Nicholas Rome
Program Manager, Consortium for Ocean Leadership
Nick Rome is a Program Manager at the Consortium for Ocean Leadership, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. that represents many of the premier oceanographic institutions in the world. Located in Seattle, WA, he manages and oversees projects associated with the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) and the Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems (NANOOS) and University of Washington. IOOS coordinates activities across 12 U.S. science and technology agencies that oversee $3 billion in ocean programs. Rome assists with coordinating federal funding and identifying other development opportunities; facilitating aspects of the national and regional governance structure including expert teams on technical and/or scientific oceanographic themes; and providing guidance on how to improve ocean-observing systems with local, regional, national and global partners. Core duties include cultivating relationships with federal, state, local, Tribal, public/private and nonprofit communities; developing strategic documents and briefing materials; and growing and optimizing the reach and impact of IOOS and NANOOS data, products and tools.
Speakers & Moderators
Angelika Brandt
Head of Department Marine Zoology, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt
Beth Fulton
Lead, Integrated Marine Management, CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere
Deputy Director, Centre for Marine Socioecology
Judith Giblin
Senior Technical Officer in Oceanography in the Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division/ Pacific Community
Melissa Iwamoto
Director and Principal Investigator, Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
Marjolaine Krug
Senior Scientific Advisor, OCIMS, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE)
Mojib Latif
Professor, University of Kiel and researcher, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Roshan T Ramessur
Co-Chair OA-Africa
Advisory Member, The Ocean Foundation
Associate Professor, University of Mauritius
Derrick Snowden
Chief, Operations Division, US Integrated Ocean Observing System Office at NOAA/National Ocean Service
Detlef Stammer
Professor and Director of the Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, University of Hamburg
Janice R. Trotte-Duhá
Special Adviser, Directorate-General for Scientific, Technological and Nuclear Development of the Brazilian Navy
Ramasamy Venkatesan
National Institute of Ocean Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Chennai India
Martin Visbeck
Professor of Physical Oceanography, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and Kiel University
