Innovation Insights will be a series of 8 talks with subject matter experts designed to spark you creative genius to help solve some of the world's biggest problems. This series will run through June and July 2020 to help individuals who are hoping to submit ideas for the Amazon Catalyst Competition for NW Washington.

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For this talk Lara Merriam-Smith, Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Services for NWIRC, will speak with Joshua Berger - Director of Maritime -Governor's Sector Lead WA Dept. of Commerce who will be with us to discuss the importance of innovation in maritime industries during the economic recovery.

UPDATE 6/18: Just wanted to let you know our guest speaker informed me late yesterday that he has been called into an emergency meeting with the Governor today and will not be able to join us.

HOWEVER, he was able to get another great innovator to fill in for him - Christian Meining from NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Lab. You can learn more about him here: https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/scientist/christian-meinig

There will be time at the end of the conversation for Q&A.

You can see more of Joshua's experience here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-m-berger-695aa58/