Blue Economy Symposium (OMAE 2024 Singapore)
Friday 26th July 2024
4-5pm (AEST)
The long-term strategy of the Blue Economy is aimed at unlocking the potential of ocean resources through the sustainable development of offshore seafood and renewable energy production systems.
This Blue Economy symposium was initiated at the OMAE 42nd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore & Arctic Engineering which was held in Melbourne in 2023.
Owing to its success, the symposium has become a permanent feature symposium in OMAE and it covers emerging technologies in the context of the blue economy with a focus on aquaculture and renewable energy applications.
In this webinar, 3 presentations were selected to cover some of the aforementioned topics in the context of blue economy.
Presentation 1:
Industrialization of Ocean Fish Farming Contributing to Boost Supply of Marine Proteins – Solutions and Challenges + Q&A.
Speaker: Mr. Per Arild Aland (DNV)
Presentation 2:
Designing for the Animal: Reimagining Offshore Fish Structures + Q&A.
Speakers: Dr Louise Kregting & Suzanne Black (Pant&Food Research NZ)
Presentation 3:
Digital Twin-Driven Optimal Design of Connector Stiffness for Floating Multi-Modular Structures – an Application for Floating Solar Energy Harvest + Q&A.
Speaker: Prof Dong Trong Nguyen (NTNU)
PRESENTED BY
Name: Per Arild Åland
Affiliation: MSc – Business Development Manager, DNV Maritime Offshore Classification
Per Arild Åland works with DNV service- and business development related to emerging technology/solutions in the rapidly growing ocean space segment. He has close to 30 rewarding years of experience in maritime and offshore industry. He has contributed in a number of different roles ranging from senior principal engineer, auditor and head of section within various fields including offshore technology, business development, technology qualification and management.
Name: Dr Louise Kregting
Affiliation: Senior Scientist, Plant & Food Research NZ
Louise’s work is multi-disciplinary bringing together marine ecology, physiology, and biology with coastal and oceanographic modelling and engineering techniques. Three main interests include i)Investigating the environmental interactions of marine (wave and tide) energy converters ii) primary productivity of macroalgae and potential uses as high-value products, and iii) Open Ocean Aquaculture.
The factor that links these topics together is water motion, a fundamental driver of ecosystem structure, biodiversity composition, morphology and life history strategies of aquatic organisms. Louise is the Science Team Leader of the Aquatic Design and Bioengineering team with a main focus on design and engineering aspects of new prototype structures to assist the transport, production and harvest of finfish.
Name: Dr Suzanne Black
Affiliation: Senior Scientist/Team Leader, Plant & Food Research NZ
Suzy is a Senior Scientist/Team Leader for PFR’s Seafood Production Group within the Seafood Technologies Portfolio and is the programme leader in the MBIE Re-imagining Aquaculture programme. She has a PhD in Fish Physiology from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and over 20 years’ experience in development and industrial implementation of finfish capture, handling and postharvest storage technologies.
Understanding what a fish needs to be at its best has been at the foundation of her research. Suzy is passionate about developing physiology-based technologies that make a difference in the real world and she enjoys working closely with industry partners to develop and operationalise solutions.
Name: Prof Dong Nguyen
Affiliation: Professor of Marine Cybernetics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Dong Nguyen is a Professor of Marine Cybernetics at the Department of Marine Technology at NTNU, Trondheim. He earned a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from NUS, Singapore and has experience in the assurance of control software in marine industry. His research focuses on autonomous shipping and offshore renewable energy systems.
FACILITATED BY
Name: Prof C.M. Wang
Affiliation: Program Leader – Offshore Engineering and Technology, Blue Economy CRC
C.M. Wang is a Professor in Structural Engineering, The University of Queensland. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, a Fellow of Academy of Engineering Singapore, and a Fellow of Institution of Structural Engineers. His research interests are in the areas of structural mechanics and floating structures and have published over 500 journal papers and 10 books in these fields.
He is the Leader of the Offshore Engineering and Technology Program of the Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre. His current research focuses on the development of offshore fish pens, seaweed cultivation platforms and very large floating structures for infrastructure and townships.
