Canada has sent a deep roster of oceantech industry members and ecosystem support players to this year's Oceanology International Americas conference in San Diego, which is underway this week.
Twenty Canadian exhibitors — many of them startups, and all but one from either British Columbia or Atlantic Canada — are attending, along with a roster of ecosystem delegates from organizations like Dalhousie University’s CDL Oceans accelerator and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.
Ocean Supercluster CEO Kendra MacDonald was also part of a panel discussion Tuesday about “unlocking the potential” of the ocean economy.
Most of the companies are focused in some way on data gathering or analysis, often with high-tech sensors as part of their product offerings.
Here’s a look at the companies to be found at “The Canadian Pavilion,” stands C50 and D50:
Delta, BC
Sergiy Yakovenko, director
Albion is a maritime engineering and project management service company that works with the shipping and natural resource industries.
Burnaby, BC
Jacqueline Nichols, business development
Cellula Robotics is an engineering company that makes turnkey subsea robotic systems.
St. John’s, NL
Steve Barrett, CEO
eDNAtec sells technology for measuring “environmental DNA” that can indicate the presence of specific organisms in soil, sediment or water.
St. John’s, NL
Gary Dinn, CTO
eSonar sells a range of underwater acoustic sensors, with a particular emphasis on battery-operated, energy-efficient products.
Halifax, NS
Jason Day, Sales Manager
GeoSpectrum sells a range of underwater acoustic hardware, including low-frequency noise-generating devices.
Halifax, NS
Sue Molloy, CEO and Dom Molloy, CRO
Glas Ocean Electric sells electrification kits for boats, particularly fishing vessels.
Halifax, NS
Scott Carr, CEO
JASCO is a service company that specializes in assessing the impacts of underwater sound on marine life, particularly for environmental reviews for industries such as oil and gas and fishing.
MacArtney Underwater Technology
Halifax, NS
Don Bryan, General Manager
MacArtney is a service and technology company specializing in digital connectivity and data acquisition systems for oil and gas companies.
Halifax, NS
Ulaş Güntürkün, CEO
Marecomms, whose main product is Aquaband, sells wireless communications and remote sensing technology for subsea operations, including an innovative underwater Wi-Fi system.
The Marine Institute at Memorial University
St. John’s, NL
Kelley Santos and Joe Singleto
The Marine Institute is an academic research institute that works with the private sector to develop and test innovative blue technologies.
Halifax, NS
Yuan Yao, product director
Marine Thinking has developed Marine Tensor, which is essentially a self-driving system for marine vehicles that uses a range of sensor types, including LiDAR, radar and sonar.
Halifax, NS
Kyle MacInnis, business development manager
MetOcean sells satellite-based telematics services, which are platforms for transmitting data. The company also offers a range of data acquisition and telemetry systems.
Rimouski, QC
Kevin Wilson, director of sales
MTE makes instrumentation for oceanographic readings, including passive acoustic monitoring systems and submarine observatories.
Victoria, BC
Elisabeth Paul, director of business development
Open Ocean is a service company that uses solar-powered autonomous vessels for environmental and marine mammal monitoring.
North Saanich, BC
Paul Kraeutner, president and Torsten Schulz, digital marketing manager
Ping sells sonar technology for mapping, imaging and exploring the underwater environment.
Bridgewater, NS
Mark Barry, VP of business development
Pro-Oceanus sells dissolved carbon dioxide, methane and “total dissolved gas pressure” sensors for use in oceans research.
St. John’s, NL
Stephen Hale, vice president and Matt Rumboldt, sales representative
Rutter sells a variety of radar technologies, including for oil spill monitoring and sea ice detection, among other applications.
Nanaimo, BC
Robin Li, president and Jeff Smith, director of sales and marketing
SEAMOR sells modular, autonomous marine vehicles for performing maritime inspections.
Clarenville, NL
Ian McMillan, sales and partnership director and Marcus Morrissey, customer success
SubC designs and builds deep-sea cameras, LEDs, lasers, and software for a wide range of marine applications, including research and aquaculture.
Halifax, NS
Geoff MacIntyre, vice president and Dan Ryan, sales manager
Xeos has developed a range of energy efficient telemetry gear, including wave height sensors and various types of beacons, among other products.
