Webinar: Offshore Engineering & Technology: Blue Economy Symposium

The Blue Economy Symposium was organised for the first time within the 42nd OMAE 2023 conference in Melbourne Convention Centre from 11-16 June. In addition to Prof Irene Penesis’ keynote lecture on Challenges of the Blue Economy for Sustainable Offshore Development, the symposium featured 32 lively presentations covering many aspects of the Blue Economy CRC research activities such as aquaculture farm infrastructure, seafood production, hydrogen powering vessels, offshore renewable energy devices, remote and autonomous technologies, offshore development policies, legislations, and ethics.

The Blue Economy Symposium has made a deep impression on most of the 750 conference delegates. This impact was evident when OMAE organisers invited the CRC to organise the Blue Economy symposium in the next 43rd OMAE conference in Singapore from 9-14 June 2024.

In this webinar, five presentations were selected to cover various topics related to offshore engineering and technology in the context of the blue economy.

‌Presentation 1: Reducing Risk in Design and Operation of Exposed High Volume, Advanced Fish Farms

• Presented by: Mr. Per Arild Aland (DNV)

Presentation 2: Ethical Risk in the Offshore Blue Economy Integrity System

• Presented by: Dr Hugh Breakey (Griffith University)

‌Presentation 3: Determination of Mooring Load Levels on a Cage Designed for Exposed Aquaculture in Chile

• Presented by: Assistant Professor Cristian Cifuentes (Universidad Austral de Chile)

‌Presentation 4: Novel Solution for Mitigating Sloshing in Floating Closed-Containment Aquaculture Tanks

• Presented by: Mr. Johannes Wiegerink (University of Queensland)

Presentation 5: Numerical Modelling in the Development of the M4 Prototype for Albany, Western Australia

• Presented by: Dr Adi Kurniawan (University of Western Australia)