Dr. Catherine Ball

Associate Professor, Australian National University; Founder, World of Drones Congress

Kristina Gjerde

Senior High Seas Advisor, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); Advisor to the Ocean Elders

Dr. Alan Leonardi

Director, Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, NOAA

David Mearns

Director, Blue Water Recoveries

Dr. Kumar Mahadevan

Retired, President Emeritus, Mote Marine Laboratory

Dr. Mark Merrifield

Director, Center for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, UCSD - Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Prof. Ralph Rayner

Professorial Research Fellow, London School of Economics

Stephanie L. Smith

Digital & Social Media Supervisor, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Dr. Richard (Rick) Spinrad

Professor, Oregon State University; Past President, Marine Technology Society

Kristian Teleki

Director, Sustainable Ocean Initiative, World Resources Institute