Blue Horizons: The One Ocean Innovation Showcase and Exhibition
Blue Horizons is a trade-show-style exhibition spotlighting the most promising startups, growth-stage ventures, and established innovators advancing the full spectrum of sustainable ocean and maritime technology. Maritime Blue is bringing together emerging companies from across the blue economy for a day of interactive booths, breakout sessions, and direct engagement with investors, industry leaders, and potential partners.
Interactive booths are the centerpiece, where companies showcase their technologies and connect directly with attendees.
Breakout Rooms will feature pitches, panels, and spotlight sessions.
The Showcase highlights innovations across the ocean economy and maritime industries.
Two Tracks of Attendees:
Exhibitors: Founders and innovators from startups to established companies, including entrepreneur support organizations and research institutions. Exhibitors can apply here.
Registrants: investors, policymakers, philanthropists, corporates, and industry operators, general interested community members.
Companies take the stage and the floor to share what they're building and why it matters. Whether you're an innovator looking to make connections or an attendee looking to discover what's next in ocean and maritime technology, this is where the future shows up.
Areas of Focus
Sustainable Fishing & Seafood – aquaculture, traceability, and next-generation seafood solutions.
Healthy Ocean Ecosystems – monitoring, restoration, pollution prevention, and circular solutions.
Digital Transformation – AI, autonomy, data systems, subsea networks, and maritime cybersecurity.
Maritime Decarbonization – vessel electrification, clean fuels, and port/logistics efficiency.
Renewable Ocean Energy – wave, tidal, offshore wind, and enabling infrastructure.
Why Participate
Visibility: Present your solution to global investors, port authorities, corporate partners, and policymakers.
Connections: Build relationships with customers, collaborators, investors, and fellow founders.
Market Access: Showcase your innovation in Seattle — a hub for maritime and ocean leadership.
Momentum: Be part of One Ocean Week, the region’s premier global convening for ocean innovation.
Partnership and Sponsorship Opportunities
Send a note to Leon Wang at leon@maritimeblue.org for full details on reserving space for your organization and portfolio for full exhibitor access, premium recognition and/or brand visibility.
About Maritime Blue
Maritime Blue is a strategic alliance propelling the Pacific Northwest toward global leadership in ocean-based innovation. We foster collaboration among industry, government, academia, communities, and investors to create sustainable maritime and ocean industries. We empower our region to thrive in the Blue Economy by accelerating innovation and entrepreneurship, centering equity, addressing climate change, restoring marine ecosystems, and building a diverse workforce.
About Blue Ventures
Blue Ventures supports maritime and ocean-focused startups through unique, purpose-driven accelerator and incubator programs, all within Maritime Blue’s leading Pacific Northwest innovation cluster. The Tacoma Maritime Blue Incubator is supported by the City of Tacoma and the Seattle Maritime Blue Incubator is supported by the Port of Seattle.
Space is limited. Please RSVP to secure your spot!
By registering for this event, you agree to share your registration information with the organizers of One Ocean Week Seattle (OOWS), receive communications about OOWS, and acknowledge that photos/videos may be taken for promotional use.