Official opening of the underwater laboratory at NTNU
Official opening of the underwater laboratory at NTNU
The Applied Underwater Robotics Laboratory (AUR-Lab) was officially opened by the Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry, Trond Giske (AP) on 23 August, on board of the research vessel Gunnerus and at NTNU Sealab. Through a mutual agreement among the deans of 5 different Faculties the laboratory will be the common work space for marine technologists, cybernetics engineers, biologists and chemists, archaeologists and aquaculture researchers.
The happening was covered by the Norwegian press (NRK).
NTNU joins MarineKIC Initiative
Through joining the initiative, NTNU supports the effort to create a Marine Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC). Its aim is the promotion of competitiveness of Europe's RTD-based maritime economy through the European Institute of Technology (EIT).
See: www.marinekic-initiative.eu
akvARENA SEA 2011 conference
On the 18th of August, the SEA 2011 conference is taking place at AquaNor, Trondheim, Norway. It will deal with the theme "Food supply from environmentally friendly aquaculture – a dream or reality?" through addressing closely interlinked and complex subjects like food supply, sustainability and food safety. For information and registration, see http://www.sea2011.no/home.php
EAS Aqua Nor Forum on Up-Scaling Aquaculture Systems
AQUA NOR FORUM 2011 will address one of the critical constraints to the development of aquaculture in Europe – notably access to sites with high water quality to ensure high quality aquaculture products. The FORUM will be arranged on 17 and 18 August and will take the format of three sessions, each of some 2 hours duration, where presentation of the issues and discussion of the solutions will be the priority. For more information and registration, see http://www.easonline.org/component/content/article/181
Frøya conference 2011
The community of Frøya organized its annual conference on 27 May, focusing on economical and cultural development of small coastal communities. Yngvar Olsen held a presentation on the optimization of sea based aquaculture with respect to environmental impact and carrying capacity of the ecosystem.
Study trip to Faroe Islands
More than 40 representatives from (predominantly Mid-) Norwegian aquaculture research institutes, and producing and supplying industries joined the excursion to Faroe Islands from 22 to 24 May. Visits to salmon smolt and ongrowing farms provided a thorough insight in on-land recirculation and exposed cage systems respectively. The excursion founded a basis for collaboration possibilities between Faroe aquaculture stakeholders and NTNU. A delegation will visit Trondheim during the AquaNOR fair (16-19 August).
Workshop at the ACE research infrastructure
NTNU and ACE organized jointly a workshop on 11 May. The features of the infrastructure were presented, and opportunities for research and student projects were discussed. In addition, a visit was made to the large-scale sea-based salmon farm at Tristeinen using the new boat Torra.
More information about ACE can be found at www.aceaquaculture.com or by contacting the staff at mail@aceaquaculture.com
Start of AQUAEXCEL project
On 1 March, the EU funded project AQUAEXCEL research infrastructure project started. AQUAEXCEL aims to integrate key aquaculture research infrastructures across Europe, in order to promote their coordinated use and development. One of its activities is the facilitation of access to state-of-the-art aquaculture research infrastructures by research teams who would otherwise not normally have access to these facilities. Calls for access proposals will be widely published on www.aquaexcel.eu.
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MaRIT-consortium invitation
Join the MaRIT-consortium, a new dedicated multidisciplinary research and development network. Participation will help you (1) to expand your research activities and collaboration network; (2) improve your ability to impact grant proposals. More information (pdf).
A main agenda is to make the infrastructure of individual partner's easily accessible for consortium partners, forming an integrated infrastructure for research and higher education in the Trondheimsfjord region. All core partners may include components of their research in the integrated facility.
