BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250917T184811Z UID:689B0B4C-6F22-4079-A019-B1B336BDBC76 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250910T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250910T203000 DESCRIPTION:CHEERS OCEANEERS! SEPTEMBER 2025\n\nPLEASE note the time zone o f the vTools event date and time. This appears to be a recent glitch or ch ange in the way vTools works\, and it may display the event in the UTC tim e zone when you first open it\, so it looks wrong. The event is on Wednesd ay\, September 10th\, 5:30pm California time (PDT).\n\nThis is our big eve nt of the year - special location - the Maritime Museum of San Diego!\n\nM any thanks to Dr. Christina Connett Brophy\, President and CEO of the Mari time Museum of San Diego for graciously offering the venue to our group! W e plan to hold the main presentation aboard the Steam Ferry Berkeley\, and then afterwards\, we will move over to the Star of India for the "after p arty" to continue our networking and conversations about all things that a re ocean and tech related. Dr. Connett Brophy will also be one of our main presenters for this event.\n\nIn addition\, we will have Greg Murphy\, Co astal Resilience Lead at Fugro\, giving us a technical presentation about his and his company's ventures. Greg is also on the Board of Directors for the Maritime Museum\, so we have a lot of content overlap for this event - history and future BlueTech come together!\n\n***\n\nWelcome to the mont hly event for the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES)\, San Diego Chapt er\, which is hosting this meeting jointly along with TMA BlueTech (The Ma ritime Alliance)\, and MTS (Marine Technology Society).\n\nPlease join us for the main presentation and also plenty of time for networking and frien dly conversation about everything oceanic\, engineering\, science\, Blue T ech\, and more. No need to be an IEEE or OES member\, or TMA\, or MTS. Eve ryone is invited!\n\nFor this event\, we really need everyone to register\ , so we can get an accurate count.\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Christina Connett Br ophy\, Greg Murphy\n\nAgenda: \nAgenda:\n\n5:30pm: Arrival and networking\ , order food/drinks for yourself.\n\n6:15pm: OES and other hosting group a nnouncements.\n\n6:20pm: Main Presentation\n\n6:40pm (approximately): “o pen mic” for any other attendees to present anything they like (ocean-re lated\, of course).\n\nExamples: employers presenting opportunities for em ployment\, job seekers presenting a quick bio\, internship program opportu nities\, promoting other events\, seeking funding\, “show and tell” of any cool technology you are working on\, etc.\n\n*For the open mic portio n of the event\, please observe a time-limit of 3 minutes maximum per pers on. If you want to give a longer presentation\, please ask to be the main presenter for an upcoming monthly event.\n\n7:00pm to close: enjoy some dr inks and chatting with fellow oceanic engineering enthusiasts.\n\nRSVPs ar e appreciated for planning purposes.\n\nLinks from the event:\n\nDeepWater Exploration Video:\n\nThe video highlights footage from Scripss divers ca ptured using DeepWater Exploration's explore3D stereo camera\, which integ rates two stellarHD cameras equipped with Aquagon lenses. This advanced se tup includes a global shutter sensor and records at 60 FPS. Unlike convent ional flat or dome ports that can cause warping and chromatic aberrations\ , our proprietary Aquagon Optics are custom-engineered to deliver distorti on-free\, crystal-clear imagery directly from the source. This ensures the highest-quality data for stereo vision applications.\n[DWE video](https:/ /youtu.be/90--1zYCA7A)\n\nBldg: Maritime Museum of San Diego\, 1492 N Harb or Dr\, San Diego\, California\, United States\, 92101 LOCATION:Bldg: Maritime Museum of San Diego\, 1492 N Harbor Dr\, San Diego\ , California\, United States\, 92101 ORGANIZER:greg_laugle@yahoo.com SEQUENCE:60 SUMMARY:CHEERS OCEANEERS! September 2025 URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/495508 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10 .5pt\; background: white\;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14.0pt\; font- family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; color: black\; text-transform: uppercase\; mso-ligatures: none\;">CHEERS OCEANEERS! SEPTEMBER 2025</span></strong></ p>\n<div>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'\,serif \; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; color: #444444\; letter-sp acing: .25pt\;">PLEASE note the time zone of the vTools event date and tim e. &nbsp\;This appears to be a recent glitch or change in the way vTools w orks\, and it may display the event in the UTC time zone when you first op en it\, so it looks wrong. &nbsp\;The event is on Wednesday\, September 10 th\, 5:30pm California time (PDT).</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444\; font-family: Georgia\, serif\;"><span style="lette r-spacing: 0.333333px\;">This is our big event of the year - special locat ion - the Maritime Museum of San Diego!</span></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNo rmal"><span style="color: #444444\; font-family: Georgia\, serif\;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.333333px\;">Many thanks to <strong>Dr. Christina Connett Brophy</strong>\, President and CEO of the Maritime Museum of San Diego for graciously offering the venue to our group!&nbsp\; We plan to ho ld the main presentation aboard the Steam Ferry Berkeley\, and then afterw ards\, we will move over to the Star of India for the "after party" to con tinue our networking and conversations about all things that are ocean and tech related.&nbsp\; Dr. Connett Brophy will also be one of our main pres enters for this event.</span></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style ="color: #444444\; font-family: Georgia\, serif\;"><span style="letter-spa cing: 0.333333px\;">In addition\, we will have <strong>Greg Murphy</strong >\, Coastal Resilience Lead at Fugro\, giving us a technical presentation about his and his company's ventures.&nbsp\; Greg is also on the Board of Directors for the Maritime Museum\, so we have a lot of content overlap fo r this event - history and future BlueTech come together!</span></span></p >\n</div>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt\; background: white\;"><span style="font-family: Calibri\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\ ;">***</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt\; back ground: white\;"><span style="font-family: Calibri\, sans-serif\; font-siz e: 12pt\;">Welcome to the monthly event for the IEEE Oceanic Engineering S ociety (OES)\, San Diego Chapter\, which is hosting this meeting jointly a long with TMA BlueTech (The Maritime Alliance)\, and MTS (Marine Technolog y Society).</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt\; background: white\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Calib ri'\,sans-serif\; color: black\; mso-ligatures: none\;">Please join us for the main presentation and also plenty of time for networking and friendly conversation about everything oceanic\, engineering\, science\, Blue Tech \, and more.&nbsp\; No need to be an IEEE or OES member\, or TMA\, or MTS. &nbsp\; Everyone is invited!</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margi n-bottom: 7.5pt\; background: white\;"><span style="color: #444444\; font- family: Georgia\, serif\;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.333333px\;"><spa n style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; color: b lack\; mso-ligatures: none\;">For this event\, we really need everyone to register\, so we can get an accurate count.</span></span></span></p>\n<p c lass="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt\; background: white\;">&nbsp\ ;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 7.5pt\; background: white\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0p t\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; color: black\; mso-ligatures: non e\;">Agenda: </span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt \; background: white\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Cal ibri'\,sans-serif\; color: black\; mso-ligatures: none\;">5:30pm: Arrival and networking\, order food/drinks for yourself.</span></p>\n<p class="Mso Normal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt\; background: white\;"><span style="fo nt-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; color: black\; mso- ligatures: none\;">6:15pm: OES and other hosting group announcements.</spa n></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt\; background: whi te\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\ ; color: black\; mso-ligatures: none\;">6:20pm: Main Presentation</span></ p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt\; background: white\; "><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; co lor: black\; mso-ligatures: none\;">6:40pm (approximately): &ldquo\;open m ic&rdquo\; for any other attendees to present anything they like (ocean-re lated\, of course).</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt\; background: white\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family : 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; color: black\; mso-ligatures: none\;">Examples: employers presenting opportunities for employment\, job seekers presenting a quick bio\, internship program opportunities\, promoting other events\, seeking funding\, &ldquo\;show and tell&rdquo\; of any cool technology yo u are working on\, etc.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bot tom: 7.5pt\; background: white\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-fa mily: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; color: black\; mso-ligatures: none\;">*For t he open mic portion of the event\, please observe a time-limit of 3 minute s maximum per person.&nbsp\; If you want to give a longer presentation\, p lease ask to be the main presenter for an upcoming monthly event.</span></ p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt\; background: white\; "><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; co lor: black\; mso-ligatures: none\;">7:00pm to close: enjoy some drinks and chatting with fellow oceanic engineering enthusiasts.</span></p>\n<p clas s="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt\; background: white\;"><span sty le="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Calibri'\,sans-serif\; color: black\ ; mso-ligatures: none\;">RSVPs are appreciated for planning purposes.</spa n></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt\; background: whi te\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt\;">Links from t he event:&nbsp\; &nbsp\;</span></strong></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 1 4pt\;"><strong>DeepWater Exploration Video:</strong></span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;">Th e video highlights footage from Scripss&nbsp\;divers captured using DeepWa ter Exploration's explore3D stereo camera\, which integrates two stellarHD cameras equipped with Aquagon lenses. This advanced setup includes a glob al shutter sensor and records at 60 FPS. Unlike conventional flat or dome ports that can cause warping and chromatic aberrations\, our proprietary A quagon Optics are custom-engineered to deliver distortion-free\, crystal-c lear imagery directly from the source. This ensures the highest-quality da ta for stereo vision applications.<br><a href="https://youtu.be/90--1zYCA7 A" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DWE video</a></span></p>\n<p class="MsoN ormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt\; background: white\;">&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR