ORCA Ocean Innovation and Technology Workshop - Introduction

The Oceans Research in Canada Alliance (ORCA) hosted the Ocean Innovation and Technology Workshop on the margins of the H2O: Home to Overseas Conference on June 6th, 2019 in Halifax Nova Scotia. The workshop was moderated by Scott McLean, ORCA Council member and Chair of the Ocean Technology Alliance of Canada. The workshop had thirty-eight participants (Annex 1).

The goal of the workshop was to advance our collective efforts in ORCA Challenge Area 4 – Encourage Innovation and the Commercialization of Knowledge and Technology.

The Workshop was divided into 3 parts:

  • Introduction and background on ORCA and Challenge Area 4
  • Presentations of collaborative initiatives in the Canadian ocean technology sector
  • Participant engagement portion, where participants discussed several questions and provided potential solutions