SE - Building Resilient Communities and a Regenerative Blue Economy for our Gulf Coast

Time Stamps:

• 2:40 - General panel participant introductions
• 6:45 - General panel subject matter and context; Greg Delaune
• 12:00 - Louisiana State level policy and project context; Harry Vorhoff
• 26:35 - Global Forcings Impacting Coastal Louisiana; Impacts and Responses; Dr. John Day
• 38:45 - Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences Overview; Dr. Mark Kulp
• 50:35 - Blue Economy Eco-Solution Space contextualization; Greg Delaune
• 51:15 - "The Beach" at the UNO Research and Technology Foundation role; Rebecca Conwell
• 1:02:00 - Idea Village and the role of startup technology regional development; Jon Atkinson
• 1:09:50 - Questions and comments 

This special edition of the Blue Economy Primer, available as a YouTube video which includes all associated presentation graphics, or in audio-only format, is based on the multi-sector Blue Economy panel discussion titled, Building Resilient Communities and a Regenerative Blue Economy for our Gulf Coast, which took place on May 31st, at the 2023 State of the Coast Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. The panel, moderated by Deep Blue Academy, was part of the conference topic track “Preparing for Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation”.

Panel members:

• Harry Vorhoff; Deputy Director, Office of the Governor, Coastal Activities
• Dr. John Day; Distinguished Professor in Dept. of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, School of the Coast & Environment at LSU, Comite Resources
• Dr. Mark Kulp; Chair of our Earth and Environmental Sciences department at UNO
• Rebecca Conwell; CEO and President of The Beach at UNO
• Jon Atkinson; CEO of IDEA Village

Our panelist were challenged to describe the status and potential of the regional Innovation Ecosystem supporting the technology and economic development policy initiatives needed to insure the resiliency of our at-risk coastal communities for decades to come. Where do science, policy, investment, innovation, and new technology development converge to create real world multi-sector benefit streams? Special emphasis was placed on current and emerging programs in which conference attendees can engage or derive benefits as a community, institution, or entrepreneur.

For additional background information and support materials about the panel participants, and links to the youtube version that includes all of the graphics, please visit the dedicated Blue Economy Primer webpage for this special episode.