Registration is still open for registratio to both the full two-day conference and the last day of the conference which is open for anyone. During the last day of the conference we will disseminate highlights from the center after 8 years in operation. We also have some invited external keynote speakers on the program on the last day. Prof. Sebastian Trimpe, Institute for Data Science in Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Achen University will give an introduction to learning based approaches for dynamical systems and control*. Elling Rishoff, Senior Vice President DNV Incubation, will talk about digitalization challenges in the offshore industries.

Program and registration full two-day conference:

Registration for the Annual Conference

Program and registration open day (21/6):

Annual Conference – Open Day

We are looking forward to to seeing you!

*Background on the topic learning for dynamics and control

“The explosion of real-time data that is emerging from the physical world requires a rapprochement of areas such as machine learning, control theory, and optimization. While control theory has been firmly rooted in the tradition of model-based design, the availability and scale of data (both temporal and spatial) will require rethinking the foundations of our discipline. From a machine learning perspective, one of the main challenges going forward is to go beyond pattern recognition and address problems in data-driven control and optimization of dynamical processes.” L4DC.org

You are invited to this innovation workshop initiated by NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, SFI Offshore Mechatronics and SFI Smart Ocean and GCE NODE and GCE Ocean Technology. The workshop will explore ocean technologies that will form the basis for future needs within operation and maintenance in the offshore, marine and maritime sectors.

SFI Offshore Mechatronics are now in its ending phase while SFI Smart Ocean is still in its startup phase. These two SFIs have overlapping and adjacent thematic areas which is relevant for the evolving offshore renewable energy sector and ocean farming. Common possibilities relevant for the industry will be approached in the workshop.

Who is the workshop intended for?

The workshop is relevant for everyone working in offshore, marine, and maritime sectors. It is especially for those who design, service or operate systems related to monitoring, performance tracking and decision support.

What is the goal of this workshop?

The goal is to create an arena where stakeholders from different regions and along the value chains within offshore, marine, and maritime industries meet to discuss common challenges and opportunities. Through sharing our perspectives and outcomes of the SFI we believe we will gain an insightful and genuine innovation processes.

The program contains selected inspirational talks from academia and industry, and a workshop element where the participants will suggest and develop their ideas in collaboration. The organizers are open for coordinating efforts originating from the workshop to initiate cooperation for further developing selected prominent topics.

When and where?

24^th of August 2023
09:15 – 15:45
Kreativt Møtesenter
Ground floor at Terje Løvås vei 1, Grimstad

Link to registration form

Program

08:45 – 09:15	Registration and coffee
09:15 – 09:20	Welcome by SFI Offshore Mechatronics Centre Director Geir Grasmo, UiA
09:20 – 09:35	Condition monitoring in offshore mechatronics by Senior Researcher Rune Schlanbusch, NORCE
09:35 – 09:50	Data analytics, IT integration and big data by Professor Baltasar Beferull, UiA
09:50 – 09:55	Introduction of SFI Smart Ocean by Centre Director Ingvar Henne, UiB
09:55 – 10:10	TBC1, from SFI Smart Ocean
10:10 – 10:25	TBC2, from SFI Smart Ocean
10:25 – 10:50	Break
10:50 – 11:10	Digitalization for operation and maintenance by Cognite
11:10 – 11:25	Title TBD (Rune Reinertsen, Origo Solution)
11:25 – 11:40	Steinharde beslutninger er gull verd – kjerneboring på 4000 meters dyp (Andreas Svanlund, Business Developer, Seabed Solutions)
11:40 – 11:55	Industry point of view 3 P&A
11:55 – 12:10	Industry point of view 4 CCUS
12:10 – 13:00	Lunch
13:00 – 13:45	Innovation workshop Part 1 by GCE NODE
13:45 – 14:15	Break
14:15 – 15:00	Innovation workshop Part 2 by GCE NODE
15:00 – 15:30	Presentation of ideas and plenum discussion
15:30 – 15:45	Wrap up

The SFI Offshore Mechatronics Annual and Final Conference will take place on June 20.-21 at UiA, campus Grimstad. The first day of the conference is for the consortium members only. The last day of the conference is also opened up to external participants. Use this registration form to sign up for the open day conference program on June 21.

Wednesday 21/6	Open Day – Preliminary Program
08:30 – 09:00	Registration
09.00 – 09.10	Welcome & introduction Geir Grasmo (Center Director), Tom Fidjeland (Chair of the Board)
09.10 – 09.40	Technology Vision in GCE NODE Rune Johnsen, Chair of the Board, GCE NODE
09.40 – 09.50	Result presentations: WP7 (Technology Vision / Business Model Innovation) Dr. Ellen Nordgård Hansen
09.50 – 10.10	Mechatronics in SLB; Tomorrow & Today Harald Langenes – Business Domain Expert – SLB Kristiansand (Cameron Sense)
10.10 – 10.30	Coffee break
10.30 – 11.00	Result presentations: WP2, WP3, WP4 WP2: Motion Compensation (Thorbjørn Smith, NTNU) WP3: Robotics & Autonomy (Prof. Jing Zhou UiA) WP4: Modeling & Simulation (Prof. Houxiang Zhang NTNU)
11.00 – 11.20	MacGregor leveraging on SFI Mechatronics Dr. Hugo Rosano, Senior R&D Manager, Offshore Solutions Division
11.30 – 12.15	Lunch
12.20 – 12.50	Learning based approaches for dynamical systems and control Prof. Sebastian Trimpe, Institute for Data Science in Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Achen University
12.50 – 13.20	Result presentations: WP1: Drives (Prof. Torben O. Andersen – AAU) WP5: Monitoring Techniques (Dr. Rune Schlanbusch – NORCE) WP6: Data analytics & Big Data (Prof. Baltasar Beferull Lozano – UiA)
13.20 – 13.50	Consortium company presentation: HMH (MHWirth) Title/Topic: TBA Nicolai Nilsen, VP Innovation
13.50 – 14.10	NOV’s achievements as a partner in SFI-Offshore Mechatronics Peder Sletferding, Project Manager New Product Development
14.10-14.30	Coffee break
14.30-15.00	Digitalization challenges in the offshore industries Elling Rishoff (Senior Vice President DNV Incubation)
15.00 -15.30	Industrial Visions Bjarne Skeie (Skeie Group)
15.30-16.00	SFI Offshore Mechatronics and collaboration Sunniva Whittaker, Rector of UiA
16.00-16.15	Wrap-up
16.15	End of Annual Conference 2023
16:25	Transport to Airport

The registration for the consortium members to the two-day SFI Offshore Mechatronics annual and final conference is now open. The conference is hosted at UiA, campus Grimstad. The conference is organized over two days, with the first day (June 20.) being closed to consortium members only. Note that this registration form is for the full two-day conference for consortium members only.

Program Tuesday, June 20th

08.30 – 09:00	Registration
09:00 – 09:10	Welcome & Introduction
09:10 – 09:30	WP1.6 Energy Efficient Offshore Hydraulic Systems with focus on linear Actuation: Wei Zhao (UiA)
09:30 – 09:50	WP1.7 Energy Efficient Offshore Hydraulic Systems with focus on rotary Actuation: Thomas Farsakoglou (AAU)
09:50 – 10:10	WP2.6 Real-Time Teleoperation and Model-based Control of Cranes with Loads: Philipp Schubert (RWTH)
10:10 – 10:30	Poster session / Coffee break
10:30 – 10:50	Presentation of new motion platform and knuckle-boom crane test-bench (TBC)
10:50 – 11:10	WP3.7 Coupled dynamics between vessel and crane: Ronny Landsverk (UiA/KD)
11:10 – 11:30	WP3.8 Formal Verification of Autonomous Systems: Yvonne Murray (UiA/Pioneer Robotics)
11:30 – 11:50	WP 3.9 Sensor fusion for perception, collision avoidance and navigation towards autonomous systems: Jose Amendola (UiA)
11:50 – 12:40	Lunch
12:40 – 13:00	WP5.4 Condition-based lifetime prediction as result of calculated component loads: Mohamed Yousri (RWTH)
13:00 – 13:20	WP6.3 Design of soft-sensors based on novel context-aware data fusion techniques: Kevin Roy (UiA)
13:20 – 13:40	WP6.2 Novel methods for context-aware data reduction of multiple dependent time-series: Emilio Ruiz (UiA)
13.40 – 14:00	WP7.1 The management of digital business model innovation: Marius Kristiansen (UiA)
14:00 – 14:25	Geir Hovland / Rachel F. Syrtveit
14.25 – 15:00	Poster session / Coffee break
15.00 – 15:15	Awards
15:30	Transport to hotel (Scandic) and check-in ( + optional visit to the labs)
17:00	Boat trip with M/S Østerøy from Grimstad harbor
18:30 – 20:30	Dinner at Marivold Resort
20:30 – 21:30	Boat trip with M/S Østerøy to Grimstad harbor

Program Day 2

The program for the second day is not yet finalized. The schedule in the second day is from 9.00 to 16.15 in time for people traveling by plane from Kjevik (multiple domestic and international flights have departure at 18.15).

We have set the deadline to register to June 2nd, but please register as soon as possible as this will be very helpful in the planning and preparation of the conference.

Rooms are reserved at Scandic Hotel Grimstad. Use reservation code: UNI190623 in your booking (NOK 1330 per night).

[News] He finds hidden connections with artificial intelligence (Kevin Roy PhD student, WP6 – story also featured in Digi.no)

[News] Researchers hunt for new solutions for Norwegian offshore wind (with Geir Grasmo, Center Director – story also featured in Techxplore.com)

[News] Honorary membership of NSOM to Knut Brautaset (Norwegian only)

The SFI Offshore Mechatronics General Assembly will take place on November 10. 13.00-14.00. The meeting will be hosted at UiA, Campus Kristiansand, Meetingroom A7 001.

The General Assembly is a closed, partner only meeting. The partners should have received an e-mail calendar invite. If you are a partner and did not receive the invitation get in touch with asle.pedersen@uia.no.

The final SFI Offshore Mechatronics annual conference is scheduled to 20-21. June 2023, at University of Agder, Grimstad. Reserve the dates and more information will follow.

WP1.5 Søren Ketelsen, Aug. 30

The title of the thesis is “Efficient Actuation of Load Carrying Applications by Electro-Hydraulic Compact Drives”.

The work has been part of WP1.5. More details and information on how to participate is avaliable here.

WP3.6 Dipendra Subedi, Sept. 13

The title of the thesis is “Modeling and Control of Flexible Link Manipulators”.

The work has been part of WP3.6. More details and information on how to participate is avaliable here.