Ports can be Catalysts for Blue Economy Innovation | Paula Sylvia | TEDxSanDiego

Imagine how Ports can play a key role as catalysts for new blue economy innovation to solve some of our biggest global challenges, how they can change their business models to support innovation, entrepreneurship, and start up companies. We are already seeing signals of this happening around the globe, but what we have here in San Diego is very unique, and at the moment the only one of its kind in the world, where we have developed a new model for public private partnerships to support start-up companies by facilitating pilot projects and allowing them to test their technology in a real-world port environment. https://www.portofsandiego.org/waterf... #TEDx #TEDxSanDiego #TEDxSpeaker #blueeconomy incubator, #blueeconomyinnovation, #portsascatalystsforblueeconomyinnocation Paula Sylvia is the Program Director of the Aquaculture and Blue Technology Program at the Port of San Diego. She oversees a variety of initiatives aimed at developing environmental and economic opportunities for aquaculture, blue technology, and other nature-based solution businesses in the region. She also manages the Port’s Blue Economy Incubator, an impact investment platform to support entrepreneurship and innovation partnerships to facilitate and scale pilot projects and build a portfolio of new businesses that can deliver multiple social, environmental, and economic benefits to the region. She is passionate about breaking down barriers and creating a more enabling environment for these new blue economy opportunities to take hold in the southern California region. She lives in San Diego with her son Liam and enjoys all things in and around the ocean, cooking, spending time with family and friends, and walks on the beach. Connect on LinkedIn. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx