Dr. Scott Beatty, CEO MarineLabs
CoastAware:  Lighting up Coastlines with Data for Marine Safety

Thursday 25 January 2024 – 1900-2100  CFB Esquimalt Wardroom

Doors to the Wardroom will open at 1815. The Branch Chair invites members to join for social beverage prior to the Technical Seminar.

CFB Esquimalt – Wardroom
1586 Esquimalt Road
Victoria, BC, V9A 5K5

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Dr. Scott Beatty, CEO Marine Labs
As Founder and CEO of Victoria based technology company MarineLabs, Dr. Scott Beatty has a dream job at the nexus of ocean-enthusiast, technology developer, and coastal weather expert. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, with a focus on Ocean Engineering from University of Victoria. Over his 18 years in maritime technology as engineer, researcher and consultant he executed influential and highly cited work on wave energy, served as convener of the IEC committee on wave energy performance assessment, helped International Governments invest >100M in marine tech, and regularly served as judge for US DOE WPTO Blue Economy prize competitions. Scott now leads MarineLabs as they operate and expand a continent wide fleet of sensors fused with an expanding set of weather models and data sources.  Through CoastAware, MarineLabs has developed a path to coastal intelligence at scale. In this presentation, Dr. Beatty will present CoastAware and its current geographical extent, current status of collaboration projects with USCG and Canadian Coast Guard, and discuss future opportunities that will aid Marine Navigation