Offshore in Brabant "off-course"
Description
On 16 June 2009, KIVI NIRIA is organising an offshore conference in cooperation with Hogeschool AVANS. Speakers at this event at the Hogeschool AVANS in 's-Hertogenbosch will include ir. E. Heerema (director All Seas) and drs. G. Hamers (director IHC Merwede). Other inspiring and prominent speakers will also show why the Netherlands holds a leading position in the global offshore.
OF COURSE BRABANT!
In September 2008, the Hogeschool AVANS started the minor Offshore Engineering & Automation. The participation of more than 20 companies in this minor has proved very successful for both student and company. Part of the programme is the Student Contest. This is a competition in which fourth-year students showcase their graduation work through poster presentations.
OFFSHORE HUB
KIVI NIRIA is focusing on the Hub as a hub of business activity as a technical social theme for 2009. With this theme, KIVI NIRIA focuses on internationally successful hub positions and the role of the Netherlands in them. Although the Netherlands is a small country, a remarkable number of Dutch companies play a leading role in the offshore industry.
NETHERLANDS OFFSHORE
Due to the growing demand for energy and the eventually rising price of oil and gas, new technologies are constantly being developed. Besides new methods for extracting conventional energy, work is also underway on deep-sea mining, offshore wind farms and other renewable energy initiatives. In this conference, leading companies will highlight their innovative projects. These presentations will be given by, among others:
- Amec Jacobs Stork
- Ampelmann Company
- Fugro Survey
- Heerema Marine Contractors
- Keppel Verolme
- Seaway Heavy Lifting
- Shell
- Tideway
- TU Delft
- Xanthus Energy
09:00 Reception with coffee and tea
09:45 Opening F. van Kalmthout (board of governors Avans University of Applied Sciences)
10:00 Opening day chairman ir. J. Dekker (president KIVI NIRIA)
10:10 Ir. W. Schoonmade (former president KIVI NIRIA Offshore Engineering department)
10:30 Ir. E. Heerema (director All Seas)
11:00 h coffee break
11:30 h ir G. Hamers (director IHC Merwede)
12:00 h ir S. Rijtema (Heerema Marine Contractors and Engineer of the Year 2008)
12:30 h networking lunch with Student Contest and Company stands
14:00 h Parallel session first round m.m. Wärtsilä, Shell, Ampelmann Company and Tideway
14:30 Parallel session second round m. Bosch Rexroth, Amec Jacobs Stork, Fugro Survey B.V. and Seaway Heavy Lifting
15:00 Parallel session third round m. Imtech Marine & Offshore, Xanthus Energy England, TU Delft and Keppel Verolme
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 Animation
16:15 Final word from chairman of the day and award ceremony Student Contest
16:30 Networking drinks
PDF will follow soon with descriptions of the presentations in the sessions.
Location
AVANS University of Applied Sciences, Onderwijsboulevard 215
5223 DE 's-Hertogenbosch
Organiser
Offshore Technology
AVANS University
Name and contact details for information
More information from Arno Hermans, tel: 070 - 391 98 82, or via the e-mail address below.