COMMERCIAL MARINE CONFERENCES 2022
USV + HYBRID & ELECTRIC PROPULSION

The Seawork Commercial Marine Conferences explore the challenges, changes and emerging opportunities in today’s and tomorrow’s commercial marine and workboat sector.

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WEDNESDAY 22 JUNE 2022 - UNCREWED SURFACE VESSELS (USV)
USV’S GROWING ROLE IN THE COMMERCIAL MARINE MARKET

  

08:40

Coffee & Registration

09:00

Chairman’s Welcome

Peter Collinson, Founder, Dendrityca Ltd

09:05

Gold Sponsor’s Welcome

 

SESSION 1

09:15

Keynote Presentation: Mayflower Autonomous Ship Project

Brett Phaneuf, President, Submergence Group / M Subs Ltd

09:30

The role of USVs on the route to net zero

Liam Campbell, Commercial Director, Sea-Kit

Uncrewed Surface Vessel technology is critical to achieving the maritime sector’s ambitious net zero targets. The latest USV developments demonstrate a clear route to fulfilling the UK’s Clean Maritime Plan Strategy commitment of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from shipping by at least 50% by 2050. This presentation will cover recent innovations that are supporting the UK’s leading stance on zero emissions uncrewed technology for sustainable maritime growth.

09:45

MASS Regulations: Introducing Regulation to Novel Technology

Dr Katrina Kemp, Maritime Autonomy Policy Lead - UK Technical Services Ship Standards, Maritime & Coastguard Agency

There is a need for a regulatory framework to support innovation and MASS; Katrina will explore how this is being addressed at the MCA and the progress being made in the development of regulations in this area.

10:00

Utilising Unmanned Surface Vessel’s (USV’s) for high resolution inspections surveys

Alex Langley, Head of Geospatial Services, Glanville Geospatial Services & James Williams, Director, Unmanned Survey Solutions

USS test the capabilities of their unmanned surface vehicle against the challenging urban environment of Bristol Floating Harbour, during a high-resolution multibeam inspection survey.

10:15

Armada

Dan Hook, Managing Director, Ocean Infinity

Armada will revolutionise the acquisition of offshore data, deploying state of the art unmanned robotic systems at an unprecedented scale. Armada will be carbon neutral and will deliver high quality data, fast and securely to customers in the blue economy. This presentation will give an overview of the fleet, system safety, capabilities, control solution and payloads.

10:30

To Be Announced

10:45

Q&A

11:00

Coffee & Networking

 

SESSION 2

11:30

Panel Discussion - USV’s role in the energy transition

Moderated by: Simon Cheeseman, Wave & Tidal Sector Specialist, ORE Catapult

Panellists to be announced

12:30

Q&A

12:50

CONFERENCE WRAP-UP – CHAIRMAN

13:00

CONFERENCE CLOSE

*invited

THURSDAY 23 JUNE 2022 - HYBRID & ELECTRIC PROPULSION
REAL WORLD IMPLEMENTATION OF HYBRID & ELECTRIC PROPULSION SOLUTIONS

  

08:40

Coffee & Registration

09:00

Chairman’s Welcome

Noel Tomlinson, Future Business Development, BMT + SMI Workboat Working Group Lead

09:05

Gold Sponsor’s Welcome – Back to the future

Ryan Reilly, Sales & Business Development Manager, MJR Power & Automation

Design and integration of a ship’s hybrid power and electrical infrastructure for both today’s solutions and further advances in current and new clean energy technologies for future upgrades and retrofits.

 

SESSION 1

09:15

Keynote Presentation – Developing the next generation of hybrid SES CTVs

Andy Newman, Engineering Manager, Global Marine Group

Trygve Halvorsen Espeland, Naval Architect and Co-Founder, ESNA

James Day, Naval Architect and Contract Manager, Wight Shipyard Co.

Developing the next generation of hybrid SES CTV’s - Global Marine Group, ESNA and Wight Shipyard Co, present an update on the CWind Hybrid Surface Effect Ship (SES) project, an innovative undertaking to design and build the world’s first hybrid propulsion SES CTV. 

Followed by Q&A

 

09:45

Why make Hybrid so complicated?

Robin Saunders, Design Engineer, Chartwell Marine Ltd

By taking a novel approach to hybrid propulsion it is possible to simplify the systems utilising commercially available technologies, while maintaining the emission reductions found with a traditional hybrid propulsion system along with further advantages.

10:00

Integration. The key to successful decarbonisation projects – the driveline perspective.

Euan Kelso, Technical Director, MIT

Why integration is key to maximising performance and ROI of zero and low carbon projects through complete system integration and vessel understanding, exploring critical drivers in successful decarbonisation projects.

10:15

To be announced

10:30

Marine Hybrid simple, easy & efficient

Martin Jackson, Sales Manager, PME Group

10:45

Q&A

11:00

Coffee & Networking

 

SESSION 2

11:30

Panel Discussion : Greening the fleet - hybrid or full electric?

Moderated by: 

Noel Tomlinson, Future Business Development, BMT + SMI Workboat Working Group Lead

Panellists Include:

To be announced

12:30

Q&A

12:50

CONFERENCE WRAP-UP – CHAIRMAN

13:00

CONFERENCE CLOSE

*invited

SPONSORS:

Hybrid & Electric Propulsion Gold Sponsor

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Hybrid & Electric Propulsion Pens & Notepads Sponsor

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To submit a paper contact see our Call for Papers page. To book a place at the conference please visit the Delegate Bookings page, or to register your interest, please contact:

Events Team on +44 1329 825335 or email conferences@seawork.com