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Exciting Opportunity: Please join us at EarthX2025 - Congress of Conferences, April 21-25, Hilton Anatole, Dallas, Texas. You will learn about the Ocean Enterprise, how it will drive economic growth and support ocean technology advancement. Ocean Exchange will be leading Brave New Ocean, Advancing Ocean Enterprise for Innovation and Commerce on the fourth day of EarthX - April 24th.? First up with notes on the role of Ocean Enterprise in the US economy will be Nicole R. LeBoeuf, Assistant Administrator, NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. Speaking about Ecosystem Services Driving Economies will be Vicki Ferrini, PhD, Columbia University,? Joel R. Johnson, President and CEO of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, Dr. Shelby Thomas (PhD), CEO Ocean Rescue Alliance and Debbie Thomas, Founding Dean of the College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Studies at Texas A&M University in Galveston.? A section on Measure Reporting Verification will be led by Mark Huang of LongLeaf Studios, Justin Manley, Just Innovation Inc, and Chris Ostrander, Marine Technology Society (MTS). A Case Study regarding the Collapse of the Baltimore Key Bridge in 2024 and the role of survey data to re-open commercial shipping channels will be given by Rear Admiral Ben Evans, NOAA Coast Survey. ? The afternoon will feature a section on Coastal Resiliency with Jennifer Jurado, Chief Resilience Officer of Broward County, Florida, Tamara Kahn Zissman, Seaworthy Collective, and again featuring Debbie Thomas from Texas A&M and Joel Johnson from the NMSF. The Day 1 wrap on the ‘Ocean Enterprise’ section will be led by the Marine Technology Society (MTS)’s President, Susan Hunt, Chris Ostrander of MTS, Donna M. Kocak Kocak of L3Harris Technologies,? and Katherine O’Fallon, Executive Director of the Marine Research Hub of South Florida.?? ?? The day will wrap up with a Blue Economy Start-up Pitch Competition featuring six Ocean Exchange startups who will pitch for a $25,000 purse sponsored by EarthX and the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation. Startups featured will pitch for 5 minutes, followed by group discussions and feedback designed to accelerate the startups in their path to becoming a business.? Friends of Ocean Exchange can register for EarthX using PITTS10 https://earthx.org/

Love seeing our partner Helios, with crop-specific risk scores powered by Salient, helping Walmart and others with #agriculture commodity price and availability: https://lnkd.in/eGBaVQCJ Working with Francisco Martin-Rayo, Eden Waller Canlilar, and the Helios team continues to be a pleasure. And a shoutout to Karl Critz for his technical creativity as we built. #forecastfurther

#WhyWeatherMatters Climate variability and extreme #weather events are increasingly threatening global food security BUT we can leverage actionable weather insights to mitigate risks and build resilience for inclusive prosperity Sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) weather forecasts support agricultural productivity and food security by enabling farmer-facing organizations to develop decision-support systems that help farmers make crucial decisions, such as selecting the right crops or varieties & determining when to plant before the growing season begins Learn more about how TomorrowNow.org's partnership with Salient is operationalizing sub-seasonal to seasonal weather forecasting technology to provide decision-making support for #smallholderfarmers in Africa: https://hubs.la/Q0398mth0 Rekha Sharma Matt Stein Philip Frost Brian Miranda Neil Hausmann Asiedua Amoah Kartoza (Pty) Ltd

I am hosting Robin Girmes (RM Energy Weather GmbH) and Karl Critz (Salient) to talk weather derivatives 2.0 tomorrow. Join us. Advanced Renewable Risk Management: Integrating S2S Forecasts with the Enwex Index Register:?https://lnkd.in/etvVxpuT February 19th, 2025 at 11 AM ET Image: Teaser slide on using probabilistic forecasts to stabilize wind and solar revenue. More on this tomorrow.