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SUMMARY:BlueTech Week 2026: Where Capability Meets Opportunity
DESCRIPTION:Mobilizing the Maritime Innovation Ecosystem Around Defense\, Ocean Intelligence\, Emerging Capability & Pathways to Deployment \n\n\n\n\nABOUT BLUETECH WEEK 2026 \nBlueTech Week brings together the people shaping the future of maritime defense\, ocean intelligence\, autonomy\, and the technologies that enable them. \nBut this is not another conference built around presentations and networking for networking’s sake. \nBlueTech Week is designed around a practical objective: help participants understand where the opportunities are\, meet the people relevant to them\, and identify pathways to move capabilities toward deployment\, investment\, procurement\, commercialization\, and scale. \nGovernment and operators bring mission needs and operational priorities. Industry brings emerging capabilities. Researchers bring new technologies. Investors bring capital. International partners bring markets and allied opportunities. \nBlueTech Week brings them together around what happens next. \nCOME WITH AN OBJECTIVE. LEAVE WITH NEXT STEPS.\nWhether you are looking for a customer\, technology\, pilot opportunity\, government pathway\, investment\, research partner\, or international market connection\, BlueTech Week is structured to help you find the people and opportunities that matter. \nFocused Opportunity Forums\, Capability Spotlights\, curated connections\, and dedicated meeting time are designed to turn four days of programming into actionable relationships and next steps. \nFOUR DAYS. ONE PROGRESSION. FROM OPPORTUNITY TO IMPACT.\nNOVEMBER 16 | DEMAND & OPPORTUNITY \nWhere should industry be building\, investing\, and partnering now? \nGovernment\, defense\, operators\, industry\, and international partners surface emerging priorities\, capability gaps\, procurement pathways\, and market opportunities shaping maritime defense and ocean intelligence. \nUnderstand where demand is developing before deciding where to put your technology\, capital\, or partnerships. \nNOVEMBER 17 | FROM INNOVATION TO DEPLOYMENT \nWhat will it take to move promising capabilities into operational use faster? \nCo-produced with MITRE\, the day examines one of the hardest problems in maritime innovation: what happens between a promising technology and actual adoption. \nGovernment\, industry\, operators\, buyers\, and testing experts explore practical pathways through testing\, validation\, procurement\, integration\, and deployment. \nNOVEMBER 18 | SECURING THE CONNECTED MARITIME DOMAIN \nHow do we secure the technologies and infrastructure the future maritime domain depends on? \nCo-produced with the San Diego Center for Cyber Excellence and Space Force Association San Diego\, the program examines the convergence of maritime systems with space\, cyber\, AI\, and critical infrastructure\, and the capabilities required to make that increasingly connected domain resilient. \nNOVEMBER 19 | OCEAN INTELLIGENCE ACCELERATED \nHow do we turn the next generation of ocean innovation into scalable\, real-world solutions? \nBlueTech Week concludes at Scripps’ Seaside Forum overlooking the Pacific with a showcase of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography StartBlue Accelerator and a gathering of the ocean innovation ecosystem. \nExplore emerging technologies\, companies\, investment opportunities\, and pathways capable of moving ocean innovation toward deployment and scale. \nBLUETECH WEEK PROGRESSION\nDEMAND → OPPORTUNITY → VALIDATION → DEPLOYMENT → RESILIENCE → CAPITAL → SCALE \nBlueTech Week is built for people who need to understand not only where maritime priorities are heading\, but what to do about them. \n2026 PROGRAM FOCUS\nMaritime Defense & Security | Ocean Intelligence & Autonomy | Space | Cyber | AI & Data | Commercialization & Deployment \nBlueTech Week is designed for action\, not passive attendance. Focused forums\, capability spotlights\, and dedicated connection time help participants identify opportunities\, meet the right partners\, and advance technologies toward testing\, investment\, procurement\, commercialization\, and deployment. \nWHO SHOULD ATTEND?\nBlueTech Week is designed for leaders and decision-makers across government and defense\, maritime and ocean technology companies\, primes and integrators\, startups\, investors\, research institutions\, ports\, international organizations\, and allied markets. \nIf you are developing\, buying\, funding\, testing\, integrating\, or deploying maritime technology\, there should be a reason for you to be in the room. \nPARTICIPANT GUIDE & PROGRAM\nCLICK HERE to view the Participant Guide \nCLICK HERE to view the detailed Program \nABOUT TMA BLUETECH\nTMA BlueTech is the first and largest ocean and water technology cluster in the United States\, connecting more than 120 member organizations and an extensive network of industry\, government\, academia\, investors\, and international partners. BTW26 Sponsorship Guide \nBased in San Diego with a growing national and international network\, TMA works at the intersection of maritime defense and security\, ocean intelligence and autonomy\, and dual-use technology. \nBlueTech Week is where that ecosystem comes together around opportunity.
URL:https://startupsd.org/event/bluetech-week-2026-where-capability-meets-opportunity/
LOCATION:San Diego\, San Diego\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Partner Events,Ecosystem
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