Ocean Based Entrepreneurship: Renewable Energy, Aquaculture and More. The MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast. Speakers: Brent Dehlsen, co-founder and CEO of Ecomerit Technologies, LLC.; Lad Handelman, founder and retired CEO of Oceaneering International (NYSE:OII) and Cal Dive International (NYSE:DVR); Paul Olin, Ph.D., Aquaculture Expert with California Sea Grant. Moderator: Daniel Brooks, senior engineer with MWH Americas, Inc. Ocean lovers and entrepreneurs, join us for an informative presentation and panel discussion about the latest opportunities to harvest renewable energy and food from the ocean. Presenters include Brent Dehlsen, founder and CEO of EcoMerit, a startup venture focused on generating electricity from wave, currents, and tidal energy; and Paul Olin, Ph.D., an aquaculture expert from California Sea Grant who will discuss the opportunities on the California coast and elsewhere for open-ocean mariculture. See http://www.mitcentralcoast.com |