H2O Conference 2024
The Home to Overseas Conference is quickly becoming Canada’s premier event for the ocean technology sector and is attracting significant international participation.
The Home to Overseas Conference, or H20 Conference, is quickly becoming Canada’s premier event for the ocean technology sector and is attracting significant international participation.
It is an ideal event to engage with the ocean technology industry. The conference will include: international delegates, research, development and commercialization presentations, and B2B meetings. This year’s conference will also include on-water demos at the Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship (COVE).
June 3-5, 2025
Booth 501
Visit our booth to learn more about our programs and to see some of the innovative technology used by our Research Implementation Unit.
June 3, 2024
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Room C1
Investing in Our Future Climate: The Challenges and Opportunities of Bringing Ocean Climate Tech Solutions from Invention to Innovation to Market
Moderator:
Eric Siegel, Chief Innovation Officer, Ocean Frontier Institute
Panelists:
The challenges and impacts of climate change are constantly growing, and while there is no single solution, the role of the private sector and its innovators is a crucial one.
2030 emission reduction targets and 2050 climate-neutrality will require industry to make a reality of invention and innovation in the economy, but that is no mean feat. The technology solutions the world needs have long development times, regulatory change is needed to create the markets, IP rights may often be complex and shared with government and academia, and returns on investment are many years out.
This panel will discuss these challenges and the kinds of approaches and change that are required to provide the blended stack of support, financing, patience and opportunity that will make these efforts successful.
Dalhousie University operates in the unceded territories of the Mi’kmaw, Wolastoqey, and Peskotomuhkati Peoples. These sovereign nations hold inherent rights as the original peoples of these lands, and we each carry collective obligations under the Peace and Friendship Treaties. Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 recognizes and affirms Aboriginal and Treaty rights in Canada.
We acknowledge that the lands on which Memorial University’s campuses are situated are in the traditional territories of diverse Indigenous groups, and we acknowledge with respect the diverse histories and cultures of the Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Inuit of this province.
