Robert Ballard, geological oceanographer and deep sea explorer; President of the Ocean Exploration Trust and Professor at the University of Rhode Island - Keynote
Moderator: Peter Girguis, biogeochemist; Professor, Harvard University - Session 1: At the Edge of the Map, Exploration and Discovery
Adam Soule, volcanologist; Chief Scientist for Deep Submergence, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - Exploration and Discovery
Kakani Katija, bioengineer; Principal Engineer, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute - Exploration and Discovery
Beverly Goodman, geoarchaeologist; Asst. Professor, Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa - Exploration and Discovery
Kenny Broad, environmental anthropologist; Director of the Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy, University of Miami - Exploration and Discovery
Moderator: Dava Newman SM'89, PhD'92, Professor, MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics - Session 2: Deep Data, Analysis and Sharing
Katy Croff Bell '00, deep sea explorer; Founder and Lead, MIT Media Lab Open Ocean initiative - Analysis and Sharing
Alan Turchik, Product Development Manager, Exploration Technology Lab, National Geographic Labs - Analysis and Sharing
Martin Klein '62, Martin Klein Consultants - Monsters in Loch Ness? Really?
Mark Adams, Center for Coastal Studies - Sensing the sea floor in analog and digital, knots and waveforms
Miranda Kotidis, MIT Towing Tank - Understanding Fluid Phenomena and Designing the Next Generation of Ocean Vehicles
Ariel Ekblaw, Space Exploration Initiative and Responsive Environments, MIT Media Lab - Sister Initiatives - From Oceans to Space, and back!
Moderator: Mike Bove, Director, Object-Based Media, MIT Media Lab - Session 3: All Hands on Deck, Sea Stories
Nick Whitney, Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life, New England Aquarium - Hook, line, and sinker? New tech to study the life and death of sharks
Scott Kraus, Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life, New England Aquarium - Wildlife in an Industrial Ocean
Clement Duhart, Responsive Environments, MIT Media Lab - AI Landscapes: Computing the Sound of Wetland Restoration
Gershon Dublon, Responsive Environments, MIT Media Lab - Sensory Landscapes: Extended Intelligence and a New Ecological Sensibility
Laura Perovich, Object-based Media, MIT Media Lab - Pokemon Go, pH, and projectors: environmental justice and the Chelsea River
Jeremy Stroming, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics - Ocean Data Visualization for Citizen Engagement
Max Vilgalys, MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society - Machine Learning to Expand Public Understanding of Climate Science
Thomas Consi, MIT Sea Grant - Micro-Safaris: The Display of Live Marine Microorganisms at Public Aquariums