Omschrijving

Pressure is increasing around the world regarding the availability of raw materials and energy. The easily accessible resources on Earth are almost exhausted and new resources are being looked for in formerly unknown areas of our planet, including The Deep Sea. Companies are exploring the oceans for new resources, but exploitation of these resources is restricted by structural and materials limitations. Innovation of (offshore) structures and suitable materials opens the door to exploit a whole new world and all its treasures. The symposium will be the first Dutch maritime platform to give an overview on current challenges, economic opportunities and future trends. This symposium will involve speakers who have accepted the challenge of exploring the dark.

12:00 - 13:00 Registration and Dark Lunch

13:00 - 14:30 Session I - Exploration
Chairman: Prof. Mirek Kaminski (Full professor of Ship and Offshore Structures TU Delft)
* Opening by Dirk Jan van den Berg (President of the Executive Board TU Delft)
* Mining In Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: The Legal Framework by Dr. Alex Oude Elterink (Deputy Director Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea, School of Law, Utrecht University)
* Deep-Sea Coral Reefs by Marc Lavaleye (Marine ecologist NIOZ - Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research)
* Internal Waves Affect The Deep Ocean by Prof. Leo R.M. Maas (Professor of Ocean Wave Dynamics NIOZ - Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research)

14:30 - 15:00 Dark Coffee Break

15:00 - 16:15 Session II - Research
Chairman: Frank Koopman (Engineering manager innovation Heerema)
* Gas Hydrates, As Mythical As They Are Real by Martin Galavazi (Manager Geotechnics Department, Senior Geologist Fugro)
* Deep Sea Dredging by Prof. Cees van Rhee (Professor of Dredging Engineering TU Delft)
* Opening The Dark And The Deep by Fleur Loef and Alex Vredeveldt (Business developer/Senior scientist TNO)

Spreker(s)

16:15 - 16:45 Dark Coffee Break

16:45 - 18:30 Session III - Exploitation
Chairman: Pieter Swart (Flowlines, Risers and Pipeline Team-Lead A/S Norske Shell)
* Brains And Brawn: Power And Intelligence In Seabed Preparation by John Sands (VP, Seabed Intervention AGR)
* Decision Making On The Ocean Floor by Mario Alvarez Grima (Senior R&D Specialist IHC Merwede)
* Development Of The World's Most Advanced Trenching System by Pierre Boyde (Commercial and Business Development Director DeepOcean)
* Conquering The Deep Sea by Martijn van Wijngaarden and Richard Burger (BSc students of the minor "Deep Sea" TU Delft)

18:30 - 20:00 Dark Drinks

Locatie

TU Delft, Faculty 3ME, Lecture Room A, accessible

through the entrance at Leeghwaterstraat 17

Organisator

Maritieme Techniek

Offshore Techniek

Dispuut Offshore Technology, UNFC

Naam en contactgegevens voor informatie

Mirek Kaminski

m.l.kaminski@tudelft.nl

Folder

Directions Faculty 3ME