SAVE THE DATE
WORLD MARITIME DAY 2025
MARITIME CONNECTIONS BREAKFAST
Friday, September 26, 2025
8:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Scott’s Jack London Square
2 Broadway Oakland CA 94607
“Embracing Our Ocean Obligations and Opportunities with Our Humanity”
OBSERVE WORLD MARITIME DAY.
LEARN ABOUT the growing field of Oceanic Humanities that explores the human relationship with the ocean, examining its cultural, historical, and artistic significance, as well as its role in shaping our understanding of the world.
DISCOVER AND APPRECIATE the unique and important work of prominent Bay Area ocean and maritime scholars Dr. Colin Dewey, Director, Cal Maritime Ocean Initiative, Cal Poly Cal Maritime; Dr. Alexander Parker, Oceanographer, Cal Poly Cal Maritime; David Helvarg, Founder, The Blue Frontier Campaign; and executives from the Shipping Industry.
ACKNOWLEDGE CALIFORNIA MARITME ACADEMY for its unique role as the only degree-granting maritime academy in the western United States that produces U.S. Coast Guard-licensed mariners.
WELCOME THE NEW CAL POLY MARITIME ACADEMY that unites the unique strengths of Cal Poly and Cal Maritime University Academy – two institutions that share a hands-on, immersive educational approach and a legacy of academic excellence.
SUPPORT SEAFARERS who are at the crux of maritime, operating the ships that bring the goods that make our lives comfortable and convenient. Net proceed benefit the Seafarers Ministry of the Golden Gate at the International Maritime Center and the Propeller Club at Cal Maritime Academy. SMGG-at-the-IMC provides help and support to the ship crews as they call the Port of Oakland.
Presented by
SMGG-at-the-IMC & The Propeller Club at Cal Poly Maritime Academy
Host Committee: Capt. Anne McIntyre, SF Bar Pilots, Chris Mourgos, Norton Lilly International
Prime Sponsor: Port of Oakland
For Additional Information: rwilkins@imcbayarea.net; www.smgg.org