Students from one of the oldest universities in the world recently toured Ocean Networks Canada with staff hosts Claire de Grasse and Tom Dakin, business development specialists in ICT and Sensors and Instruments.

Visiting from Hunan University— located in Changsha, China and said to be over 1,000 years old—these students are mostly senior managers or executives in a variety of public and private sector organizations.

After introducing them to ocean observing technology, the VENUS and NEPTUNE observatories, and...