OUR EXHIBITORS

TriOS
TriOS is a well-established producer of high-quality optical metrology. In 1998, TriOS achieved an excellent reputation with the launch of the first hyperspectral light measurement device for use in marine research, RAMSES. The RAMSES radiometers are spectral imaging radiometers that are used to measure radiance, irradiance, or scalar irradiance in the ultraviolet, visible, and ultraviolet/visible ranges. To date, TriOS has succeeded in becoming one of the leading producers of optical immersion sensors. The company has extended its product range to photometers, fluorometers, and various other sensors. For over two decades, TriOS has been a leading supplier of high-quality measuring devices for environmental and water monitoring to partners in science. The company’s expertise is derived from a commitment to ongoing exchange and improvement.

PLOCAN
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) is a public consortium created in 2007 between the Ministry of Economy, Industry, and Competitiveness and the Government of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. Its main objective is to build, equip, and operate a set of marine infrastructures for research in the field of marine sciences and technologies. PLOCAN’s mission is to promote scientific, technological, and innovation excellence in the marine and maritime field, accelerating the arrival of its results and products to the market, favoring economic growth and employment through efficient access to the ocean at increasing depths and in an environmentally sustainable manner.

Chelsea Technologies
Chelsea Technologies’ world-leading marine technology has supported ocean research for over 60 years, from oil spill monitoring to phytoplankton studies. With a rich history in sensing technology and expertise in fluorescence and optical measurements, they continue to innovate in the field of oceanographic instrumentation. One of the most recent of these developments, is their pioneering Single Turnover Active Fluorometry (STAF) technology, a major step forward in evaluating phytoplankton primary productivity. This technique provides significantly improved sensitivity and automation, allowing scientists to take measurements over more meaningful temporal and spatial scales and further our understanding of the global carbon cycle.

LIFeLiDAR – Laser Induced Fluorescence environmental LiDAR
LIF lidar measures the key water quality parameters – chlorophyll a, dissolved and suspended organic matter, total suspended sediments:

• Providing high spatial and temporal resolution ground-truth data for regional satellite bio-optical models validation for water quality parameters retrieval
• Monitoring of waters of any type and land surface for contaminants of organic origin, e.g. oils and oil products on the surface or in-water emulsion, sewage waters, illegal tank washing, sewage and oil leaks from pipes, harmful cyanobacteria blooms, river plumes, etc.
• Supporting scientific research related to biology, optics, geology, and physics of the water upper layer of natural water bodies (from fresh to hyperhaline, from oligotrophic to hypertrophic)
• Providing LIF lidar services for water and land organic contamination and ecological status evaluation

Water Insight
Since 2005, the Dutch company Water Insight has provided customers around the world with optical ecological water quality instruments and services. We offer Earth Observation information solutions based on Sentinel and commercial VHR data as well as monitoring solutions with our in-house developed close sensing instruments. Next to this, we participate in international research projects (e.g., Horizon Europe). At this year’s Ocean Optics Conference we are proud to launch our new handheld instrument: the WISP Orca! Of course, our fixed position WISPstation will also be there. See you at our booth!

The Oceanography Society
The Oceanography Society (TOS) was founded in 1988 to advance oceanographic research, technology, and education, and to disseminate knowledge of oceanography and its application through research and education. TOS promotes the broad understanding of oceanography, facilitates consensus building across all the disciplines of the field, and informs the public about ocean research, innovative technology, and educational opportunities throughout the spectrum of oceanographic inquiry. TOS welcomes members from all nations. Any individual, business, or organization interested in ocean sciences is encouraged to join and to participate in the activities and benefits of the society.

Sea-Bird Scientific
Sea-Bird Scientific exists to help scientists know the world — and shape policy that changes it for the better. As one of the global leaders in oceanographic instrumentation, our customers work on the leading-edge of ocean science. Their results break the frontiers of what we know about natural waters and contribute to our understanding of climate change, ecosystem health, and more. Ranging from optical sensors to observational systems, we possess an expansive portfolio of accurate instrumentation that ensures we are powering science-based decisions, for a better ocean.

Sequoia Scientific
Sequoia is the global leader in technologies for submersible and field measurements of suspended particles, particle size distributions and water optical properties. The technology makes superior real-time measurements with repeatable accuracy. Installations range from shipboard research labs, fixed moorings, unmanned vehicles, remote monitoring stations and more.

IOCAG
The Instituto de Oceanografía y Cambio Global (IOCAG) has a solid and experienced team of scientists and professors who have been working in the field of marine sciences for several decades. The institute has three objectives: the first is to be an Atlantic bridge for the Europe-Africa-America axis in the marine field. A second objective is to be an international starting and ending point for teaching, R&D&I and transfer in marine sciences, health, energy, water, economy and tourism and ICT related to the sea. Finally, the institute aims to promote the model of use of marine resources to facilitate local and island economic development.

BeamSea Associates
BeamSea Associates was founded in 2019 to create extended range and turbid water multispectral LiDAR imaging payloads and time-resolved optical properties sensors specifically for small unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), floats and profilers. The BeamSea technology is the culmination of decades of research and development in undersea laser and LiDAR system architectures led by the company’s founders. BeamSea possesses exclusive radiative transfer performance prediction and design software tools that can be used in partnership with clients to investigate retrieval of environmental parameters and devise the optimal system configurations based on specific requirements.

HBOI – Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
FAU Harbor Branch prioritizes solution-oriented research that addresses critical issues affecting coastal zone, oceans, and human well-being. Research scientists take a global approach, conducting studies around the world in varying climates, ecosystems, and cultures.