Americas Ocean Watch will build and host a global ocean specific ecosystem, connecting entrepreneurs, accelerators, scientists, educators, investors and philanthropists that are eager to collaborate to advance ocean conservation and promote the blue economy.

OCEAN DATA HUB

Through a partnership with Amazon Web Services, our team will be able to:

• Intake, upload, share and store all data collected along the expedition route

• Make the data available to a broad, global audience via its data analytics platform and through the Registry of Open Data on AWS

CONTENT PLATFORM

• Highly credentialed writers, photographers, videographers, and scientists will document, create and share stories and imagery on various legs of the expedition

• Invitation only curated blog for Ocean Influencers

• Long and short films and video blogs in real time

OCEAN INFLUENCER NETWORK

• Ocean experts and influencers can create a profile similar to LinkedIn and share content on the platform

GLOBAL OCEAN MARKETPLACE

• Valuable industry relationships will start and grown in our Marketplace. Members access our trusted network experts to securely source and sell products and services within our community and beyond. Designed as a tool for business acceleration, the Marketplace enables our members to showcase and grow their business properly.

EDUCATORS

• Opportunities for educators to leverage the expedition and related data for breakthrough experiential learning and virtual field trips for students “K through Gray”

SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY

• A destination for scientists from pole to pole to share data and information