Join the Blue Venture Forum and Gulf of Maine Ventures for the Blue Venture Investment Summit-Portland, being held on November 9th at the Ocean Gateway, Portland, Maine.

DRAFT AGENDA
8:00AM-8:30AM Registration

8:30AM-8:40AM Welcome and Introductions

Tobias Stapleton, Director, Blue Venture Forum

Blaine Grimes, Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI)

8:40AM-10:00AM Blue Technology Investing Today

Moderator: Hope Hopkins, Mitre

Panelists:

Justin Manley, OceanKind

Jake Reznick, S2G Ventures

Tim Agnew, Bold Ocean Ventures

10:00AM-10:30AM Networking Break

10:30AM-11:30AM Raising an Investment Round in Today’s Environment

Moderator: Luke Holden, Luke’s Lobster

Panelists:

Sara Rademaker, American Unagi

Mitch Lench, Ocean’s Balance

Chip Terry, Blue Trace

Erik Heim, Kathahdin Salmon

11:30AM-12:15PM Flashtalks: Global Innovators and Entrepreneurs

12:15PM-1:00PM Lunch

1:00PM-2:00PM Maine, A Case Study in Supporting and Growing a Blue Economy Ecosystem

Moderator: Blaine Grimes, Gulf of Maine Ventures

Panelists:

Nina Scheepers, Maine Venture Fund

Chandler Jones, CEI Ventures

Patrick Arnold, New England Ocean Cluster

Jeff Frank, Island Institute

2:00PM-3:00PM Flashtalks: Global Innovators and Entrepreneurs

3:00PM-3:30PM Networking Break

3:30PM-4:15PM Seaweed Panel

Moderator: Damian Brady, UMaine

Panelists:

Bri Warner, Atlantic Sea Farms

Colin Hepburn, Everything Seaweed

Struan Coleman, WWF

4:15PM-5:00PM The Future of Investing in the Blue Economy

Moderator: Toby Stapleton, Blue Venture Forum

Panelists:

Julie Niedzwiecki, Great Mountain Partners (GMP)

Steven Fox, Propeller

Ted Janulis, Investible Oceans

Brady Bohrmann, Bold Ocean Ventures

5:00PM-6:30PM Closing Reception

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