M I F

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M I F Ad-hoc Working GrouponResearch,
Development and Innovation(RD Strategic
Planning Group - RDSP)ChairmanTerje Staalstrøm
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The Rationale For Research, Development and
Innovation.
To ensure a sustainable and competitive European
Maritime Industry in a global marketplace we must
continue to develop and retain leading edge
competence.
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Maritime RD can most efficiently be executed in
the spirit of ERA.

• Maritime RD reaches across industry sectors and
  across national borders.

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M I F R D S P

• OBJECTIVES
• To formulate the policies for short- and medium
  term RD within the maritime industries, within
  the principles of ERA.
• To provide assistance to, and co-ordinate with,
  other MIF Ad Hoc Working Groups
• To disseminate RD results throughout Europe
• To provide a forum for dialogue between MIF
  organisations and EAG members on maritime topics.
• To prepare for next calls of projects of FP 5

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Focus 2000-2001

• Define and execute a strategy which ensures
  maritime RD its proper place in the
  forthcoming 6FP.
• Revision of the MIF RD Masterplan
• Dissemination of RD results
• Establishment of ERAMAR

6 meetings held since last MIF Plenary. Most
active members CESA, ECSA, ECMAR, EMEC,
EURACS, EUROGIF, EUDA
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The MIF RD Masterplan

• Issued first time in 1996 - FP4
• Update issued 1999 - FP5
• Update prepared 2001 - FP6
• Content
• The Shipbuilding Industry
• Shipping and Waterborne Operations
• Offshore Energy Technologies
• Marine Resources and Coastal Zones
• Trends , Challenges, Research Priorities

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Maritime ResearchAreas of Priorities

• Shipbuilding
• Numerical modelling of hydrodynamics
• Optimisation of ship structures
• Increased competitiveness through optimised
  logistics, material and information flows
• Shorten time to market for new products
• Intelligent on-board systems development
• New ship concepts for new trading routes
• New designs based upon life-cycle philosophy

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Maritime ResearchAreas of Priorities

• Shipping and Waterborne Operations
• Efficient inter-modal exchange of cargo and
  passengers
• Safety of shipping in coastal waters
• Efficient information handling in the transport
  chain
• New propulsion systems and energy sources
• Global ICT standards for navigation, automation
  and administrative systems onboard and links to
  shore.
• Competence development programs
• Experience feed-back systems for equipment
  performance

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Maritime ResearchAreas of Priorities

• Offshore Energy Technologies
• Technologies for transferring production
  processes from sea-level to sea-floor and
  down-hole
• Designing and installing the deep water well of
  the 21st century. (Reservoir mapping, remote
  controlled tools)
• System solutions for ICT challenges. ( sensors
  with embedded software, measurement and data
  transmission techniques, real time and virtual
  reality models).
• Floating LNG and GTL plants, new LNG carriers
• New energy resources, e.g. gas-hydrates
• New deep-water service fleet. ( Intelligent
  ROVs).

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Maritime ResearchAreas of Priorities

• Marine Resources and Coastal Zones
• Effects of large-scale infrastructure projects on
  the marine- and coastal environment.
• Large-scale models for wave patterns and coastal
  morphology
• Environmental effect research. ( Marine sand
  displacement, sustainable use of raw materials,
  compensating measures ).
• New materials and new construction methods for
  large scale projects with short time windows.
• Construction outside territorial waters -
  judicial concerns.

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Thematic Networks A European instrument for
exchanging knowledge and disseminating RD
results

• CEPS
• SAFER EURORO
• PRODIS
• TRESHIP
• MARPOWER
• MARNET CFD
• ROBMAR
• TN-NETS

• WONDERMAR
• FLOATTECH
• THEMES
• ADVANCES
• THEMIS
• WATERMAN
• METNET
• MISTIC
• E-MAR

TN conference October 2000 - 90 participants Next
TN conference January 2002
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E R A M A RA Lateral Maritime Thematic Network

• 27 members - 10 European Associations
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  Co-ordinators of 17 TNs
• Objectives
• Evaluate current Masterplan vs. FP 5
• Evaluate market needs for RD not yet addressed
• Evaluate societal needs which may influence RD
• Initiate a synergy process of above to define how
  to reach RDSP objectives.

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M I FResearch, Development and Innovation
To develop and retain leading edge technical
competence is imperative if we want to maintain
the competitive position of the European
Maritime Industries in a global marketplace.