OceanTech Program 2021
May 19 - 21
Zhejiang University 
Zhoushan Campus
Zhoushan China

Application form (PDF download)
Demo-Booth-Seminar-Conference Package

Call for Papers/Topics and subtopics of interest (September 2020)
Zhejiang University internet announcement - Chinese
English list

The brochure outlining Ocean College, Zhejjiang University's marine experimental and testing facilities, some of which will be available for Live Demonstrations during OceanTech 2021. The PDF will download directly by clicking the link below:

Introduction to Ocean College Zhejiang University Experimental Facilities

Previous event: OceanTech 2019 video highlights: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list= -wN9RFVvfxN8MWkU

Interested?  Contact us to receive our OceanTech 2021 email  updates: 
katherinelee@together-expo.com

Ocean Economy / Ocean Technology / Ocean Sustainability / Ocean Economic Benefits / Global Blue Economy

"The development of ocean technologies is doubly important for us – ecologically and economically," explains Or Haviv, Partner and Head of Ventures at Arieli Capital

Hydrokinetic Energy / Wave Energy / Tidal Stream Energy / Renewable Energy 

Tidal and Wave Energy Generation -  Crucial Technologies for Green Power Grids?
- "global wave and tidal stream energy production rose tenfold between 2009 and 2019"
- "wave energy itself has proven difficult to harness...The key problem is variability"

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Offshore Floating Platforms / Renewable Energy / Offshore Wind Energy / Semi-submersible / Desalination

Floating offshore wind turbine powered desalination plant being developed for first deployment later this year

- SYNLIFT Industrial Products is leading the project with partners thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions, CRIST Shipyard, SYNLIFT Industrial Products, and, technology partners Prysmian Group, Boll & Kirch Filterbau, AEROVIDE, StoGda Ship Design & Engineering, EMS Maritime Offshore
- Three module sizes: 15,000, 30,000 or 50,000 m3 per day
- Middle East deployment expected
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Pollution / Environment / Robotics / Commercialization / Inland Waterways / Coastal Regions

Clearbot cuts ocean pollution by scooping through one square kilometer of surface water / grabbing 200 liters of waste at a time in key pollution conduits- coastal areas and inland waterways
-  Hong Kong based Open Ocean Engineering's aquatic robot, Clearbot, launched in 2019, utilizes a computer vision system to spot trash and litter.
- Remote or autonomous operation - team operation enabled
- 48 hours per battery charge
- Clearbot will automatically return to its docking station to empty its full refuse bin or if its battery charge is low
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AUV / Autonomous Underwater Vehicle / Synthetic Aperture Sonar / Wide Swath Multibeam Echo Sounder / Sub-bottom Profiler / Magnetometer

15 day mission potentionial with new Kongsberg Maritime HUGIN Endurance AUV - a single vehicle is capable of mapping areas up to 1,100 square kilometers in one mission.

- Broadband high spead digital data transmission when surfaced
- Payloads can include a variety senors

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Renewable Energy / Offshore Wind Power Generations / Floating Offshore Wind Foundation / Dynamic Positioning System / Motion Reference Unit

New floating offshore wind farm to provide 35% of the annual power demand for five Equinor offshore oil and gas platforms

Robotic steel cutting initiated construction of the 88 MW Hywind Tampen in October, 2020

Suppliers include:

- Kvaerner - floating concrete spar substructures with shared anchors

- Siemens Gamesa – 11 x 8 MW SG 8.0-167 DD turbines

- JDR Cable System Ltd – electric cables

- Subsea 7 AS – electric cable installation

- Kongsberg Maritime - positioning and monitoring equipment, based on their DPS position reference system and Motion Reference Unit (MRU).

- Wood Group – positioning and monitoring engineering; modifications to existing offshore oil and gas platforms

- Equinor – wind farm operation and maintenance

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“We know that there is (an) excellent wave resource to be found around this coastline”
“Having a partner with the expertise of MOL alongside us will help progress projects in this region.” 
- Ryota Yamada, Bombora Wave Power's Asia Pacific development manager.

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Offshore Platforms/Renewable Energy/Offshore Engineering/ Digital Twins/Foundations/Jacket Braces/Structural Failure/Scour/Corrosion

Ramboll's digital twin project tests reveal "significant potential to extend the lifetime of foundations for wind turbines and offshore substations"

- Few sensors at easily accessed locations
- Structural loads  and integrity issues:
-- Jacket brace failure
-- Excessive scour
-- Corrosion
- Detect and identify anomallies

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Renewable Energy/Offshore/Green Hydrogen/Grid

AquaVentus consortium envisions green hydrogen production as a solution to future grid congestion

- 10 GW of islanded green hydrogen production by 2035
- AquaVentus consortium is led by RWE and includes:
-- Siemens Energy
 -- Vattenfall,
 -- Vestas,
 -- Siemens Gamesa 
  -- Shell

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USV/ Marine Aquatic Research/ Oceanography/ Meteorological Monitoring/ Environmental Monitoring/ Hydrography/ Acoustic Monitoring/ Data Gateway/ Data Harvesting/ Mobile Buoy

- Sensor agnostic
- Automatic Identification System (AIS)
- Collision avoidance system
- 5 knots speed
- 500W payload power
- 70 kilograms payload

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EvoLogics introduces a new portable USBL buoy

- Design concept based on a long stem with a minimal cross-section derived from fishing floats, which are stable in rough seas

- The buoyant body is constructed of carbon and glass fiber composite

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- Goal is to improve the operational efficiency of offshore renewable energy generation by addressing the failure of submarine cables.
-  Early detection of potential threats to cables or better prediction of potential failure
- The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is the end-user and key stakeholder
- NOC will lead a team of experts in marine geoscience, distributed fibre optics design and instrumentation, ocean technology and engineering, machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithm design, and exploitation and modelling of dynamic and static cable rating.

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Oceanology International will now be virtual 
- "Oi Connect"online 10am – 6pm GMT
- December 1 - 4, 2020
- Oceanology International Americas is postoned until 2023
- Oi Connect to serve a global audience
- 1-2-1 30 minute video meetings and Industry led virtual speed networking sessions over the 4 days
- Dedicated extensive conference program

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- Enhance Teledyne CARIS’s existing desk-top product leverage the cloud technology to deliver consistent access for global users in every possible circumstance

- Support for remote mapping operations to underpin advancements in ocean robotics

- Virtual training through the CARIS Cloud Platform for future ocean mappers

Partners include Ocean Floor Geophysics and educational stakeholders the University of New Brunswick and Memorial Universities’ Fisheries and Marine Institute.

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Ocean Business postponed until July 2021

Ocean Technology Events - China

Update
Fourth National Ocean Optics Summit Forum 
Hangzhou China October 18 - 20 2020

Hosts:  

- Chinese Society for Optical Engineering (CSOE)

- Zhejiang University

Forum Reports

Opportunities and Challenges in the Application of Satellite Ocean Color Sensors in China

Exploring the Deep-sea LIBS Technology on the Move

Visible light communication challenges and prospects

Space-based Laser Active Detection Technology

Intelligent Online Observation Network of Typical Marine Ecosystems

High-precision/Hyperspectral/ High-dimensional Marine Ecological Environment Perception and High-speed Underwater Optical Wireless Communication

Sub- Forums

01 Study on Optical Properties of Water

02 Underwater Optical Information Detection Technology

02 Underwater Environment Parameters and Target Detection

03 Comprehensive Remote Sensing in the Atmosphere and Ocean

04 Marine Ecology

04 Marine Coral Reef Remote Sensing

05 Aerosol Optical Measurement and Calculation in the Atmosphere and Ocean

06 Underwater Optical Communication Technology

07 Demand for Optical Sensors in Deep-sea Equipment Research and Development

07 New In-situ Ocean Optical Sensor

08 Ocean Color Satellite Development and Data Application

09 High Temporal Resolution Remote Sensing with Geostationary Ocean Color Imager

09 Ocean Laser Remote Sensing

09 Remote Sensing of Solar Flare over Ocean

10 Radiative Transfer in the Atmosphere and Ocean

10 Aerosol and cloud observations, inversion and radiation effects

Speakers - Chinese and English PDF Direct Download   

Full Agenda - PDF Download here

Photo Gallery Fourth National Ocean Optics Summit Forum

Website (Chinese)
https://b2b.csoe.org.cn/meeting/Ocean_Optics2020.html

Organizers and Co-organizers
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Port & Harbour Management/Marine Pilots/ Machine Learning
 
Canada's Dalhousie University and its ocean data analytics company DeepSense team produce a machine learning method for predicting wind speed and wave height measurements for Halifax Harbour's port management and ocean community.
- To provide continuity of critical information
- Safe navigation of vessels within the Port of Halifax 
- Safe transfer of Halifax Marine Pilots between pilot boats and commercial vessels
- The DeepSense/SmartAtlantic project is a collaboration between:
- the Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship (COVE)
- DeepSense
- the Halifax Port Authority (HPA)
- the Canadian Marine Pilots’ Association (CMPA)
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- Tension-leg platform with a taut mooring system

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Ocean Technology Events - China

October exhibitions on the OceanTech Asia Pacific agenda:

- Fourth National Ocean Optics Summit Forum October 18 - 20, 2020
Hangzhou, China

- 2020 China Marine Economy Expo
October 15 –18, 2020 Shenzhen, China

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Mapping/Data Analytics/Unmanned Vehicles/

Start-up Terradepth seeks to "Leap Frog" the scale and productivity of Ocean Mapping

 - New generation of AUV

- AUVs and hybrid AUVs as task multipliers

- Current costs must be reduced

- No reliance on dedicated surface vessels

- AI and machine learning on sonar data

- Goal: Multi-dimensional, globally accessible data sets

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行业信息

Image: Oceanology International/Marine Technology News	Ocean Technology Events - Reed Exhibitions Oceanology International 2020 at ExCel London is rescheduled for December 1 to December 3 2020 Click for more
Image: Oceans 2020	Ocean Technology Events - IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society / Marine Technology Society Oceans 2020 Singapore at Marina Bay Sands Convention Center is rescheduled for August 11 to August 14 2020 Click for more
Image: SAUVC	Ocean Technology Events - SAUVC Singapore AUV Challenge - SAUVC 2020 - Singapore, August 14 to August 17 7 Years * 19 Countries * 93 AUVs * 0 Controls - Completely Autonomous SAUVC is organised by IEEE OES Singapore with support of National University of Singapore and Singapore Polytechnic Click for more
Image: Mocean Energy via RECHARGE	Wave Energy  "...a genuine opportunity to showcase the potential for renewable energy to power a subsea application.” Being launched by North Sea developer Chrysaor , the pilot project's partners include Mocean Energy (Blue Star wave energy converter),  EC-OG (HALO system for powering subsea tiebacks and offshore AUVs), Modus (AUV operator) and the Oil & Gas Technology Centre (Scotland). Click for more
Image: Science Alert	"...challenges to actuation, control, and power requirements in soft robotics." Bionic jellyfish may soon be swiming in a sea near you "...this biohybrid robot uses 10 to 1000 times less external power per mass than other aquatic robots reported..." Click for more
Image: Offshore Engineer and Heerema Marine Contractors	Ocean Engineering Southeast Asia and Australia - Offshore Platforms "...decommissioning, followed by renewable energy and then conventional oil and gas, are the top three opportunities"  "...a million tonnes of steel to be removed and thousands of wells to be sealed" Click for more
Image: DNV GL	Marine Acoustic Pollution Norway based global marine accredited registrar and classifical society,  DNV GL, addresses growing levels of noise from human operations at sea Ocean University of China's scientific research vessel 'DONG FANG HONG 3' awarded 'SILENT-R', achieving the strictest levels

Image: ON&T	Sustainable Fishery and Fishery Management Aker BioMarine deploys Sailbuoy wind and solar USV to harvest big data for Antarctic krill fishery management "the use of the ocean data drone significantly reduces the financial and environmental costs of searching for krill. All the data collection carried out by the drone has a carbon footprint of zero." Click for more
Image: Ocean Infinity	Technology & Sustainability A new "armada" of technologically advanced Unmanned Surface Vehicles by Ocean Infinity will take to the seas this year. Each USV will be capable of launching and recovering Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) and be fully equipped for offshore data acquisition and intervention down to a depth of 6,000 meters. Click for more
: Hydroid - REMUS 600 High-Resolution Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Sonar (HISAS) 2040 Image. Image is 20m x 20m and has a resolution of 2cm x 2cm.	Edge Computing Hydroid adds an in-mission processor on a REMUS 600 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV)  Post mission data downloading time significantly reduced Click for more
Image: Science  - LWM/NASA/LANDSAT/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO	Blue energy Unlocking the energy potential of  estatuaries  Utilizing chemical differences between fresh- and saltwater to generate electricity Click for more
Image: NOAA/Wikimedia	Navigation  Five papers on Maritime Issues presented at the Institute of Navigation’s (ION) annual ION GNSS+ conference September 16–20 2019  Summaries and link from GPS World Click for more
Traditional drifters and small SPOT Trace buoys - photo credit: E. Zettler NIOZ / ON&T	Space Tracking Seaweed and Satellites  NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, The University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Utrecht University reseachers are using Globalstar Satellite Trackers to untangle the Sargassum mystery Click for more
Image: Hydromea’s LUMA modem. Hydromea; Offshore Engineer	Ocean Technology Trends "A rising march of miniaturization in Subsea Tech"  "Smaller remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and smaller autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are growing in number and in turn driving smaller technologies that support them." Click for more
Image: Deploying SeaRaptor - ON&T, Teledyne Gavia	AUV SeaRaptor autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), successfully completes client's sea acceptance testing Teledyne Marine's 6,000M rated AUV included Teledyne instrumentation: acoustic modems, ascent and descent weight releases, a black box pinger locator, sub-bottom profiler, multi-beam echosounders, obstacle avoidance multi-beam sonar, Doppler Velocity Log (DVL), Current, Temperature, and Depth sensor (CTD) , and onboard processing software.  Also carried by the SeaRaptor delivered: Edgetech Side Scan Sonar with Dynamic Focus capability, an iXblue Phins 6K INS system, and a CathX Camera and strobe system. Click for more
	Ocean Observation Space based Lidar cloud scanning data repurposed to reveal new insights to the earth’s greatest animal migration The diel vertical migration is critical for carbon sequestration in the deep ocean. Click for more
Image: Del Mar Oceanographic	Ocean Measurements  “The challenge is to see enough of the ocean in a single experiment that we can figure out how it works,” - Dr. Robert Pinkel, Distinguished Professor (Emeritus) at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and co-founder of Del Mar Oceanographic Lower cost, wave powered solution uses fewer moving parts and functions as a "Force Multiplier".  Click for more
Image: Oldendorff Carriers Full size - Click here	Ship Design Oldendorff  Carriers and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Center for Bits and Atoms set out to investigate disruptive improvements in ship design and propulsion  "Anticipated research areas include morphing structures, hydrodynamic cloaking, moving boundary layers, and alternative energy sources." Click for more
Image: Kracken Robotics, Inc	Subsea Power New pressure tolerant hot swappable batteries rated at 20 kWh each from Kraken Robotics successfully tested on several missions over 5,000 meters depth and one mission lasting over 100 hours on Ocean Infinity's Kongsberg Hugin AUVs. Unique pressure tolerant gel encapsulation technology for lithium polymer batteries provides an attractively priced, more environmentally friendly alternative Click for more
SD 1020 on its voyage aro und Antartica Image: Saildrone/Popular Mechanics	Autonomous navigation and vehicles UPDATE - Antarctica Autonomous Circumnavigation Voyage - More of the Story - Three vessels set out; two encountered severe difficulties and autonomously returned to base; one vessel - SD 1020 - completed the 22,000 kilometer autonomous circumnavigation of Antarctica. Click for more
Image: National Satellite Oceanic Application Center	Satellite Oceanic Remote Sensing  Color and water temperature gallery released by China's National Satellite Oceanic Application Center Click for more
Image: Laurel Technologies	World War II Memorial Service - sinking of the 'Lisbon Maru' off of Zhoushan 里斯本丸的残骸上的水面扬起挽歌，送别二战时随沉船遇难的828个英灵 里斯本丸沉船带走的战俘的后人们不敢相信，竟能在今日，在这千里之外的沉船残骸的海面上，倾听海洋学家细细道来77年前先人渡过的最后一刻……再见吧父亲! 点击更多 Click for more
Image: Seatrade Maritime News	Autonomous  Robotics  Unmanned Surface Vehicle  (USV) A tugboat will go at it (almost) alone in 2020 ABB, in collaboration with Keppel O&M’s technology arm Keppel Marine and Deepwater Technology (KMDTech) will jointly develop the technology for autonomous vessels and retrofit a 32-metre tugboat with digital solutions "The intent of our technology is not to entirely remove the crew, but rather to relieve the crew from the tasks that can be automated and thus enable them to perform at their best during critical operations,”  Click for more
Large graphic click here Graphic Copyright Asia Briefing Ltd.	Investment Shanghai’s municipal government issued Opinions on the Further Promotion of Foreign Investment in Shanghai investment liberalization and facilitation of Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) and Lingang New Area  Click for more Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone Expansion Lingang area is located in the southeast tip of Shanghai and is already home to over 500 projects, which include the presence of leading foreign companies like Tesla, General Electric (GE), and Siemens AG. Click for more
L Image: Blue Robotics	Ocean Industry News New low visibility ROV scanning imaging sonar for navigation and related tasks is now on the market Blue Robotics’ Ping360 sonar is a compact and economical mechanical scanning sonar featuring an open communication interface facilitating other applications using its data. Click for more
	Ocean Industry Event: The 5th Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (AWTEC 2020), to be held in November 8 - 12, 2020 in Hobart, Lutruwita (Tasmania), Australia.  Abstract Submissions Open September 26, 2019 Click for more	26 Sept 2019
Image: Blue Ocean Monitoring Ltd	Ocean Industry Investment: Survey technology company and energy producer combine forces in quest to disrupt ocean bottom seismic data acquisition. Click for more

Image: Liquid Robotics	Ocean Industry News New Wave Glider Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) is more robust with simplified pre-launch operations including streamlined storage, transport, and mobilization. Click for more
China's first domestically built polar icebreaker "Xuelong 2," or "Snow Dragon 2", berths at its home port in Shanghai, east China, July 23, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhang Jiansong)	Xuelong 2 (Snow Dragon 2) to set off on its maiden voyage to Antartica in October China's first domestically built polar icebreaker will begin its journey during the seventh China Marine Economy Expo, Oct.14 - 17 from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. Click for more
China Ocean Industry Events
2019（第四届）青岛国际海洋科技展览会 2019（4th）Qingdao International Ocean Science & Technology Exhibition	24-26 September 2019      http://www.ostexpo.com/
第二届海洋工程地质国际研讨会 2nd International Symposium on Marine Engineering Geology(ISMEG2019) Dalian	18-20 Oct 2019                 http://ismeg2019.dlut.edu.cn
2019第十一届届中国（海南）国际海洋产业博览会 Chinese Society of Oceanography The 11th China (Hainan) International Marine Industry Exposition  iOCEANS CHINA 2019	25-27 Oct 2019
第七届Oi China中国展(上海国际海洋技术与工程设备展览会) Oceanology International China  Shanghai	13-15 Nov 2019     https://www.oichina.com.cn/zh-cn.html
第八届世界海洋大会BIT's 8th Annual World Congress of Ocean (WCO-2019)  Xiamen	2-4, Nov 2019       http://www.bitcongress.com/WCo2019/welcomemessage.asp
第20届中国国际海事技术学术会议和展览会 Marintec China 2019 Shanghai	3-6 Dec 2019       https://www.marintecchina.com
第十届中国（北京）国际海洋工程技术与装备展览会 China Maritime  Beijing	26-28 Mar 2020     http://www.chinamaritime.com.cn/
The ESP prior to its placement in the autonomous vehicle that will take it to sea. © 2018 MBARI	eDNA autonomously collected by laboratory carrying UAV "The merging of robotics, DNA analytics and marine operations will lead to a transformation in how we do ocean sciences"  - Jim Birch, who oversees the MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) group that developed the Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) Click for more
Image: Hydo International	First Autonomous Circumnavigation of Antarctica  The mission, sponsored by the Li Ka Shing Foundation,  completes pioneering 22,000 kilometre (13,670 miles) autonomous voyage around Antarctica, encountering freezing temperatures, 15-meter (50-foot) waves, 130 km/h (80 mph) winds, and collisions with giant icebergs. Click for more
Image: South China Morning Post	Engineers developing a radical design for a super-fast robot submersible  "Developers said the prototype will be capable of 10 knots and could dive to a depth of 1,000 metres (3,281 feet) – or surface from that depth – at about three metres a second, taking about 5½ minutes." "Bold" design poses many hard questions for the research team Click for more
Image: Picotech Ltd	Man-Portable Multibeam USV Unveiled by Picotech "Combined with a small COTS USV, such as Seafloor Systems' HyDrone USV, PicoPOD is the only man-portable multibeam USV on the market.” Click for more
Image: ELSI	Electricity-Driven Undersea Reactions May have Been Important for the Emergence of Life Scientists from the Tokyo Institute of Technology/Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) and the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) discover unusual chemical reactions in deep sea environment laboratory simulations. Click for more
:  Image: Edge Tech	EdgeTech performs high resolution  side scan sonar imaging for inspection and mapping of a key transportation canal  Click for more
Image: Nandini Ramesh, University of California, Berkeley	Is my fish your fish?  Or, is your fish my fish? How the world's fisheries are interconnected International researchers used their expertise in oceanography, fish biology, and economics and combined data from satellites, ocean moorings, ecological field observations, and marine catch records, to build a computer model of how eggs and larvae of over 700 species of fish all over the world are transported by ocean currents. Click for more
	Zhejiang University participates in the UK-China ORE project, an industrial and educational partnership between the UK and China for the Offshore Renewable Energy sector. Research on five collaborative, interdisciplinary projects aiming to tackle key technology and engineering challenges affecting the development of ORE systems presented at the UK-China Joint Renewable Energy Conference July 8-9 in Qingdao Click for more
Image: JCOMM	Global Ocean Observing System Report Card 2019: US$ 1,500,000,000,000/year – estimated Ocean Economy in 2030 2,000,000 Temperature and Salinity profiles acquired in 20 years by the Argo program 8,933 in situ ocean observing platforms 170 satellites continuously monitor the global ocean and atmosphere 86 countries involved in ocean observations 18 Ocean and 9 Atmosphere Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) observed Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Click for more
Image: CC0 Public Domain	"Nitrogen is of fundamental importance for life on Earth. Depending on the forms and compounds in which it occurs, it can promote life, but also limit it."  Oceanic nitrogen cycle research moves on board research vessels MARIA S. MERIAN and METEOR in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel  Click for more
Photo: A crescent-shaped dust plume off the west coast of northern Africa. Credit: NASA	“How healthy is your ocean?” iAtlantic, the largest study ever of the Atlantic Ocean,involving researchers from 33 institutions across Europe, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Canada and the US in a new multidisciplinary research program seeking to assess the health of deep-sea ecosystems across the full span of the Atlantic Ocean. Work will span the full scale of the Atlantic basin, from the tip of Argentina in the south to Iceland in the north, and from the east coasts of USA and Brazil to the western margins of Europe and Africa. Click for more Click for website
	Autonomous data collection: Ocean researchers from around the globe are quietly working with Mermaids (and have been for over 10 years) to learn much more about the earth’s active seismic events Click for more Click for website

	Diverse, multi-national team clinches Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE for Advancements in Autonomous Ocean Exploration “The Team is characterized by its diversity, from its global distribution, to diverse backgrounds ranging from ocean mapping, hydrography, geology, engineering, boat design, software development, physics and computer science that includes representatives of academic institutions, national hydrographic offices, industry and non-profit organizations.” Click for more
	The team, strategy and the Ocean Discovery XPRIZE Click for more
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	Overview  OceanTech Program OT 2019 Zhejiang University Zhoushan Campus May 16 - 18 2019 Click for video: YOUKU        YouTube OT 2021 set for May 19-21 at  Zhejiang University's Ocean College Campus in Zhoushan
	LIVE Demos Drive OT 2019 Program at Zhejiang University's Zhoushan Campus OT 2021 set for May 19-21 at Zhejiang University's Ocean College Campus in Zhoushan Click for video: YOUKU     YouTube
	“Slam-dunk” OT 2019 Program conducted live on Zhejiang University Zhoushan Campus Dates set for OT 2021 – May 19-21 Click for more
	Experts to consider a broad range of technological advancements in applications Speakers announced for the International OceanTech Symposium May 16 at Zhejiang University Zhoushan Campus... Click for More
	University forum dives deep into collaboration and technological disruption to solve oceanic mysteries PolyU hosts the first-of-its-kind international Marine Robotics Forum in HK Click for More
	OPPORTUNITIES FOR OCEAN BATHYMETRY TRAINING WOC SMART Ocean-SMART Industries Program Assists to Promote Nippon Foundation - GEBCO Training Program in Ocean Bathymetry Click for More
	Be There for LIVE Demonstrations!! LIVE Demons and research entities exhibiting at OceanTech 2019  (May 16-18, Zhejiang University Zhoushan Campus).  Among exhibitors: South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry and Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Ocean University of China …. Click for more
	OceanTech 2019 in Action-- view live demos at Zhejiang University's Zhoushan Campus May 16 - 18 Seven Live Demos confirmed : 1. Live demo of Multibeam survey demo coordinated with Zhejiang University's Zijingang survey ship as mother vessel, carrying R2Sonic 2024, arrayed with two USVs -- 5.5m and 3m -- each with an R2sonic 2022 or 2024 on board….. Click for More
	OceanTech 2019 Program (OT 2019) – May 16-18, 2019 The organizer announces the Program’s partnering organizations Click for FULL STORY
	IMarEST & WOC Support us as OceanTech 2019 International Marine Industrial Partners Click here for MORE
	The water in the deep ocean can provide insight and help unlock the earth's mysteries.... The long memory of the Pacific Ocean Click here for FULL STORY
	Beyond oil….Norway scans the seabed for minerals... ... Norway Finds Deepsea Mineral Deposits Click here for FULL STORY
	Some of the most advanced AUVs and ROVs in the making may appear to be very familiar to you... Octopus-Inspired Robots Can Grasp, Crawl, and Swim Click here for FULL STORY
	Three different approaches to enhancing robotic functionality Three creepy, yet useful robots for rescue missions and deep space travel Click here for FULL STORY
	New Strands for Seismologists? The seafloor cables that ferry internet traffic across oceans could be used to collect data. Click for FULL STORY
	A high precision airborne magnetic survey in September 2017 transformed into a mission for Fang Li, CEO of oceanographic systems provider Laurel Technologies.  Using a Flying-Cam SARAH 4.0 UAV platform integrated with Scintrex CS-VL Cesium-Vapor Magnetic sensor and the AARC51 adaptive aeromagnetic real-time compensator from RMS Instruments, a survey was performed over open-ocean near Zhoushan.   It located a shipwreck, subsequently identified as the Lisbon Maru, a WW2 Japanese freighter sunk on October 1, 1942. The survey led to Fang's quest to unfold 1834 untold stories belonging to 828 forgotten soldiers behind this ship that sank 76 years ago. Click for FULL STORY
	Chinese Community Launches International OceanTech Program in the Nation's Leading Marine Cluster. Click for FULL STORY