Jan Newton

Dr. Jan Newton is a Senior Principal Oceanographer with the Applied Physics Laboratory of the University of Washington and an affiliate professor with the UWSchool of Oceanography and the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, both in the UW College of the environment. She is the Executive Director of the Northwest Association of Networked Ocean ObservingSystems (NANOOS), the US IOOS Regional Association for the Pacific Northwest. She is a Co-director of the Washington Ocean Acidification Center and the Co-chair of the Global Ocean Acidification ObservingNetwork.

R. Duncan McIntosh

As the Senior Regional Maritime Specialist at ADB, Dr. Robert Duncan McIntosh designs regional strategies for ports connectivity, maritime trade efficiency, and green ports and shipping in the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to joining ADB, he served as the Oceanography Officer at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, where he directed the Pacific Islands Global Ocean Observing System and coordinated the Pacific regional hub of the Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network. Dr.