Email News March 2017
Welcome to the March 2017 Email Newsletter from Marine South East
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Posted 2017-02-21 10:17:52
Busy workshop sessions for Ocean Business 2017
Addressing a variety of issues facing the ocean technology, the NOC will be presenting workshops on its high profile projects, conducting tours of their facilities and showcasing their services during Ocean Business. In addition they will be hosting a number of free to attend seminars.
A conference and matchmaking event on Dual-Use Autonomous Systems and Satellite Applications will focus on innovation priorities and aim to initiate relationships across defence and commercial sectors. These events are supported by the European Commission and will involve major primes and SMEs.
These events will run over two days:
Tuesday 4th April will see a full day conference organised by the Marine South East, based on two themes that are currently enjoying strong investment: Maritime information services and Sensor platforms and autonomy. For more information and to register please go to:
http://www.marinesoutheast.co.uk/news/collection/?coll=75&&
On Wednesday 5th April, the Enterprise Europe Network will host a matchmaking event designed to create real business opportunities. Visitors can meet potential business partners during pre-arranged 30 minute meetings. For more information and to register please go to:
https://www.b2match.eu/oceanbusiness2017?&
Both events are free to attend. Other seminars taking place during Ocean Business include:
Tuesday 4 April
Prof Matt Mowlem, Head of the NOC's Ocean Technology and Engineering Group, will be presenting the NOC's sensor and instrumentation technologies that have recently become commercially available.
Wednesday 5 April
NOC's Executive Director, Professor Ed Hill, will present a seminar focusing on the strategic priorities of POGO (the Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans) that advance efficiency in monitoring the world's oceans.
Other Seminars include:
Business opportunities to network with the new South Coast Marine Cluster.
Meetings with innovative companies operating in ocean observation to identify barriers to commercialisation.
Development of a shore-based marine radar system which provides crucial hydrographic data, information on wildlife activity and acts as a vessel traffic tool.
NOC support on decommissioning 475 UK offshore oil and gas installations.
Technological update on the NOC's development of pressure tolerant Lithium Sulphur batteries.
The potential use of Arctic shipping lanes
Data modelling experts explaining how to translate marine data into industry applications.
FREE TO ATTEND:
All the NOC seminars and tours of the facilities are FREE to attend. Visitors are encouraged to register for Ocean Business and contact the NOC directly to book onto the seminars. Find out more at http://www.oceanbusiness.com/conferences-seminars.
Running alongside the NOC workshops, Ocean Business offers an international exhibition of more than 340 exhibitors, over 180 hours of live training and demonstration sessions, a conference and various associated meetings held by leading organisations, Ocean Careers and a full line up of social and networking events.
Register online today at
http://www.oceanbusiness.com/register
Posted 2017-03-01 08:18:50
Could Degree Apprenships assist your business growth?
Organisations can take advantage of significant government funding towards the cost of a degree apprenticeship enabling the development of new recruits and existing employees by offering a practical work-based degree delivered on a day-release basis.
The University of Portsmouth has developed a Degree Apprenticeship programme in response to the Government's Apprenticeships initiative.
For Non-Levy paying organisations with fewer than 50 employees, the Government pays 100% of the tuition fees for businesses with fewer than 50 employees if the employee is aged 16-18 at the start of their apprenticeship. For older apprentices, the Government will subsidise 90% of the tuition fees and your company will pay the remaining 10%. However there are situations where the Government will pay the full cost for older employees.
For Non-Levy paying organisations with over 50 employees, the Government will subsidise 90% of the tuition fees and your company will pay the remaining 10%.
For Levy paying organisations, from 6th April, if your organisation has an annual pay bill of over £3m, it will contribute 0.5% of its total pay bill (less a £15,000 allowance) into an apprenticeship account held by the Government's Digital Apprenticeship Service which will top it up by an additional 10%. The cost of the tuition fees will be paid from your Digital Apprenticeship Service account directly to the University. If your organisation exhausts its Apprenticeship Levy account, it will revert to the 90% subsidised model for non-Levy paying organisations.
At the University of Portsmouth the Degree Apprenticeship programme offers organisations an ideal opportunity to develop the skills and talents of their future workforce.
The University of Portsmouth can arrange meetings with businesses to explain the step-by-step guide to degree apprenticeships and the support available for recruitment and staff development plans.
For more information please visit:
http://www.port.ac.uk/degree-apprenticeships/
Posted 2017-02-21 10:28:13
Innovate UK funding develops technology to avoid costly ship breakdowns
A Gosport company has received Innovate UK funding to pioneer technology which can monitor the biggest marine diesel engines on the high seas and transmit a simple ‘health score’ to a vessel’s operator thousands of miles away.
The satellite-linked monitoring technology offers huge benefits for operators of vessels of all sizes on the world's oceans.
IntelliMon, part of STS Defence Ltd, led a consortium which received £1 million of Innovate UK funding to develop the ground breaking diagnostic technology through a two-year collaborative R&D project called IConIC (Intelligent Condition monitoring with Integrated Communications).
It involved two other south coast businesses, NGnuity Ltd and LW Partners Ltd, along with the Universities of Portsmouth and Southampton and the Satellite Applications Catapult.
Being able to predict when a supertanker, container vessel or cruise ship needs to be brought into port for engine maintenance can avoid breakdowns at sea, saving six-figure sums for shipping owners and management companies.
Full details of the project can be found at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/predictive-engine-health-check-can-avoid-costly-ship-breakdowns
Posted 2017-02-21 11:18:38
Ocean Business 2017 - Brochure display offer for non-exhibitors
Companies are invited to forward limited quantities of promotional brochures to the Society of Maritime Industries for distribution to visitors and for display on racks on the SMI stand at the exhibition.
Ocean Business is firmly established as an unmissable international event for ocean technology. As with previous shows, Ocean Business 2017 will be maximising face-to-face interaction between exhibitors and customers.
The three-day international exhibition of technology and services is backed up by a programme of hands-on training and demonstration workshops. Taking place at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, the show provides a unique venue with dockside facilities that are fully integrated into the show.
PRICE
The cost for this service, which includes transport to the exhibition and active promotion and distribution of the brochures from the SMI stand during the exhibition, is £100+VAT per company, irrespective of the number of brochures forwarded.
Each company will be limited to three different styles of brochures (e.g. equipment, company, services, etc.).
For more information and booking information please visit:
http://www.maritimeindustries.org/Events/Ocean-Business---Brochure-display-offer/43820
Posted 2017-01-25 11:41:29
Innovate UK Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund
What is the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund? It's a fund that will invest in science and innovation challenges, to meet the demands and opportunities of UK industry.
It was first announced late November last year, when the Prime Minister confirmed the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund would be a major element of the industrial strategy.
In the days following the announcement the Chancellor committed an additional £4.7 billion investment in science and innovation over the life of this parliament - the greatest single increase for nearly 40 years.
Recently the Industrial Strategy consultation document included 'investing in science, research and innovation' as the first of 10 'pillars' - a major endorsement of the value that we know science and innovation can bring to this country and the economy.
Crucially, the Industrial Strategy document also included a focus on supporting businesses to start and grow, and driving growth across the whole country. All things that Innovate UK are working hard to deliver.
8 areas have been identified as having a combination of great market potential and excellent UK research and industrial capability:
* Bioscience and biotechnology
* Leading edge healthcare and medicine
* Manufacturing processes and materials of the future
* Smart, flexible and clean energy technologies
* Quantum technologies
* Robotics and artificial intelligence
* Satellites and space technologies
* Transformative digital technologies
The Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund is just one aspect of the industrial strategy. Through the Government consultation you can feed in your ideas on science, research and innovation - or any of the other pillars - until April 17th. Go to the following link to add your say:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/building-our-industrial-strategy
Posted 2017-03-01 09:00:34
South Coast Business Awards 2017 Launch invitation, 2nd March 2017, Southampton
The Southern Daily Echo and principal sponsors Trethowans are holding a launch event for the South Coast Business Awards 2017 at the Grand Cafe, Southampton on Thursday 2nd March 2017, 6-8pm.
Attendees are invited for drinks and canapes while the details of this year's competition are announced to celebrate the best of businesses across Hampshire.
Attendees will be able to meet the sponsors and learn about the award categories.
The launch is free to attend but registration is required as spaces are limited.
Register your attendance at the following link:
http://tinyurl.com/h52dsqs
Posted 2017-02-21 11:10:20
Maritime and Defence Dual-Use Conference 2017, 4th April 2017
Marine South East, with funding from the European Commission, is hosting a conference targeting maritime dual-use opportunities in autonomous systems and satellite applications. The conference will take place on 4th April 2017, as part of the Ocean Business event programme in National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton. Registration is free, and includes an evening reception for networking.
The conference will take place on 4th April 2017, as part of the Ocean Business http://www.oceanbusiness.com event programme in National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton. Registration is free, and includes an evening reception for networking.
The following day, 5th April, a B2B matchmaking event is being hosted also in NOC. This is being hosted by the Enterprise Europe Network in partnership with Marine South East. This will enable firms to hold more detailed discussions on a one-to-one basis. Registration is free at the following link:
https://www.b2match.eu/oceanbusiness2017
This workshop and B2B event are taking place under the European Network of Defence Related regions which is supporting a programme to promote dual-use innovation
The draft programme for the Maritime and Defence Dual-Use Conference is as follows:
09:00 - 9.30 Registration , coffee and networking
Session 1 Introduction and scene-setting: Moderator Iain Shepherd (MSE)
09.30 - 09.40 Role of Dual-Use programmes to accelerate innovation and competitiveness - Incoming Director, UK Defence & Security Accelerator
09.40 - 09.50 Ongoing initiatives in dual-use innovation - DSC, Paul Whinstanley
09.50 - 10.05 European actions & instruments in support of dual-use initiatives - Paul Anciaux, Policy Officer DG Grow, European Commission
10.05 - 10.10 Maritime dual-use priorities & goal of workshop - Jonathan Williams, Marine South East
Session 2 Exploiting growth in maritime information services
10.10 - 10.25 Challenges implementing maritime information services, Tim Munn, Thales
10.25 - 10.40 The role of Satellite Applications - Gordon Campbell, ESA
10.40 - 10.55 Maritime Internet of Things & cyber security
Rob Myers, Inmarsat
10.55 - 11.10 Dual-use data analytics and web services
Bruce Tomlinson, HR Wallingford
11.10 - 11.40 Coffee break and networking
11.40 - 12.30 Panel Discussion - facilitated by Nick Lambert, Satellite Applications Catapult
Building blocks for creating maritime information services, technologies, business models and collaboration.
12.30 - 12.50 Keynote; Michael Jones, President The Maritime Alliance, US - Dual-se activities in the US Blue Economy, and how we can all benefit from international collaboration.
12.50 - 13.40 Lunch
Session 3 Exploiting growth in sensor platforms and autonomy - Moderator Paul Winstanley (Defence Solutions Centre)
13.40 - 13.55 Marine autonomous systems: dual-use priorities - Rear Admiral Paul Bennett, Royal Navy
13.55 - 14.10 Technical barriers that need to be overcome - Gwyn Griffiths, Autonomous Analytics
14.10 - 14.25 Sensors & smart sensor networks - Simon Gerrard, SMMI
14.25 - 14.40 Building dual use systems: an SME perspective - Dan Hook, ASV
14.40 - 15.30 Panel Discussion - facilitated by Kevin Forshaw, National Oceangraphy Centre
Mapping next generation marine autonomous systems for defence & civil markets
15.30 - 16.00 Tea break
Session 4 Building future dual-use programmes & collaborations
16.00 - 17.15 Panel Discussion and Open Forum - Moderator: Paul Winstanley, Defence Solutions Centre, Facilitator: Jonathan Williams, MSE
16.00 - 16.20 Panel Member introductions
16.20 - 17.10 Discussion and Open Forum
17.10 - 17.15 Conclusions and introduction to B2B Matchmaking Day - Jonathan Williams, MSE
17.15 - 18.15 Visit to Ocean Business show and 'Wine Trail'
18. 15 - 20.00 Reception with Guest Speaker: First Sea Lord
More information can be found at:
https://www.endr.eu/event/maritime-and-defence-dual-use-conference-2017
Please book at the link above.
Posted 2017-01-24 12:20:13
International B2B Matchmaking at Ocean Business 2017, 5th April 2017, Southampton
Enterprise Europe Network is organising a B2B matchmaking event on Wednesday 5th April 2017, during Ocean Business 2017 and its associated events Dual Use Innovation Opportunities and Blue Growth 2017.
The event is supported by the Maritime Technologies Sector Group and the Aeronautics, Space & Dual-Use Technologies Sector Group.
The FREE matchmaking event will give you the opportunity to meet potential business partners during pre-arranged 30 minute meetings and create real business development opportunities with exhibitors but also visitors, active in the maritime sector. Your agenda will be sent to you one week before the event with the exact time and location of your meetings.
* Are you looking for new customers, partners or financiers for your company?
* Are you looking for new potential partners to develop your business and research objectives?
* Are you seeking partners to adapt your technology for dual-use applications?
* Or maybe you just want to boost your innovativeness?
The event is highly applicable for any of the following sectors:
* Marine engineering
* Maritime defence
* Environmental monitoring and pollution control
* Ports and harbours
* Marine Autonomous Systems
Why participate?
* Establishing technology and commercial partnerships
* Expanding your business abroad
* Learning about new technologies and solutions
* Showcase your most favourable projects, products or know-how
* Present, discuss and develop new projects
Through the pre-arranged networking, delegates can look forward to:
* start networking weeks before the event due to pre-event profiling (add your business profile and view others profiles)
* request and receive pre-arranged business matchmaking appointments
* manage beforehand up to 13 high class B2B meetings (at 30 min) of your choice at fixed reserved table
For more information and to book your place at this event please visit:
https://www.b2match.eu/oceanbusiness2017
