Thursday, August 25th, 2022
By Anneli Strobel
08 September 2022, 13:35 - 14:35
How can the maritime industry benefit from cooperation with science?
Maderator: Christine Valentin, Executive Director, World Ocean Council Europe
Maritime traffic in the polar regions (and especially in the Arctic Ocean) has expanded rapidly over the last decade, representing both challenges and opportunities for the sector. Several EU-funded projects of the EU-PolarCluster, such as EU-PolarNet 2 and ARICE, are engaged in collaborating with the maritime industry to ensure safe operations in ice covered waters. The aim of this panel discussion is to identify the most pressing research needs for the maritime industry sector operating in the polar regions and discuss possibilities for industry -science cooperation. Vladislav Sidorenkov Duprez, R&D Engineer and Science Coordinator, PONANT Rob HINDLEY, Head of Machinery and Structures, AKER ARCTIC Nicole BIEBOW, Head of International Cooperation Unit, Alfred Wegener Institute Andrew Fleming, Head of Mapping & Geospatial Information Centre