Email News July 2016
Welcome to the July 2016 Email Newsletter from Marine South East
Marine South East is exploring options for maintaining its involvement in European initiatives on marine innovation, and for continuing to participate in EU projects, possibly via an alliance with one of our European partners. We are aware that many firms in the Solent maritime cluster will want to maintain their European interests as well, so continuing engagement in this uncertain period is essential.
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Posted 2016-06-14 14:41:48
Innovate UK open fund for innovative research and development projects
Innovate UK is to invest up to £15 million in innovative R&D projects. These projects are designed to help businesses develop new products, processes and services with commercial potential. The aim is to enhance UK competitiveness, growth and improve national productivity.
The competition is open to the best business-led ideas or concepts. These can be drawn from any technology, engineering or industrial area, including Innovate UK’s 4 priority sectors for growth.
Innovate UK want to fast-track ideas to commercial success. Projects should demonstrate disruptive, cutting-edge innovations and businesses should demonstrate ambition and potential for growth.
The competition will be open to both small and medium-sized enterprises and large companies. They can work individually or collaboratively.
Projects may focus on:
* feasibility studies which may include a proof of market
* industrial research
* experimental development
Innovate UK expect projects to last 6 to 36 months. They can range in size from total eligible project costs of £25,000 up to £1 million, depending on the type of project.
There are two options to apply into this competition. These are dependent on the size and length of your project. These options are called streams. Stream 1 is for projects under 12 months and under £100,000. Stream 2 is for projects over 12 months or over £100,000.
For more information and briefing documents as well as details about briefing webinars please visit:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/innovate-uk-open-funding-competition
Deadline for registration is 31st August 2016, deadline for full applications is 7th September 2016.
Posted 2016-06-29 13:14:17
Women in innovation: £200,000 for infocus funding awards
Innovate UK are looking to identify and nurture the next generation of brilliant innovators. Women are under-represented in the field of innovation, and that needs to change.
Innovate UK believe as a nation we're failing to harness, capitalise on and celebrate the entrepreneurial talent of female innovators to the detriment of our economy. They estimate that boosting female entrepreneurship could deliver approximately £60bn extra to the UK economy.
To address this problem Innovate UK are launching a special award for women working in innovation, and that's where you come in.
Women with potential to be successful entrepreneurs and leaders in innovation can apply for support and funding to help them to succeed.
The infocus Awards will celebrate and reward women working across 4 key sectors - Materials & Manufacturing, Health & Life Sciences, Infrastructure Systems, Emerging & Enabling Technologies.
This is the first women only Innovate UK competition and is part of a new 'infocus' initiative to encourage diversity in innovation.
Twelve women will benefit from a valuable tailor-made package of support and four of these will each receive a £50,000 grant to get her brilliant idea up and running.
Could it be you? Could it be someone you work with? Who do you know who could fly the flag for women in innovation?
Competition Information:
* the competition opens on 1 June 2016 and the deadline for registration is noon on 24 August 2016
* the awards are open to any woman in the UK working in business innovation in any of Innovate UK's four sectors
* applicants can be a company owner, employee or sole trader in any size of business and must be legally and contractually able to use the grant funding on offer
For more information please visit:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/women-in-innovation-apply-for-infocus-funding-award
Posted 2016-06-16 13:09:06
COLUMBUS Knowledge Transfer for Blue Growth - first year success
The COLUMBUS project, looking to improve knowledge transfer for blue growth, completed its first year recently and has been successfully promoting its awareness at a number of key events across Europe.
The project has been represented at major events such as the European Maritime Day in Finland, Ocean Week in Norway, European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Austria, European Seafood Expo in Belgium and Oceanology International in the UK; and has successfully interacted with partners from all stakeholder groups including policy, industry, society and the scientific community.
COLUMBUS has a dedicated Work Package entitled "Communication, Engagement and Knowledge Transfer towards a Blue Society", led by Nausicaá in France, which supports the implementation of COLUMBUS through dissemination and other strategic communication/engagement activities.
Objectives include enhancing the visibility and impact of marine and maritime research in society; strengthening the exploitation of knowledge and technological developments in the marine and maritime sector; and, ensuring the effective communication of the project's objectives, activities and results.
In May last year, the European Commission (EC) launched an Information Sharing Platform on Marine and Maritime Research http://cordis.europa.eu/packs/marine-information-platform_en.html to support "Innovation in the Blue Economy". In addition there is more information on the European Parliament's Resolution of September 2015 on "Untapping the potential of research and innovation in the blue economy to create jobs and growth". The platform, currently in its pilot stage, shares available research data and key results from EU-funded projects related to the marine and maritime research sectors. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P8-TA-2015-0291
In cooperation with the respective Project Coordinators of the 31 FP7 Oceans of Tomorrow projects, the COLUMBUS project collected over 500 Knowledge Outputs, of which 456 exploitable results were extracted to populate this pilot platform. This collection of knowledge from research projects facilitates the uptake of new ideas, research results, data, products and services by industry, policy makers, civil society and other interested parties. This platform is an example of sharing results from European funded projects as soon as possible; thus supporting the concept of Open Science.
The COLUMBUS project is focused on utilising a novel Knowledge Transfer methodology to provide support and solutions for Blue Growth and implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. The Knowledge Outputs collected to support the implementation of the EC's pilot platform will be analysed by COLUMBUS where they will be considered for further transfer to target users.
To keep up-to-date on future events where COLUMBUS will be represented, make sure to visit the COLUMBUS website often. To organise an introduction to one of the COLUMBUS partners at an event, please contact the Project Manager, Cliona Ní Cheallacháin (email: cliona@aquatt.ie or tel: +353 (0) 1 644 9008 or visit http://www.columbusproject.eu/
Posted 2016-06-16 11:53:37
Seawork Awards and Innovations
The 19th successive Seawork reported three successful days of business at it new permanent home in Southampton's Mayflower Park. An Awards and Networking event was held on the first night of Seawork where a number of award winners were announced.
The overall Innovations Showcase Winner (and Propulsion Category Winner) was Duodrive’s for its Duodrivetrain®, a performance engineering product destined for conventional shaft-driven boats below 28m in length.
Other winners included:
* The winner of the Electronics Category: C A Clase UK Ltd for the Lars Thrane LT1000 Navigation Reference Unit.
* The winner of the Safety Category: Spinlock Ltd, for the Lume-On, tiny LED lights attached to a lifejacket’s bladder, which turn the whole lifejacket into a glowing light.
The Seawork Maritime Professional of the Year 2016 was awarded to John Haynes, Managing Director of Shock Mitigation. John is an expert in high speed craft, shock mitigation and hybrid marine power sectors.
Posted 2016-06-24 15:30:48
IMarEST's third beinnial European International Submarine Races
The third biennial European International Submarine Race (eISR) will be held from the 6th to the 15th of July 2016 in Gosport, England. Teams of University students will race their human-powered submarines against the clock around a demanding slalom course in a unique sporting and engineering challenge.
The European International Submarine Races (eISR) are an initiative where IMarEST challenges teams of university students to design, build and race human-powered submarines against the clock on an out-and-back course. The concept combines engineering design challenge with technical skill development and sets them in a unique and exciting sporting competition.
The initiative is designed to encourage more students to consider careers within the marine sector. This is one of the ways that IMarEST is pushing its 'Sea Your Future' campaign to inspire the next generation and show them the opportunities available in marine STEM careers.
The basic rules of the sport are straightforward - teams must design, build and race flooded submarines piloted by a single scuba diver, who must be fully enclosed within the hull of the machine. All propulsion power must be provided by the diver during the race (i.e. no energy storage devices such as flywheels or batteries are allowed), but otherwise the design rules are open to whatever innovation teams decide to use.
The eISR is also about developing real, practical engineering skills. In the funding-constrained university environment, the practical elements of curricula have been replaced with theoretical calculation and computer modelling. A submarine big enough to contain a diver is a real, tangible machine, and the mechanisms have to produce and take real forces. At the same time, the challenge isn't so great that the students can't make the parts themselves - this provides an invaluable learning experience as they see their CAD drawings come to real life.
Finally, the competition is about working as a team in a time-critical, adrenaline-charged atmosphere. During the build-up to the race, the students learn to exploit each other's' strengths, and design into their machines what they think they will need to succeed at the races. In initial testing, they learn where the weaknesses are, and make considered adjustments to their designs. Then, once they arrive on the racecourse, and really put their machines to the test, they invariably find new challenges, and have to bring out their engineering knowledge to find solutions on-the-fly with limited facilities. Such experience is invaluable to them later in their careers, regardless of the direction they take.
To meet the teams please visit:
http://www.subrace.eu/
For more information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact Samantha.carter@imarest.org or marketing@imarest.org
A Careers' Day will also be held on Saturday 9th July at Hilsea Lido, Gosport, where sponsors will have the chance to talk about the broad range of opportunities within their organisations. The Careers' Day is open to all ages and will include live-demonstrations of the human-powered submarines.
Posted 2016-06-16 13:44:14
SMI Survey into Maritime Autonomous Systems in the UK
The Society of Maritime Industries (SMI) is asking businesses to undertake a short survey to ascertain the scope and size of Maritime Autonomous Systems (MAS) for UK business.
The aggregated data will be used by the newly formed MAS Council in SMI to engage with government stakeholders to demonstrate the economic importance of MAS to the UK and to develop business opportunities for UK enterprises in this sector.
SMI confirms that none of the data collected will be attributable to individual companies and will be collated before dissemination. If you would like to receive a copy of the report please be sure to enter your email address at the end of the survey which should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete if you have access to the numerical data required.
Where possible please provide answers for the calendar year 2015 and only for the UK subsidiary if in overseas ownership.
Contact info@maritimeindustries.org if you would like further information.
Follow the link to complete the survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/?sm=LAiItznrHct2q_2Fqtzaw6fQ_3D_3D
Posted 2016-06-16 13:50:49
New Boatbuilder Apprencticeship Standards and Assessment Plan published
An employer-led working group, has worked hard to get the new Boatbuilder Apprenticeship Standards and Assessment Plan published on the GOV.UK website.
The standard and plan was developed by a number of British boatbuilders. The new standard and assessment plan describes the job role an apprentice will be doing and the skills required of them by the boatbuilding sector.
The group has also collaborated with the City & Guilds Group to develop a new Level 2 Diploma in Boatbuilding (Foundation). The organisation is due to publish the handbook and specification for the Level 2 qualification at the end of the month (June 2016).
Colleges and other approved providers will be delivering the new qualification to new boatbuilding apprentices from September 2016. The associated Level 3 Diploma will be available from September 2017.
Guidance and information for employers and training providers about the new apprenticeship will be sent out in early July 2016.
This document is relevant to:
* those looking to apply for an apprenticeship
* employers wanting to recruit an apprentice
* training organisations working with employers to make the apprenticeships available
For more information please visit:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-standard-boatbuilder
Posted 2016-06-16 13:57:39
Offshore Renewable Energy Optimisation Workshop, 7th July 2016, Portsmouth
The South Coast Satellite Applications Centre of Excellence will be hosting this Offshore Renewable Energy Optimisation Workshop on Thursday 7th July 2016 at Portsmouth University.
The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult is seeking innovative technology solutions from other sectors to provide new satellite based applications to support the offshore marine energy industry.
Offshore marine renewables needs to optimise to reduce costs and become competitive with other energy systems. The development of satellite applications provides a real opportunity to drive cost reduction in this vital sector.
This workshop will offer an exciting opportunity for companies large and small to play a crucial part in this rapidly expanding sector, offering both national and global opportunities.
The UK has a strong heritage in the offshore marine energy sector. The UK generates more electricity from offshore
wind than any other country in the world.
Following its investment in wave and tidal energy development to date, the UK is well placed to integrate tidal stream energy into the energy mix, and remains at the forefront of wave energy technology innovation. Tentative markets are emerging in France, Canada and Asia-Pacific, but the UK continues to set the global pace.
Who is this workshop for?
We are looking for companies who can bring ideas, concepts and prototypes to the event, which may lead to future collaboration with ORE Catapult and the Satellite Applications Catapult.
We are seeking technology that can support activities such as:
* Site characterisation
* Resource measurement
* Environmental data collection
* Installation
* Asset surveillance
* Vessel support
* Maintenance and disposal
For more information and to register to attend this event please follow the link:
Http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/offshore-renewable-energy-optimisation-workshop-tickets-25649507367
Posted 2016-06-02 08:47:53
Developments in end-of-life solutions for carbon and glass fibre composites, 7th July 2016, West Midlands
This Composites UK event, hosted at ELG Carbon Fibre's facility in Coseley, West Midlands, will present recent developments in end-of-life solutions for carbon and glass fibre composites and other wastes generated in the manufacturing supply chain for composites.
Presentations will include university research through to practical end of life solutions and a call for the industry to play its part to design for end of life, optimise waste management practice and take up opportunities to use recycled material in high value products.
Confirmed speakers include:
Toyota Europe, Green Alliance, Agecko, Renewable Advice, Revaluetech, Cranfield University, University of Manchester, University of Nottingham and ELG Carbon Fibre.
For full details, costs and registration please visit:
https://compositesuk.co.uk/events/circular-economy-composites-industry
Posted 2016-06-16 13:47:21
Solent Innovation Strategy Industry Workshop, 19th July 2016, Portsmouth
Businesses are invited to the Solent Innovation Strategy Industry Workshop being hosted by the Solent LEP on 19th July 2016 at the Marriott Hotel, Portsmouth.
Solent LEP would like businesses to come and join the discussion to help shape and influence their approach to supporting local innovation strengths by helping the Solent LEP to:
* Identify the Solent's strong innovation and industry bases
* Identify any embryonic innovation areas and commercialisation potential
Event Details:
Tuesday 19th July 2016
08.15 - 10.15am (Arrivals from 8am)
Mary Rose Suite, Marriott Hotel, Southampton Road, Portsmouth PO6 4SH
To attend this event please reply by 12th July to events@solentlep.org.uk with your name and organisation name.
Places are restricted to a maximum of 2 attendees per organisation and are allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Posted 2016-06-29 12:44:10
Offer to display promotional material at SMM, 6th-9th September 2016, Germany
SMM Hamburg 2016, is one of the most prestigious marine trade fairs in the world. It reaches out to shipbuilders, repairers and converters from all over the globe, as well as a number of ship-owners/operators.
On average, over the four days of the show some 14,000 paying visitors enter the show daily. The majority of these visitors are decision making buyers as well as leading agents and distributors from all over the world.
The Society of Maritime Industries (SMI) is offering UK maritime businesses:
To display and distribute promotional brochures at SMM 2016. SMI will dispatch brochures of A4 size or less in cardboard boxes not exceeding 12" x 12" x 9" and not exceeding 5 kg in total to reach SMI by Friday 12th August 2016.
Cost is £300 + VAT at 20% (£360)
To occupy 1 sq.m on the SMI Information Stand at SMM 2016 in order to display a standard company pop-up stand. Companies will bring the pop-up stand with them and erect it on arrival. Cost is £900 + VAT at 20% (£1080)
To reserve your place please follow the link:
http://www.maritimeindustries.org/write/Uploads/Events%202016/Event%20Flyers%202016/SMM_Flyer_Writable.pdf
Or for more information please contact:
Clementina Upton - Events Manager events@maritimeindustries.org
Telephone: 0207 448 7023
