The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will hold the “Maritime Innovation: Connecting, training, and advancing” conference on Wednesday, November 30, from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., at 151 Martine Street, Fall River.

The event will include panel discussions, networking, elevator pitches, and workshops on topics including arctic-related economic and environmental issues, cross-border business with Canada, and offshore wind energy. Stephen McNeil, the Premier of Nova Scotia and Jim Hanlon, the CEO of the Institute for Ocean Enterprise in Halifax, Nova Scotia, will be witnessing the signing of an MOU between the UMass Dartmouth CIE and the Center for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship.

Speakers include:

Carolyn Kirk, Deputy Secretary, Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development

The Honorable Ralf Horlemann, Consul General, German Consulate in Boston: Germany’s interest in the Arctic.

The Honorable Stephen McNeil, Premier of Nova Scotia

Denis Hains, Director General, Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS)

Commander Scott Hale, U.S. Coast Guard, Arctic Policy Coordination

Dr. William S. Weiss, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, U.S. Navy Task Force on Climate Change

Erin Daily Donahue, Trade Commissioner, Defense and Ocean Technologies, Trade Commissioner, Consulate General of Canada

Matthew Morrissey, Vice President, Massachusetts Deepwater Wind

Rich Hansen, Surface Branch Chief, U.S. Coast Guard Research & Development Center

Maryanne Burke, Senior International Trade Specialist, US Commercial Service

Jim Kirk, Business Development Manager, Ocean Server Technologies

Richard B. Coffin, Chair, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Texas A&M University

Changsheng Chen, Professor of Physical Oceanography, UMass Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology

Robert O’Malley, iXblue

Pamela Neubert, Senior Associate, Stantec.