BLUE Ocean Film Fest

Colleen Hahn is the President and CEO of Gryphon Media Strategies, a strategic marketing, communications and sponsor procurement company.  For over 25 years, Hahn has focused on clients that span a wide range of industries with one common value: affecting change through technological... Read More →

Erika Bergman is a submersible pilot, a virtual reality engineer, and a passionate ocean explorer. She studied chemical oceanography at the University of Washington while working as a diesel engineer and a steam ship engineer. Since then she has worked as a submersible pilot for... Read More →

Winner of the 2009 TED Prize and National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence, Dr. Sylvia A. Earle is a tireless advocate for our ocean. The legendary marine scientist and deep sea explorer has received numerous distinguished awards including being named a "Living Legend... Read More →

A highly decorated veteran of five spaceflights, Scott has spent over eight weeks in space and 47 hours on spacewalks. He played a vital role during the construction of the International Space Station and was inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame. Having trained at Stanford... Read More →

Oliver Steeds, Nekton Mission Director, Submersible PilotOliver is a ‘leading ocean explorer’ (Economist 2016), ‘part Captain Nemo, part Steve Zissou’ (Daily Telegraph, October 2016), founder of Nekton, responsible for developing Nekton's mission strategy, running operations... Read More →

Bruce Sutphen – Director of Engineering and Technology, Remote Ocean Systems Owner/Founder, Sutphen Marine LLC, San Diego CA. Bruce’s professional career spans three decades in the marine industry, focusing on performance projects, including: grand prix yachting, high speed stealth... Read More →