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Tag: Ocean

2025 WA Coastal Forum: Communities, Coasts & Change

Join a vibrant community of coastal thinkers, doers, carers, and connectors for a dynamic one-day event dedicated to Western Australia’s changing coast. The Forum brings together diverse voices from across the state to share knowledge, stories, and practical solutions.

Highlights include:

  • Expert presentations and hands-on masterclasses
  • Insights from Traditional Owners, scientists, planners, coastal managers, volunteers, and community leaders
  • CHRMAP session in collaboration with WALGA and DPLH
  • Field tour: See collaborative coastal care in action at the Coogee Beach Community Dune Rehabilitation Project
  • A relaxed sundowner celebrating coastal excellence at the WA Coastal Awards

A must-attend event for anyone passionate about WA’s coastal future.

Learn more and register here: 2025 WA Coastal Forum: Communities, Coasts & Change

TRAVEL SUBSIDIES  are available to all regional coastal and marine attendees. Please contact wacmcn@gmail.com for further information.

Autonomous Marine Technology (AMT) Conference

TOPIC: “Scaling the seas: Building and operating robust autonomous maritime systems”.

Returning in 2025, the Autonomous Marine Technology Conference (AMT) – formerly Autonomous Underwater Technology Conference, will be held in Perth, Western Australia in October. The conference aims to showcase the rapid advances in the AMT field along with demonstrating real world and future potential applications of the different technologies within our marine environment.

This long running and well reputed conference continues to be one of the most globally essential knowledge centres and networking opportunities in this field, allowing delegates to meet with industry leaders, academics and researchers in this innovative section of subsea development.

In addition, you’ll gain invaluable insights and new learnings about technology advances and recent case studies of AMT equipment to assist in your professional development.

 

DEADLINE: Job Opportunity – WA Coastal Engagement Coordinator

Play a leading role in shaping Western Australia’s coastal research and infrastructure priorities within a national innovation framework. Work at the forefront of marine science partnerships within a world-class research environment at UWA.

The WA Coastal Engagement Coordinator will play a strategic role in coordinating WA-based coastal activities within the national framework.

About the opportunity

  • You will provide strategic coordination and stakeholder engagement to identify and advance Western Australia’s coastal observational and research infrastructure priorities.
  • You will coordinate the integration of WA coastal initiatives within the national CoastRI program, a cross-NCRIS collaboration involving 13 national research infrastructure facilities.
  • You will foster cross-sector partnerships to enhance co-investment, shared use, and long-term planning for coastal infrastructure. The role also involves translating emerging science, policy, and community needs into actionable infrastructure priorities aligned with best practices.

Learn more about the role and apply

Closing date: 11:55 PM AWST on 23rd July 2025.

WaveX Investor Webinar

Join Simon Renwick, Managing Director of WaveX, for a live investor briefing on the future of ocean energy and how WaveX is solving a $1T inefficiency in the offshore renewables sector.

WaveX is currently raising capital via liquidity and offers:

ESIC eligibility (invest before 30 June)

$1M+ already raised in the current round

Proprietary D-Spar™ technology: scalable, survivable, no underwater moving parts

Tier 1 commercial engagement and $2.5M+ in non-dilutive funding

🔹 Date: Tuesday 24 June 2025
🔹 Time: 2:30pm AWST
🔹 Host: Simon Renwick, Managing Director
🔹 Audience: Sophisticated investors only

Driving Innovation in Offshore Wave Energy

The Society for Underwater Technology invite you to the June 2025 Evening Technical Meeting:

Driving Innovation in Offshore Wave Energy

The evening will focus on the following three topics:

1. Role of wave energy in future renewable grids by Dr Jana Orszaghova, UWA

2. Leveraging Oil and Gas Industry Experience for Sustainable Wave Energy: The D-Spar Technology by Tim Green, WaveX

3. The M4 wave energy deployment in Albany by Dr Hugh Wolgamot, UWA

Register here: Driving Innovation in Offshore Wave Energy

Subsea Awareness Course

Subsea Engineering deals with the design, construction, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of equipment in the ocean or on the seabed.

This is an essential course delivered by industry experts, providing a greater understanding of the subsea environment.

Learn moreHERE

2025 State of the Blue Economy

The purpose of this annual State of the Blue Economy process, forum and report are to:

  • enable diverse stakeholders to develop a shared understanding of the status and trends in ocean health and ocean-related economic activities, and
  • facilitate alignment and collaboration on priority actions towards a shared vision.

Blue Assembly is a unique model attracting national interest for its ability to facilitate effective, sustainable governance of sustainable blue economies, through collaboration amongst key industry and community organisations.

The 2025 State of the Blue Economy has four aspects and two events:

  1. Engagement period in early February – for ALL participants to vote on and discuss priorities to feed into the Forum and Event
  2. Forum on 14 February (in-person) for nominated representatives of Blue Assembly Partners and invited Guests – to draft the Priorities for 2025
  3. Public online event on 21 February – for ALL participants to review the Draft State of the Blue Economy 2025 priorities and other outcomes of the Forum
  4. Report which will be released after Partner endorsement and will guide priority collaborations for the coming year.