Schedule
Plymouth at the Helm
When: October 21st and 22nd, 2024
Where: Hotel 1620, Downtown Plymouth
Day 1: Monday October 21, 2024
| 9:00AM – 11:00AM | EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SESSION |
| 9:00AM | Welcome to the Blue Future: Plymouth at the Helm! |
| 9:05AM | Sponsor Speaker TBA |
| 9:10AM | GENERAL SESSION A panel of industry leaders and entrepreneurs speak with students and answer questions. |
| 10:00AM | Students walk-through vendor resource tables and mock interviews |
| 11:30AM | Conference Attendee Registration & Welcome Bags |
| 12:00PM | GENERAL SESSION 1 & LUNCH Welcome to Blue Future 2024 |
| 12:30PM | Sponsor Speaker TBA |
| 12:50PM | Introduction to Day 1 Keynote Speaker |
| 1:00PM | General Session Keynote Speaker – Yvonne Hao, Secretary of Economic Development, Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
| 1:25PM | ANCHOR AWARD presentation to Greensea IQ by the Plymouth Foundation and former recipient, Cape Cod Community College |
| 1:40PM | BREAK: Visit Resource Tables |
| 1:55PM | Move to CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS |
| 2:00PM – 3:15PM | SESSION A: CLIMATE RESILIENCE Sponsor TBA Facilitator & Panelists TBA |
| 2:00PM – 3:15PM | SESSION B: AQUACULTURE & FISHERIES Sponsor TBA Facilitator & Panelists TBA |
| 3:15PM | Refreshment Break – sponsored by Tiny & Sons Glass |
| 3:30PM | MARINE POLICY ROUNDTABLE Facilitator – Stacey Messier, General Manager New England CIC – Rep Matt Muratore – Rep Kathy LaNatra – Judith Underwood, Blue Innovation Labs – Hailey Bathurst, Sea Ahead |
| 3:50PM | Q&A |
| 4:30PM | Adjourn |
| 5:00PM | COCKTAIL NETWORKING EVENT: Atlantic Room, 1620 Hotel Sponsor Speaker TBA Presentation of STEAM Award Speaker: Glenn Gawarkiewicz, Oceanographer |
| 6:30PM | Adjourn (Diner on own – restaurants listed in welcome pack) |
Day 2: Tuesday October 22, 2024
| 8:30AM | GENERAL SESSION 3 & BREAKFAST Hot Buffet Breakfast |
| 9:00AM | Welcome Day 2 |
| 9:10AM | Sponsor Speaker TBA |
| 9:15AM | General Session PRESENTATION Tim O’Neil, Wellness Croft |
| 9:50AM | Visit vendor tables |
| 9:50AM – 10:05AM | Coffee Break sponsored by Tiny & Sons Glass |
| 10:10AM – 11:25AM | CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS |
| SESSION C: MARINE TECH Sponsor Speaker TBA Facilitator – David Pearson, Greensea IQ | |
| SESSION D: WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Sponsor Speaker TBA Facilitator – Laura Tassinari Buckley, MassHire South Shore | |
| 11:30AM | Refreshment Break Visit Vendor booths |
| 11:35AM | GENERAL SESSION 4 Welcome Back to the Blue Future Conference! |
| 11:45AM | Sponsor Speaker TBA |
| 11:50AM | Introduction to Day 2 Keynote Speaker |
| 11:55AM | General Session Keynote Speaker – Josh Cutler, Undersecretary, Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development |
| 12:15PM | Q&A |
| 12:30PM | LUNCH Lunch Sponsor Speaker TBA |
| 1:00PM | General Session (TBD) |
| 2:00PM | That concludes the Blue Future Conference, 2024. See you next year! |
