The IEEE-OES and MTS will be hosting the next annual conference Oceans 2022 in Chennai India. As a prelude to Oceans 22, MTS India Section organized a Women Leadership in Marine Science event on September 14. The event involved women engineers, technologists and scientists focusing on students for career opportunities in the marine sector and served as a platform to spread awareness on the IEEE and MTS activities to students across India and globally. The event, which was UN Decade endorsed, featured speakers including: Zdenka Willis, President MTS; Susan Kathy Land, President IEEE; Dr Cleopatra Doumbia Henry, President, World Maritime University Sweden; and Geetha Muthiah, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Chennai India. In addition, the event featured two short video presentations on two of the UN Decade outcomes: (1) A Clean Ocean (2) A Healthy & Resilient Oceans by three school children.

The MTS India event was shared by student volunteers who reached 4,000 contacts in schools and colleges in India and abroad. The sustained effort by organizing committee of MTS USA, student volunteers and other supporting participating organizations from research, academia and industry resulted in 1,942 registrations from 57 Countries, 330 Organizations and 1,196 college & school students. The event has generated 1,346 views on YouTube and 2,500 views on Twitter.

Click here to watch a recording of the event.