With World Water Week on the horizon, now is an opportune time to highlight a trio of oceans-related announcements.

Organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute, the international event aims to encourage sustainable bluetech innovation and will take place Aug. 20 to 24.

At home in Canada, meanwhile, several industry groups have their own opportunities to offer in the oceans economy.

The Nova Scotia Health Authority Innovation Hub, which works with the private sector to deploy new healthcare technologies, will host a one-day informational session on 3D printing in healthcare Aug. 22.

Slated to be held at the Innovation Hub’s Nova Centre location in Halifax, the event will feature St. John’s-based PolyUnity, which was co-founded in 2018 by Memorial University-trained doctors

The Halifax-based Centre for Women in Business is looking for applicants to its Grow Now virtual incubator for female-led startups.

The program includes a total of 45 hours of training over six months on topics including sales, pricing and navigating regulatory regimes. Participants will also have access to networking opportunities and a $5,000 international travel grant.

“The program offers

Invest Nova Scotia is seeking applicants for the second of two cohorts it will host this year for its Accelerate startup program.

Accelerate offers companies four months of business and technical training and $40,000 of funding, as well as weekly one-on-one coaching sessions and monthly workshops on a range of investor readiness-related topics. Invest Nova Scotia is specifically looking for

Fredericton-based financial intelligence startup Profitual has announced a partnership agreement with Halifax startup hub Volta.

Profitual, founded by former New Brunswick Innovation Foundation investors Raymond Fitzpatrick and Daniel Hoyles, promises to use artificial intelligence to probe small and medium-sized enterprises’ financial records and generate models, revenue projections and other

Fredericton entrepreneurship hub Ignite is looking for applicants to its Business Builder Bootcamp for ideation-stage startups, which will run from Friday, Sept. 22 to Sunday, Sept. 24.

The program promises to help founders determine whether their startup ideas are viable, as well as develop business models. The course material is based off the WKI ideation framework from Ottawa startup coach

Halifax-based 3D BioFibR has signed a collaboration deal with Kelowna, British Columbia-based OkaSciences.

Founded in 2019, OkaSciences sells materials for bioprinting — the process of 3D printing tissue, which has applications in healthcare and pharmaceutical research. OkaSciences will sell its bioprinting ink bundled with 3D BioFibR’s collagen-derived μCollaFibR additive, pronounced

Industry group Digital Nova Scotia is seeking applicants to a 12-week online training program for women and gender-diverse people who want to enter the tech industry, but who need an introduction to industry practices, culture and the broader IT industry.

Called Digital Skills for Women+ and funded partly by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, the free program comprises six three-hour live

Dalhousie University’s Emera ideaHUB startup support shop will hold its annual demo day for graduates of its ideaBUILD accelerator, a 10-month program meant to help deeptech startups develop and manufacture their products, on September 12.

The event will be held at the ideaHUB’s Queen Street headquarters in Dalhousie’s downtown Halifax engineering school from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and include

The federal Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is lending just shy of a combined $1 million to a trio of ocean technology companies.

ABCO Industries of Lunenburg is borrowing $536,802, Halifax-based ReelData is borrowing $250,000 and Dartmouth Ocean Technologies is borrowing $210,000.

Founded in 1947, ABCO industries is not a startup, but rather a shipyard with a growing focus on innovative