EN Offshore industry and education
Description
This year's theme of the annual symposium at Avans is "The Dutch Offshore industry and education". The growth of the Dutch Offshore industry is limited by the lack of well-trained employees. This was one of the reasons why, early this year, the Offshore education programmes of Avans University of Applied Sciences in 's-Hertogenbosch, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, the Willem Barentsz Maritime Institute and Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden set up the "HBO Offshore Network".
HBO Offshore Network
The aim of this Network is to jointly train more students with the right qualifications for the Dutch Offshore industry. The initiators are courses that have been providing "state of the art" education in close cooperation with industry for years. In each of the study programmes, theory and practice are linked by carrying out innovative and challenging research design issues from practice. These issues are provided by more than 30 leading companies from the Oil & Gas industry. During the symposium, we want to develop new ideas to further improve and optimise our courses.
Why an offshore symposium in 's-Hertogenbosch?
The annual offshore symposium in 's-Hertogenbosch is now entering its fifth year. An anniversary, in other words.
Previously, the inviting parties were Avans University of Applied Sciences and KIVI NIRIA. This year, they are the HBO Offshore Network and Avans. In the coming years, the symposium will be organised each year by a different college of the Network. Next year, therefore, the symposium will take place in Rotterdam.
More than 150 students!
Due to the participation of the 4 institutes of the Network with a total of 10 study programmes, the symposium will be attended by more than 150 students, who are following an Offshore minor in the 4th year. They will actively participate during the symposium. During lunch, 15 groups will show their first projects via a poster presentation (competition). In the afternoon programme, they will be challenged to submit ideas to, among other things, get more students interested in the offshore industry
Morning programme
08.30 - 10.00 Walk-in with coffee, opportunity to build company stands
10.00 - 10.15 Welcome on behalf of Avans by Diederik Zijderveld, CvB Avans Hogeschool
10.15 - 10.30 h Opening by the chairman of the day, Joannes Collette, coordinator HBO Offshore Network
10.30 - 11.00 h Keynote presentation Edward Heerema, president director Allseas: 'Offshore industry and college: responding to mutual needs'
11.00 - 11.30 h Coffee break
11.30 - 12.00 hrs Keynote presentation Rene Berkvens, CEO Damen Shipyards Group: 'Offshore is here to stay'
12.00 - 12.30 hrs Keynote presentation Ruud Zoon, General Manager GDF Suez Netherlands: 'A career in the Offshore industry: challenging and enriching'
Market
12.30 - 14:00 Lunch / Poster presentations of projects by students of the HBO Offshore Network (competition), company stands, determination winner poster presentations.
Afternoon programme
14:00 - 15:30
Speaker(s)
Presentations
A - Bas van Bemmelen, Director Boskalis Offshore. "Swiss Army Knife at Sea."
- Jaap van den Corput, Land & Sea Academy Wärtsilä Netherlands BV.
B - The Artic Platform.
- Solar Boat: Presentation of the intermediate status of the joint project of students from Avans University of Applied Sciences, Damen Shipyards Group and Wärtsilä.
Workshops
C - Joannes Collete & Wibbo Hoffman HBP Offshore Network: How to get more students interested in Offshore. Brainstorming, discussion and suggestions.
- Rob van Helvoort, Manager Opleidingen PAO Techniek: How to mainly fail to interest more school students in engineering.
D - Cleaning up dirt in the Pacific: Presentation of the intermediate state of the joint project of students Avans, HR, MIWB and NHL. Discussion and suggestions.
Plenary programme
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 - 16.30 Award ceremony best student project, conclusion
16.30 - 17.30 Networking drinks
Location
Avans University of Applied Sciences,
Onderwijsboulevard 215, 5201 AS 's-Hertogenbosch
Organiser
Offshore Technology
HBO Offshore Network
Name and contact details for information
Ron Dolstra, Symposium coordinator, tel. 0651 548 600, e-mail r.dolstra@avans.nl Joannes Collette, HBO Offshore Network coordinator, tel. 0617 236 195 or via the e-mail address below
Apply via
Via the link above.