A global ecosystem accelerating
innovation for the Blue Economy

Congratulations to our 2024 Award Winners

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Meet the 2024 Finalists

For 3 $100,000 Awards

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2024 Ocean Exchange Event

Save the date for our 2024 event in Fort Lauderdale, FL — October 27-29th

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2024 Finalists

Meet the 15 finalists competing for 3x $100,000 USD awards.

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2023 Event Photos

View a selection of photos from the Ocean Exchange 2023 event in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

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Ocean Exchange is a global ecosystem that comprises members of our Board of Directors, Executive Team, and experts from business, finance, academia, government, and non-profits Around the World.

Ocean Exchange 2024 Provisional Timeline

Each year, Ocean Exchange hosts an event to recognize and help advance innovation in technologies aimed at the health of our oceans and the Blue Economy. It continues to grow year after year. Ocean Exchange 2023—our 12th event—received a record number of submissions from companies around the world. Solutions represented such categories as alternative materials, CO2 reduction and sequestration, data/robotics, digitalization, energy, fisheries/marine habitat, vessel/port operations, and water treatment.

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About Us

Ocean Exchange is a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to accelerate the adoption of innovative solutions for healthy oceans and the sustainable Blue Economy. A 501(c)(3), Ocean Exchange fulfills this mission through a rigorous, multi-level program that includes annual monetary awards, promoting registered Solutions Inspiring Action across multiple communication channels, and facilitating access to a global network of experts from around the world. This network is the heart of an ecosystem that encourages and supports pioneering companies focused on the development and commercialization of breakthrough technologies.

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View Our Webcast Library

Ocean Exchange and the Marine Technology Society, the leading international community of ocean scientists and engineers, practitioners, policy makers, and educators, have partnered to present a collaborative webcast series. These informative and well-attended webcasts provide an ideal way to discuss solutions to important issues.

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Our Latest News

Keep up to date with developments at Ocean Exchange by reading our latest news. 

Ocean Exchange Awards $320,000 in Prizes to Blue Economy Startups

Ocean Exchange, a leader in supporting the acceleration of innovative solutions for healthy oceans and the sustainable blue economy, announces the selection of 8 collegiate finalists who will be vying for two $10,000 awards at the organization’s upcoming event, which takes place October 27-29 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Ocean Exchange Names Collegiate Finalists for 2024

Ocean Exchange, a leader in supporting the acceleration of innovative solutions for healthy oceans and the sustainable blue economy, announces the selection of 8 collegiate finalists who will be vying for two $10,000 awards at the organization’s upcoming event, which takes place October 27-29 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Ocean Exchange Names Finalists for Three $100,000 Non-Dilutive Awards

With its 2024 event set for October 27-29, Ocean Exchange has named the finalists for their three $100,000 awards, which will be conferred on October 29th.

The Environmental Impact of Oysters

Oysters have long been celebrated for their culinary delicacy, but their ecological importance should have a spotlight of its own.  These remarkable shellfish are vital components in maintaining the health and balance of coastal marine ecosystems around the world.

The Power of Partnerships in Ocean Innovation: Jacob Ruytenbeek, CEO of SailPlan

While it might be daunting to push the movement and measures to protect, preserve and regenerate the ocean and blue systems, when someone asks what gives me hope, one of my first answers is partnerships and collaborations.

Partnerships for the Blue: Stewart Sarkozy, World Ocean Council / Okhtapus

While it might be daunting to push the movement and measures to protect, preserve and regenerate the ocean and blue systems, when someone asks what gives me hope, one of my first answers is partnerships and collaborations.
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Our Sponsors

Ocean Exchange’s mission is funded by private donations including those from Wallenius Wilhelmsen, Royal Caribbean, Schmidt Marine Technology Partners, Oceankind, Marine Research Hub of South Florida, Oceaneering, Angus Littlejohn, Jr. Family, and others who share the passion for healthy oceans.

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Ocean Exchange invites you to learn more about Awards Program, our ecosystem and success of our award winners and participants. Together, we can chart a powerful course to help ensure the future of our oceans and the Blue Economy.

“Ocean Exchange has a platform to enable people with information that they need to know about the ocean and then to showcase new technologies that are on the forefront of really helping the ocean and the planet.”

“The quality of the content and the people who are involved with Ocean Exchange is all high end.”

“Besides funding, Ocean Exchange provides access to a wide area network of incredibly talented people in organizations that really do just want to help people.”

“Ocean Exchange is really about helping the little guys grow and in so doing, helping the big guys be better ocean citizens.”

“Ocean Exchange seems to be much more focused on bringing to light under-capitalized, wonderful new technology ideas. And it’s all about two-way access to this new technology and to the people who can help with the experience to grow that technology.”

“Ocean Exchange is a force multiplier to enable sustainable innovation.”

“Ocean Exchange is a global, novel innovation forum that has a greater ability to attract a broader range of impactful stakeholders than any other event that’s out there.”

“Unquestionably, one of Ocean Exchange’s primary strengths is how it brings together people from different paths. That makes its event a delegator experience as well as experience for an innovator or awards nominee.”

“Ocean Exchange is entirely different from any of the other organizations that I’m involved in. It is about sustainable innovation. I think it’s also very different in the extremely broad range of stakeholders that it involves.”

“There’s nothing better than going to an event or engaging with people so you walk away and say, ‘Wow!’”