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The Ocean Enterprise Initiative brings together industry, government, academia, investors, and other stakeholders to better understand the needs and opportunities shaping the ocean enterprise. Through Dialogues with Industry, BlueConneX, and in-person convenings, the Ocean Enterprise Initiative turns community insight into connections, resources, and opportunities.

 

As a flagship program of MTS, it extends MTS’s role as a convenor and connector, creating new ways for the ocean community to share knowledge, build partnerships, and turn insights into action.

Building a Stronger Ocean Enterprise

From Conversation to Connection

The ocean enterprise is evolving rapidly. New technologies, changing markets, investment, policy, workforce needs, and global challenges are creating both opportunities and barriers for the organizations working within it.

The Ocean Enterprise Initiative was created to better understand those needs directly from the community. Through global industry dialogue, digital tools, and face-to-face convenings, the Ocean Enterprise Initiative creates opportunities for stakeholders to share what they’re seeing, learn from one another, identify common challenges, discover opportunities, and build relationships across traditional boundaries. 

Those conversations don’t end when the meeting does. Insights gathered through the Ocean Enterprise Initiative inform new resources, partnerships, initiatives, and opportunities for the broader MTS community. 

Opportunities to Engage ↓

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Multiple Ways to Engage

Explore the Ocean Enterprise Initiative

Whether you’re looking to share your perspective, better understand the ocean enterprise, discover new organizations and opportunities, or connect with people working on similar challenges, the Ocean Enterprise Initiative creates multiple ways to participate.

Explore the Dialogues with Industry, discover BlueConneX, attend an upcoming convening, and help shape what’s next for the global ocean enterprise.

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