Community Meetings & Tech Bytes Series
This series of online community meet-ups is designed to bring the AOT community together, no matter where you are in the world!
Each meeting begins with a 10-minute Tech Byte spotlight talk from a featured speaker. After the talk, we hold a networking session with small breakout groups, providing an opportunity to connect with peers and build relationships across the global ocean technology community!
Kickoff with Zack Johnson
Episode 01
We heard from Zack Johnson at Sofar Ocean & Bristlemouth! Zack leads developer relations at Bristlemouth, an open communication standard for marine hardware. At Sofar Ocean Technologies, he heads field operations and works as a sales and support engineer. His career bridges open-source hardware, citizen science, and ocean technology.
Original Date: August 14 @ 12 pm EST
Tech Bytes with Titus Cañete
Episode 02
We heard from National Geographic Explorer Titus Cañete for a dive into how locally driven innovation is transforming deep-sea research in the Philippines. As the program manager for the Deep Sea Shark Research and Conservation Project at Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines (LAMAVE), Titus will share his team’s work on deep-sea shark fisheries and their development of accessible ocean technologies built to advance their research.
Original Date: 11 December @ 8 am PHT (10 December @ 7 pm EST)