The green shift in the blue economy is here. Our department needs to have a dialogue with the industry about education and research in the years to come.

It is important to understand the needs and challenges in the industry if we want to continue developing world class marine technological engineers: Thus, this seminar.

Place: T2, Marinteknisk senter, Otto Nielsens veg 10, Tyholt
Time: March 16 at 11:00 am to March 17 at 13 pm 

See the presentations in PDF here

See the first day here at YouTube

See the second day on YouTube here

Main event page with contacts here

We follow the Norwegian authorities coronavirus rules and recommendations, and will adapt the seminar accordingly. We will move the dates if necessary. 

March 16, 2022 in T2 at Tyholt

11:00-12:00    Registration and lunch

12:00-12:15    Welcome speech
Sverre Steen, Head of Department of Marine Technology

12:15-12:30    The green shift in marine technology, visions of the future
Sindre Kolbjørnsgard and Jon Arnt Kårstad, master students at IMT

12:30-14:00
Session 1: Green shipping
                    Session chair: Mehdi Zadeh 

12:30-13:00     Keynote: Zero Carbon Shipping – the global solution
Bo Cerup-Simonsen, CEO Mærsk Center for Zero Carbon Shipping

13:00-13:20     SeaMap: Recommendations on how to reach the goal
of zero emission in the maritime industry
Anders Valland, Research Manager, SINTEF Ocean, Energy and Transport and Deputy Director SFI Smart Maritime

13:20-13:30    Short break

13:30-13:45     The green shipping program – how to develop the world’s most effective and sustainable shipping industry
Eivind Dale, Senior Principal Consultant, DNV Maritime

13:45-14:00     Zero emission for deep sea shipping – Klaveness perspectives 
Martin Wattum, Head of Projects and Business Tranformation, Klaveness Ship Management

14:00-14:30    Break, coffee and visit stands

14:30–16:05
Session 2: Offshore renewable energy
                         Session chair: Zhen Gao

14:30-14:50     Keynote: In it to win(d) it – Equinor’s offshore wind strategy
Tone Vestbøstad, Chief Engineer, Platform and Marine Technology, Equinor

14:50-15:10     IMT’s research on offshore wind and floating solar
Zhen Gao presenting Erin Bachynski-Polic's work on offshore wind and Trygve Kristiansen presenting work on floating solar, all Professors at NTNU IMT

15:10-15:25     Standardization as an enabler for commercial scale floating wind and solar – what are the gaps that need to be closed?
Tore Hordvik, Business Lead, Floating wind & solar, Renewable Projects, DNV

15:25-15:35    Short break

15:35-15:50     Scaling Floating Offshore Wind
Torbjørn Mannsåker, Specialist Wind Farm System Engineer, Aker Offshore Wind

15:50-16:10     Panel discussion

16:10              Wrap up

19:00             Dinner at Kvilhaugen gård, includes a 3-course meal and two units to drink
                      Dress code: Business casual

March 17, 2022 in T2 at Tyholt

08:45-09:00     Coffee and welcome to a new day

09:00-10:00
Session 3: Autonomy and cybernetics in the green shift
                        Session chair: Asgeir Sørensen 

09:00-09:15     OceanLab and FjordLab, autonomy, ocean data, mapping and monitoring
Beate Kvamstad-Lervold, Special Adviser SINTEF Ocean

09:15-09:30    Zero Emission Autonomous Urban Mobility
Erik Dyrkoren, CEO, Zeabuz

09:30-09:45    Subsea robotics – offshore game changer?
Kjetil Skaugset, Senior Advisor Technology Management, Equinor

09:45-10:00     Main achievements in SFF AMOS – mapping and monitoring of the ocean
Asgeir J. Sørensen, Professor and Head of Centre of Excellence NTNU AMOS

10:00-10:30    Break, coffee and visit stands

10:30-12:00
Session 4: Future aquaculture
                        Session chair: Bjørn Egil Asbjørnslett

10:30-10:45:    Exposed aquaculture – Developing upon a strong marine technology competence
Martin Søreide, Technical Director – Marine Engineering, Scale AQ                          

10:45-11:00:    Coastal aquaculture – New designs with opportunities and challenges for marine technology
Alf Reidar Sandstad, CEO, Seafarming Systems

11:00-11:15:    Fish welfare in new aquaculture contexts – challenges for and contributions from marine technology
Frode Oppedal, Professor scientist at Institute of Marine Research/ Havforskningsinstituttet

11:15-11:30     Education and research in aquaculture
                         – what is important right now
                         Odd Faltinsen, Professor Emeritus NTNU IMT

11:30-11:45     Panel discussion/Q&A

11:45-12:00     Sum up and wrap up
Sverre Steen

12:00                Lunch starts

12:15-12:45     Celebration of Ocean Space Centre with speeches and cake in Vrimle

13:00                Good-bye for now

For those who stay:

17:30–18:00  Doors open

18:00–20:30 MIT- jubilee revue in T2

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