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5th Graders Robotmakers at Blue Innovation Day 2024

At this year's Blue Innovation Day on October 6, 2024, a group of passionate fifth graders known as the FLL Team Robotmakers will be showcasing their exciting work in the world of robotics and marine science.

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ABS at Blue Innovation Day 2024

ABS a global leader in the marine and offshore industries, will be exhibiting at Blue Innovation Day 2024, bringing exciting new partnership opportunities to the Santa Cruz community

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MERGE4 at Blue Innovation Day 2024

MERGE4 to exhibit at Blue Innovation Day 2024. Blue Innovation’s focus on sharing exhibitors and researchers who focus on sustainability, advocacy, and protection of our blue planet aligns perfectly with goals at MERGE4.

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Blue Innovation Day One Exhibition

The first day of Blue Innovation 2022 was a fantastic success with over 1,000 attendees and nearly 50 exhibits. We will provide a full story and video of all 3 days by the end of September. Meanwhile, enjoy these photos.

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Blue Innovation: MERGE4 Ocean Theme Socks

We are thrilled that MERGE4 will be exhibiting at Blue Innovation 2022. Santa Cruz Works subscribers get a 20% discount for online orders by using this promotion code: m4scworks2021

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Blue Innovation: Joby Aviation to Exhibit

We are excited to announce that Joby Aviation will exhibit at Blue Innovation. Joby’s commitment to sustainability - in the air, on the land, as well as the ocean - remains a new cornerstone in our community at the world at large. Joby Aviation is seeking to hire hundreds of people in Santa Cruz, Marina, and 6+ international locations.

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PSA Ocean Film Festival World Tour Santa Cruz

Quench your thirst for all things ocean related at the 2022 Ocean Film Festival World Tour. This sublime collection of short ocean themed films will take you to the depths of the ocean, up close with tiger sharks and sea lions and surfing the monster waves of Nazaré in Portugal.

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Blue Innovation: Bay of Life - From Wind to Whales

In their new book Bay of Life: From Wind to Whales, we see and feel the powerful influences shaped by the Pacific Ocean from condors feeding on beached whales to tiny seabirds nesting in the towering redwoods of the Monterey Bay.

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Blue Innovation: CalWave Blue Energy

At Blue Innovation 2022, CalWave will demonstrate xWave™: a platform that transforms the motion of ocean waves into electricity, and eventually clean water from desalination.

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Blue Innovation: Water's Extreme Journey

Water’s Extreme Journey, a new exhibit opening in September at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center, features a maze and interactive activities highlighting the challenges of keeping our water clean.

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Blue Innovation: Save Our Shores

An interview with Save Our Shores Executive Director Erica Donnelly-Greenan about what makes her uniquely qualified to lead Save Our Shores into the future.

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