{"id":28163,"date":"2025-07-22T16:12:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T20:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/?p=28163"},"modified":"2025-08-07T22:18:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T02:18:26","slug":"save-the-date-the-2025-future-of-the-ocean-symposium-and-champion-of-the-ocean-awards-luncheon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/2025\/07\/22\/save-the-date-the-2025-future-of-the-ocean-symposium-and-champion-of-the-ocean-awards-luncheon\/","title":{"rendered":"Save the Date: The 2025 Future of the Ocean Symposium and Champion of the Ocean Awards Luncheon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2025\/07\/save-the-date-25-ocean-champions-1024x578.png\" alt=\"An image of a vessel sailing into the sunset with text reading:\nSave the Date\nOctober 9 | 10 a.m.-2 p.m.\nMonmouth University Great Hall\n2025 Champion of the Ocean Awards Luncheon\nHONOREES\nVictor Vescovo \u2022 Larry Mayer \u2022 Rep. Frank Pallone\n2025 Future of the Ocean Symposium\nExploring the Wine-Dark Sea\nU.S. Ocean Science &amp; Technology: Keys to Prosperity &amp; Security\nPANELISTS\nVictor Vescovo, CDR, USN (Ret.)\nExtreme Ocean Explorer, CEO and Owner of Caladan Oceanic\nLarry Mayer, Ph.D.\nDirector of the UNH Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, Chair of U.S. Arctic Research Commission\nPaul G. Gaffney II, VADM, USN (Ret.)\nMonmouth University President Emeritus\nDeerin Babb-Brott\nFormer Principal Assist. Director for Oceans and the Environment, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy \nPaula Bontempi, Ph.D.\nUniv. of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography Professor\nPhilipp Stratmann, Eng.D.\nPresident and CEO, Ocean Power Technologies\nMore Info: Monmouth.edu\/UCI\" class=\"wp-image-28164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2025\/07\/save-the-date-25-ocean-champions-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2025\/07\/save-the-date-25-ocean-champions-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2025\/07\/save-the-date-25-ocean-champions-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2025\/07\/save-the-date-25-ocean-champions-1536x867.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2025\/07\/save-the-date-25-ocean-champions-150x85.png 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2025\/07\/save-the-date-25-ocean-champions.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-in-page-has-chevron\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/symposium-and-awards\/2025-ocean-champions\/\">Visit Event Page<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The UCI&#8217;s signature annual event returns to Monmouth University&#8217;s historic Great Hall on Oct. 9. The theme of this year\u2019s Future of the Ocean Symposium is \u201cExploring the Wine-Dark Sea \u2013 U.S. Ocean Science and Technology: Keys to Prosperity and Security.\u201d Our 2025 Champion of the Ocean Awards Luncheon will directly follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year we\u2019ll also be celebrating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/20th-anniversary\/\">the UCI\u2019s 20th anniversary<\/a>. Come and help us set sail to serve the University and our communities for the next two decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/symposium-and-awards\/2025-ocean-champions\/\">Visit our event page<\/a> to view the current lineup of confirmed speakers and honorees and more information. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UCI&#8217;s signature annual event returns to Monmouth University&#8217;s historic Great Hall on Oct. 9. 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