Knowledge Transfer

Overview

CMOP knowledge transfer activities and events are a multi-directional exchange of information across an inherently diverse spectrum of stakeholders, including:

1. Scientific and technical communities in coastal margins involved in ocean observation and prediction, and related areas, such as molecular biology and information science;

2. Ocean, science, and technology educational communities, including students and teachers at all levels of learning;

3. Industry, including ocean sensors and platforms, molecular and nanotechnology, and computation and information technology;

4. Federal, Tribal, state, and local agencies with mandates in coastal margin issues; and

5. Society at large.

Knowledge Transfer Goals and Objectives

- Scientific Community: To establish CMOP as both an intellectual magnet and a resource for the ocean-sciences community, and for communities, such as information sciences and molecular biology, that will help shape next-generation oceanography.
Objective: Develop proactive scientific outreach activities both internal and external to the ocean science community in order to ensure that the broader scientific community is aware of and benefits from CMOP resources and capabilities.

- Industry: To provide a structure in which industries work with researchers and educators, as opposed to just serving as vendors and contractors.
Objective: Develop mutually beneficial joint ventures with a broad spectrum of industries having interests in various aspects of the technological and/or commercial opportunities that CMOP enables.

- Regional Interests: To lend expertise and scientific information to the efforts of federal, Tribal, state, and local agencies towards sustainable management of Pacific Northwest coastal margin resources.
Objective: Address federal, Tribal, state, and local agencies' needs in scientific understanding and products in order to accomplish their individual and collective management mandates in critical Pacific Northwest river-to-ocean environments.

CMOP has a robust and evolving set of knowledge transfer activities with the scientific community and with regional interests. CMOP is excited about its plans to convene the CMOP Industry Advisory Committee during late summer/early fall of 2007, where the CMOP Industry Participation Program will be further detailed.

To the extent possible, CMOP will use IOOS and NANOOS outlets to disseminate CMOP products to the general population.