CHEERS OCEANEERS! December 2025
CHEERS OCEANEERS! DECEMBER 2025
Our main presenter is Chris Kontoes, Sales Director at Del Mar Oceanographic. Chris will be talking about the role that wave-powered profiling plays in ocean observing, the need for developing Wirewalker, the problems it solves, potential applications, and what's next.
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Welcome to the monthly event for the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES), San Diego Chapter, which is hosting this meeting jointly along with TMA BlueTech (The Maritime Alliance), and MTS (Marine Technology Society).
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. No need to be an IEEE or OES member, or TMA, or MTS. Everyone is invited.
This month, we will be at Quantum Brewing again, a cool science-themed brewery founded by a biochemist.
No ticket required, but please order something for yourself from the brewery.
Please grab a bite from a nearby restaurant, which is okay to bring into the brewery per the owner.
The food and drinks are not being funded by the hosts. Please open your own tab.
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- 5375 Kearny Villa Rd
- #116
- San Diego, California
- United States 92123
- Building: Quantum Brewing
- Starts 29 November 2025 08:00 PM UTC
- Ends 11 December 2025 05:00 AM UTC
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
Chris Kontoes
Biography:
Chris is Sales Director at Del Mar Oceanographic, but don’t let that title fool you; he’s a field tech at heart. Chris has nearly a decade of eclectic field experience from his time managing a coastal oceanographic lab at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He’s managed a wave buoy network, designed moorings and various mounting solutions, deployed instruments from large and small vessels, via SCUBA, worked with telemetry systems, and was a NOAA Marine Debris free-diver. Chris has been in industry for an additional 10yrs, providing oceanographic instrumentation sales and technical support directly for some of today's leading BlueTech manufacturers. In fact, Chris assisted DMO with both, the original integration of the Nortek Signature1000, and implementation of the RBR telemetry solution. He enjoys drawing from these experiences, as well as from close colleagues, to assist others in finding success in the field and obtaining the best measurements possible.
Agenda
Agenda:
5:30pm: Arrival and networking, order food/drinks for yourself.
6:15pm: OES and other hosting group announcements.
6:20pm: Main Presentation
6:40pm (approximately): “open mic” for any other attendees to present anything they like (ocean-related, of course).
Examples: employers presenting opportunities for employment, job seekers presenting a quick bio, internship program opportunities, promoting other events, seeking funding, “show and tell” of any cool technology you are working on, etc.
*For the open mic portion of the event, please observe a time-limit of 3 minutes maximum per person. If you want to give a longer presentation, please ask to be the main presenter for an upcoming monthly event.
7:00pm to close: enjoy some drinks and chatting with fellow oceanic engineering enthusiasts.
RSVPs are appreciated for planning purposes.