NOC Working with Business - October 2017

Marine Autonomy & Technology Showcase Line-Up The National Oceanography Centre has announced the line-up for this year's Marine Autonomy and Technology Showcase (MATS) which runs from 13-18 November at the NOC's Southampton waterfront site. The three day programme of workshops, talks, demonstrations and networking offers a unique opportunity to find out about the latest developments in ocean technology and how organisations can engage with the NOC to explore opportunities to secure funding, share ideas and get those ideas in front of influential users from the marine and maritime industries. 2017 Year of Autonomy – Energy Management The Year of Autonomy series continued last week with a workshop on Energy Management hosted by our South Coast Marine Cluster partners in Plymouth. 35 delegates saw talks from people with innovative energy solutions for marine, rail, air and road vehicles, plus a talk from the Satellite Applications Catapult on connectivity in autonomy. Mike Poole from NOC partner organisation AutoNaut gave a presentation on AutoNaut, featuring the NOC's vehicle 'Gordon', this talk demonstrated how MAS can utilise the energy in the environment (wave and solar) to generate their own power.  The Year of Autonomy was launched last November during the NOC's MATS conference and has seen the NOC work with partners from across government, academia and industry to deliver a programme of events across the south coast. The aim of this series was to develop a network for cross sector conversations and collaboration. On 14 November at MATS 2017 the Year of Autonomy steering group will report back on the year and what the next steps are for the series. Visitors from Qingdao Oceantec Valley On 23 October Enterprise's Aidan Thorn and ISPO's Jackie Pearson worked with Prof Jon Bull and Prof Andy Cundy from OES to host visitors from the Oceantec Valley Administration. Oceantec Valley is located near the bay of Aoshan in China and is an ocean science and technology new town that will enable technology incubation and innovation. View the impressive promotional film here. The visitors enjoyed presentations about the NOC and University of Southampton, as well as an overview of the Marine Robotics Innovation Centre and teaching and student facilities at the NOC in Southampton. See us at: Oceanology International, China (1-3 Nov 2017)  NOC's Adam Schink, Manager Strategy and Innovation, is speaking about NOC's pioneering Marine Autonomy Developments on Thursday 2 Nov at 10:55. Full programme here. BIT's 6th Annual World Congress of Ocean-2017 (3-5 Nov 2017) Adam is also speaking at WCO-2017, which with the theme "Our Ocean, Our Future", aims to bring together leading academic scientists, research scholars and industrial leaders to exchange and share their experiences and research results on ocean economy & policy, maritime law, port and shipping, ocean energy, ocean engineering, integrated marine management and oceanography. Innovate, London (8-9 Nov 2017) NOC will be exhibiting our Innovate UK funded project; launch and recovery of multiple AUVs from a USV, this project has seen NOC work with Planet Ocean to develop the EcoSub AUV. NOC's Autosub Long Range will also be part of the Research Council UK exhibit. Further information on the show can be found here.   Oceanography International, London (13-15 Mar 2018)  The NOC will be part of the exhibition as well as participating in several conference sessions. Registration and full programme here. And finally...(as it's Halloween) Meet our Vampire squid... Since it is the season for all things creepy, NOC scientist Dr Tammy Horton has had a rummage through the Discovery Collections to find some suitably ghoulish marine specimens to share with you. Click here to read about these creatures on our website, including a Vampire squid, a Spookfish, a Fangtooth fish and a Giant Sea-Spider. For those of you not afraid of spiders, you can click here to watch a YouTube playlist of Tammy talking about these specimens.   This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Oceanography Centre · Waterfront Campus · European Way · Southampton · SO14 3ZH · United Kingdom