Sponsors

MEOPAR

The Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response Network (MEOPAR) is a team of outstanding Canadian scientists who are working to reduce Canada’s vulnerability and exposure to marine hazards and decrease response time when marine emergencies occur.  Presently, almost 60 MEOPAR researchers from 12 universities and 4 federal government departments are collaborating on 7 research projects. The network, which was established in 2012, is funded by the Government of Canada’s Network of Centres of Excellence Program, and is hosted at Dalhousie  University.

Lloyd's Register Foundation

Lloyd's Register Foundation helps to protect life and property by supporting engineering-related education, public engagement and the application of research.

Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University, founded in 1818, is one of Canada’s oldest universities and has an enrolment of more than 18,200 students from around the world. As Atlantic Canada’s leading research university, Dalhousie attracts over $140 million in research grants and awards each year.  Oceans are an area of special emphasis with more than 100 faculty involved in research ranging from oceanography and marine biology to law and engineering