More than 2,000 visitors are expected at the event, which takes place from 31 March to 2 April.
The sold out exhibition will feature more than 250 ocean technology companies and service providers, along with a three day recruitment event for the ocean technology, marine science and offshore industries. A paid for Offshore Survey Conference will run alongside the exhibition on 1 and 2 April.
An expanded social programme has events planned for every evening, aimed at keeping delegates and exhibitors together throughout the week. This kicks off with a Welcome Drinks Reception starting at 18:00 on 30 March in the White Star Tavern. There will be a Sponsored Wine Trail running through the exhibition hall starting at 17:00 on 31 March and a Gala Dinner for 200 lucky guests at the Dock Gate 4 restaurant and bar, starting at 19:00 on 1 April.
Of course the main focus of Ocean Business is the exhibition itself, along with a full three day programme of hands on training and demonstration sessions.
Among the latter, R2Sonic LLC of Santa Barbara, California will conduct the first international demonstration of the next generation SONIC 2024 broadband multibeam echo-sounder system at Ocean Business 2009. Exhibition. The Sonic 2024 represents the latest in innovation and advanced electronics, providing users maximum survey flexibility with selectable wideband frequencies in the 200kHz to 400kHz band. It provides greater than 130 degree horizontal swath coverage and may be provided in dual head configuration which operates at full system ping rates, enabling faster survey speeds, reducing survey time and costs.
Atlantas Marine will be revealing the VideoRay Pro 4 ROV, which offers significant technical advances and additional features over previous models. The company will be offering live demonstrations of the inspection class ROV, with Blueview DF900/2250 dual frequency imaging sonar along with many more of its underwater products on Stand S7.
WaveRadar Rex will feature on RS Aqua’s booth (F1) at the show. RS Aqua has installed and commissioned a number of WaveRadar Rex precision sea level and wave acquisition sensors along the UK south coast. The installations are part of the Southeast Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme operated by the Channel Coastal Observatory (CCO) based at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton. The programme, which is DEFRA funded in association with Local Authorities of the southeast of England and the Environment Agency, provides a consistent regional approach to coastal process monitoring, supplying information for development of strategic shoreline management plans, coastal defence strategies and operational management of coastal protection and flood defence.
Free training on the TRIAXYS Directional Wave sensor will be provided during the event. The TRIAXYS family of wave buoy and derivative products continue to sell well around the world with more than 200 buoys currently sold and deployed. Deployment highlights from February ’09 include a TRIAXYS deployment into Norway to assist wave energy site assessment, TRIAXYS with Conductivity and Temperature (CT) deployment in the middle east for port monitoring, TRIAXYS buoys for sea state monitoring in Spain, and the successful completion of sea trials by a major shipbuilder in Japan that utilized the small and light TRIAXYS Mini buoy to monitor wave conditions around Japanese seas.
The Trade Commission of the French Embassy in London will showcase the best of French ocean technology at Ocean Business 2009. A total of seven sea technology companies from France will be exhibiting at the show as part of the French Pavilion (Stand J1), which is being organised with the backing of the French Trade Commission in the UK and UBIFRANCE, the French agency for international business development. The French companies, from across the sector, will present their innovative products and advanced technological solutions in sea technology in order to reinforce their professional contacts with British partners and to provide new business opportunities for trade between France and the UK.
The Teledyne Marine companies will be out in force at Ocean Business 2009; where they will be exhibiting under the Teledyne Marine umbrella. Exhibiting companies include Teledyne Benthos, which will be showing its C3D Seafloor Mapping System, Teledyne RD Instruments with its new 6000M rated Doppler Volume Sampler (DVS) and Teledyne TSS, showing its Orion Inertial Navigation System (INS), which has been specifically designed for the demanding hydrographic survey, offshore, construction and ROV operations markets.
The MacArtney Underwater Technology Group will be conducting live demonstrations of ROV, underwater camera and sonar equipment at the Ocean Business exhibition, with presentations at dockside, in the classroom and on the exhibition stand.
CodaOctopus products will be present on the water, in the exhibition hall and in the classroom. The remarkable capabilities of the Coda Echoscope will be demonstrated every day in its role as the primary element of the Echoscope-UIS (Underwater Inspection System). An extensive daily programme will run on board ‘RV Wessex Explorer’ on the water adjacent to the NOC. The Echoscope is the world’s first real-time 3D subsea sonar and forms the heart of the Underwater Inspection System, developed for the US Coast Guard and adopted for homeland security in ports around the world.
The Hydrographic Society UK will hold its 5th AGM during Ocean Business 2009 on Wednesday 1April at 12:00. All fully paid up members of the Hydrographic Society UK are invited to attend and a complimentary light lunch will be provided.
