
Ensuring effective restoration for ecosystem health and the blue economy
U.S. IOOS Regional Associations
Expanding "Backyard Buoys" for safeguarding Indigenous community blue economy
Boston University
Expanding Climate Change Research: Making Coastal Science Accessible to Everyon
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Genomic Annotation of Harmful Algal Blooms
Fugro
Incentivizing and Motivating Co-Investment in Ocean Science and Technology
TMA BlueTech
Increase international BlueTech & Blue Economy outreach by the U.S.
Chugach Regional Resources Commission
Indigenous-led Ocean Science Initiatives
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Marine Infrastructure and Access to the Sea
Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University
National Marine Biomonitoring with DNA
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Ocean Vision AI: Scaling up visual observations of life in the ocean
Marine Biodiversity Observation Network, Marine Life 2030, and University of South Florida
Resilient Frontline Communities Through Knowledge of Marine Life

Important Dates

  • SOST Announces Call for O&A Roundtable Submissions on May 11, 2022
  • DEADLINE EXTENDED to June 17, 2022: Submit your ideas using this short questionnaire.
  • July 5, 2022: Authors notified about their submission; selected authors asked to prepare a 3-minute presentation.
  • July 19, 2022 at 1PM ET: Opportunities and Actions Roundtable. Register HERE!
  • The recorded lightning talks from the Roundtable are now live!