At Oceanology International, ExCel – you must be registered for Oceanology International to attend.

South Gallery Room 5 – 1400 – 1530hrs

This session will consider Critical National Infrastructure on the Seabed (SBCNI), protecting the SBCNI, the threats, and impact of the threats. Hear from the Royal Navy and industry experts on this important subject as presentations consider what are the current challenges, the ways forward, the requirements for the future in the defence sector.

A moderated panel discussion will follow the presentations, including audience Q&A where attendees will be able to engage with panellists and their peers.

Nick Swift, SUT – Introduction

Commander Graham Mimpriss Royal Navy – Future Military Requirements

Lieutenant Commander Mark Butcher Royal Navy – Planned persistent surveillance of Oceanographic Data Gathering globally

Tom Rooney, Sonardyne – Autonomous Seafloor Sensor Monitoring and Communications

Gerry Goward, James Fisher Defence – Commercial Operations supporting Military Capability

Peter Alexander, Viper Innovations – Advanced Subsea Electrical Network Monitoring Technologies

Attendance is free. Seating will be limited, pre-registered delegates will be prioritised.

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Join representatives from industry, academia, professional and learned societies sharing insights on career opportunities, challenges and career development, transitions and progression in the underwater, subsea, and wider marine sectors.

Attendees will be encouraged to engage with the panelists and their peers in a moderated Q&A discussion.

Chaired by Sue John, Chair, SUT

Speakers

Cheryl Burgess, Chief Executive Officer, SUT
Hannah Ladd-Jones, Engagement Officer, MASTS
Simon Canning, Operations Director, DDK Positioning / Chair, The Hydrographic Society in Scotland (THSIS)
Andre Rose, Technical Adviser, International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA)
Andy Woolgar, Vice President Group HSEQ, Subsea 7
Dr Ajit Pillai, Senior Lecturer and Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow, University of Exeter
Roger Scrivens, Ocean Consultant
Steve Hall, Freelance Ocean Consultancy
Mick Cook, MCL Consultancy

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Join SUT+ for a site visit to the National Decommissioning Centre (NDC)

17:00 – 18:30 GMT

This event is free to attend; spaces are limited to 21 so please register in advance to guarantee a place.

On arrival, please report to the main reception.

The tour takes place on Wednesday, 9th March, and starts at 5:00 pm lasting approximately 1 and a half hours.

You will be given an introduction to the National Decommissioning Centre (NDC), their current projects and future directions, a demonstration of the marine simulator, and a tour of other facilities.

We are following government guidance regarding Covid 19 so request our attendees to show proof of a negative lateral flow test on the day. We also ask that attendees wear a face covering when moving around the buildings and sanitise when entering and leaving the buildings.

Please note the new venue location:  St Andrew’s is Just off The Cut, between the Young Vic and Old Vic Theatres, just minutes from Southwark and Waterloo tube/rail/bus stations.

Refreshments will not be provided during the presentations. We will decant to a local pub after the presentations.

Time: 1800 – 1930 hrs GMT – Online

The event is FREE to attend, but booking is essential

Mooring Sense Project: A Risk-based Integrity Management Strategy For Mooring System Of Floating Offshore Wind

Speakers: Roisin Harris, Graduate Asset Integrity Engineer & Alessandro La Grotta, Integrity & Reliability Team Lead, Worley

While Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) represents a significant opportunity to foster wind energy development and to contribute to CO2 emissions reductions, its associated operational costs are still substantially above grid parity, and significant innovation is needed.

MooringSense is a research and innovation project which explores digitisation technologies to enable the implementation of risk-based integrity management strategies for mooring systems in the FOW sector with the aim to optimise inspection and maintenance activities, reduce costs, and increase energy production.

A risk-based assessment methodology specific for the mooring system of FOW Turbines has been developed; this allows the development of a risk-based strategy that can result in more cost-effective inspection planning. The methodology shall utilise the information made available by numerical tools, sensors, and algorithms developed in the project to update the risk level of the mooring system and set the required plan to mitigate the risk.

Leveraging the additional information from monitoring technologies and predictive capabilities the risk-based strategy developed allows for optimal planning of inspection and maintenance activities based on dynamic risk level that is periodically updated through the interface with the Digital Twin.

Challenging Offshore Wind Limits Through Innovation

Speaker: Ioannis Skarakis, Senior Tender Executive

Parkwind NV is a private limited liability company incorporated in Belgium, developing, financing, constructing, and operating offshore wind farms. Parkwind currently operates 771 MW in the Belgian exclusive economic zone and secured a development pipeline of approximately 1.1 GW in Ireland and Germany.

On the framework of the SUT webinar, Parkwind will share its experience on the technical challenges of Arcadis OST 1 OWF project in Germany. On the momentum of our culture of innovation, the project is committed to the highest standards and will be using state-of-the-art construction methods for the installation of the foundations and turbines.

Alessandro La Grotta

Alessandro is an experienced Asset Integrity Consultant with 15 years’ experience, of which 11 in the energy sector working in several brownfield projects and in operational support roles for both onshore and offshore assets. Alessandro currently leads the Worley Integrity & Reliability team in the UK, this team works across all industries to help our clients realize the maximum value from their assets by ensuring mechanical integrity, increasing mechanical and production reliability and reducing inspection and maintenance costs during the whole lifecycle.

Roisin Harris

Roisin is an Asset Integrity Engineer in Worley Specialist Technical Solutions. With a background in Materials Engineering and Corrosion, she helps clients maintain the safety and integrity of their assets, and implement mitigation measures to decrease downtime, improve operational reliability and minimise cost, schedule and technical risks. She has worked across both the oil and gas and renewable sectors, in offshore and onshore projects.

From left to right: Victor Vescovo, Captain Don Walsh and Patrick Lahey.

7.00pm to 8.30pm

Ticket costs £16/£10/£7 Members – SUT Members use code OCEANS7 at the checkout to pay at the Royal Institution member rate of £7.

Our oceans hide a myriad of worlds. From trenches that are deeper than our tallest mountains to volcanoes and thermal vents teeming with life, how do we explore what lies beneath?

Join oceanographer and renowned explorer Captain Don Walsh, undersea explorer Victor Vescovo and submarine engineer Patrick Lahey, as they recount their experiences of diving to the deepest points on Earth.

In this conversation, discover the challenges of visiting such depths and the panel’s vision for the future of deep-ocean exploration.

This event takes place ahead of Victor Vescovo and Patrick Lahey being presented with the Society for Underwater Technology/Marine Technology Society, Captain Don Walsh Award for Ocean Exploration, in recognition of their achievements during The Five Deeps Expedition, to the deepest point in each of the world’s oceans. They receive their Awards at Oceanology International 2022 | Oi London on 15 March.

Dr Don Walsh is an American oceanographer, explorer and marine policy specialist. He and Jacques Piccard were aboard the bathyscaphe Trieste when it made a record maximum descent into the Challenger Deep on January 23, 1960, the deepest point of the world’s oceans. He has spent the past four decades involved with design, manufacture, and operation of submersible systems. A retired naval officer (submarines) he was designated U.S. Navy deep submersible pilot #1 in the early 1970s. During 2001, in addition to Atlantic Sands, he has participated in diving operations at the battleship Bismarck and RMS Titanic. On 20 July 2001, he had lunch on board the Titanic, when the Mir 2 landed on the bridge so the sub crew could eat.

Victor Vescovo launched the Five Deeps Expedition in 2018 to thoroughly map and visit the bottom of all five of the world’s oceans by the end of September 2019. They achieved this and carried out biological samplings and depth confirmations at each location. Besides the deepest points of the five world oceans, the expedition also made dives in the Horizon Deep and the Sirena Deep, and mapped the Diamantina Fracture Zone.

Patrick Lahey is the co-founder and President of Triton Submarines based in Sebastian, Florida. He recently became the second Canadian to reach the bottom of the Mariana Trench and the first person to dive the Challenger Deep twice while accompanied by another explorer. Patrick also successfully completed the world’s deepest ever salvage operation at 10,927 meters during one of his historic dives in the Mariana Trench.

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13:30 – 14:30 BST

Speaker – Daniel Buhagiar, Co-Founder / CEO, FLASC B.V.

Offshore renewables can provide us with more clean energy than we need. The problem is that variable renewable energy supply and consumer energy demands do not always match. This limits the use of large-scale renewables, such as offshore wind, as a viable alternative to fossil fuels.

The FLASC technology can store energy where it is being produced, and use it when it is needed. It is a suitable buffer that can store excess energy production and deliver it later to compensate for deficits to meet demand. The technology can take an intermittent renewable resource and turn it into a predictable source of clean energy.

Agenda

• The Problem: Mismatch between Renewable Energy Supply / Consumer Demand
• Why Offshore Energy Storage?
• The FLASC Hydro-Pneumatic Energy Storage Solution
• Past and ongoing progress on prototyping / technology upscaling
• Different Embodiments of the Technology from subsea oil & gas to floating wind.
• Our collaboration with Subsea 7
• Cost / Business Case
• Next Steps / Upcoming Development

Daniel Buhagiar is the CEO and a co-founder of FLASC B.V., a start-up with an award-winning energy storage solution for offshore applications. He is a mechanical engineer and holds a PhD from the University of Malta, during which he developed FLASC’s patented hydro-pneumatic energy storage technology. At FLASC, Daniel is leading the commercialisation of this technology, and managing collaborations with key stakeholders across a range of energy storage applications.