AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles

Featuring Dr. Mary Hayden Looney - Pangaea and Dr. Marcus Eriksen - Leap Lab Dr. Mary Hayden Looney joins Pangaea contributions her scientific background of environmental Toxicology and marine health as well as exploring her passion for understanding human impacts on the environment and how to develop scientifically-based conservation strategies. Dr. Marcus Eriksen and Joel Read More ...

Braid Theory weaves together entrepreneurs, industry infuencers and corporate partners to accelerate adoption of transformative technology, drive market growth and create profitable collaborations. Platypus, LLC is the world leader in low cost water data collection and monitoring solutions using autonomous, co-operative robotic boats. ECOncrete’s innovative technology enhances marine and coastal infrastructure by inducing formation of Read More ...

Robots & Sharks You are invited to meet faculty and student representatives and learn how Southern California Marine Institute Consortium of 23 Colleges, Universities and Foundations will transform our Los Angeles waterfront into a marine college town. See the latest innovative developments. Featured Speakers Dr. Chris Lowe, Director CSULB Shark Lab and SCMI Board Chair Read More ...

The Longest Swim An Expedition Across the Pacific Ocean See the Discoverer sail on Final Test Run before Departing for Tokyo! Ben Lecomte is making an audacious 5,000 mile swim across the Pacific from Tokyo to San Francisco to highlight plastic pollution while generating ocean and human research data. Pleas join Ben Lecomte and The Read More ...

Alta Sea Open House "Beginning next spring, if everything goes to plan, Lecomte will swim from Tokyo to San Francisco, a 5,500-mile trip expected to take six months. He will swim eight hours a day, then recuperate the rest of each day on The Discoverer, the 67-foot sailboat carrying his support team and supplies. Along Read More ...