{"id":106808,"date":"2026-02-09T18:35:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T18:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=106808"},"modified":"2026-02-13T20:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:51:10","slug":"uri-partners-with-british-government-to-celebrate-blue-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/02\/uri-partners-with-british-government-to-celebrate-blue-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Partners with British Government to Celebrate Blue Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>WHAT<\/strong>: A celebration of transatlantic collaboration in ocean tech, marine research, and conservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leaders from Rhode Island and the UK will discuss shared priorities and emerging opportunities in the blue economy, followed by a networking reception with policymakers, academic and industry leaders from both sides of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WHEN: <\/strong>Thursday, February 12, 2026, 5-7 PM EST<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Panel discussion: 5:00\u20135:45 PM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reception: 5:45\u20137:00 PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WHERE<\/strong>:&nbsp;Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering, äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾, 2 East Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TO RSVP:<\/strong>\u00a0Contact Alec Scicchitano, <a href=\"mailto:Alec.Scicchitano@fcdo.gov.uk\">Alec.Scicchitano@fcdo.gov.uk<\/a>, (857) 204-9153, or Neil Nachbar, <a href=\"mailto:neil_nachbar@uri.edu\">neil_nachbar@uri.edu<\/a>, (401) 874-4946<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT: A celebration of transatlantic collaboration in ocean tech, marine research, and conservation. Leaders from Rhode Island and the UK will discuss shared priorities and emerging opportunities in the blue economy, followed by a networking reception with policymakers, academic and industry leaders from both sides of the Atlantic. WHEN: Thursday, February 12, 2026, 5-7 PM [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1848,2],"tags":[1909,1913,1905,1912],"class_list":["post-106808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advisories","category-archives","tag-international","tag-public-engagement","tag-research","tag-special-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106808"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106846,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106808\/revisions\/106846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}