New Web Exclusive profiles exclusive insights from RI’s leadership

Offshore Source (OS), a Technology Systems Corporation (TSC) digital publication, has released details of its latest Web Exclusive, Rhode Island: A Blueprint for the Blue Economy. The online interactive feature explores the U.S. Blue Economy through the lens of a single American state, Rhode Island, and profiles the insights and opinions of leaders from the “Ocean State” about sustainable marine development.

Guest contributors represent a diverse range of marine industries, research institutions and associations, and are prefaced by an exclusive interview with United States Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) in which he cites collaboration as central to driving success in the Blue Economy on a national level.

Speaking of Offshore Source’s latest Web Exclusive, TSC president Jessica Lewis commented: “Despite being the smallest state in the U.S., the range and scope of activity taking place in Rhode Island’s Blue Economy sets a new benchmark for sustainable development in the marine domain. Our intention with Rhode Island: A Blueprint for the Blue Economy was to both celebrate these successes and trigger broader discussions about the necessary future investments—both in Rhode Island and across the country—needed to ensure the prosperity and longevity of Blue Economy in the 21st century.”

The full line-up of interviewees includes:

• Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI);
• Paula Bontempi, Dean of the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island;
• Laura Hastings, Former Deputy Program Director for Real Jobs Rhode Island;
• Susan Daly, VP of Strategy, Rhode Island Marine Trades Association / Composites Alliance;
• Molly Donohue Magee, Executive Director, Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance (SENEDIA)/Undersea Technology Innovation Consortium (UTIC);
• Chris Waterson, General Manager, Waterson Terminal Services;
• William Cotta, Offshore Wind Supply Chain Director, Rhode Island Commerce;
• Jennifer McCann, Director, US Coastal Programs, URI Coastal Resources Center, Director of Extension, Rhode Island Sea Grant.

Rhode Island: A Blueprint for the Blue Economy is sponsored by Rhode Island Commerce and is the latest in an ongoing series of quarterly online features produced by Offshore Source.

For full access, click here.

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